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Time is running short for businesses in Ontario to prepare for the new transparency registration requirements. All private corporations subject to the Ontario Business Corporations Act (OBCA) must be ready by January 1, 2023. Failure to comply subjects the corporation to fines and could lead...
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Abrahams LLP partners Garth Dingwall, Brett Roane, and Mujir Muneeruddin were each voted onto the Top Lawyers List published in the November issue of Toronto’s Post City Magazine. The Top Lawyers List is compiled based on votes from other lawyers practicing in the same or similar...
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Shareholder agreements protect some of stakeholders’ most basic rights–but only when those agreements are properly drafted. Whether shareholders are working together as a group to negotiate an agreement or one shareholder has taken the initiative to draft an agreement, it is a good idea to...
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Forming a corporation is a complex process with many facets. One important component that is often overlooked is the creation of a shareholder agreement.
While it is certainly possible—and still a good idea—to create a shareholder agreement later, stakeholders in the company protect their interests best...
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Many businesses require employees to sign an employment agreement at the time of hiring. Then they file the agreement away with other paperwork and ignore it until a problem arises. This is not the right approach.
Changes in the legal and business environments can cause the...
Posted at 08:18h
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Is your corporate minute book up to Ontario or Federal corporate law standards? Maintaining the corporate minute book is not a high priority on the to-do list of most entrepreneurs, start-ups, or companies. Many owner-operators or management teams are not even aware that the Ontario...