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11 INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
Stopping counterfeit goods at the border
By Paul Tackaberry
13 QUIZ
Good faith and honest
contractual performance
By Jeff Cowan, partner; Kim Lawton,
associate; and Hayley Peglar, associate
D E P A R T M E N T S
6 NEWS ROUNDUP
A roundup of interesting trends
and news for legal departments
27 LAW DEPARTMENT MANAGEMENT
Beyond succession planning
By Jennifer Brown
33 INDUSTRY SPOTLIGHT
Will Ontario's whistleblower program
blow holes in internal compliance
systems?
BY Stefan Dubowski
38 IN CLOSING
The in-house counsel imperative:
Legal counsel to business strategist
By Sanjeev Dhawan
COVER STORY
Taking stock of food fables
With label-savvy c onsumers increasingly
more health conscious, the onus is
on companies to back up their claims.
What is happening with food product
liability in Canada?
By Shannon Kari
Handling the affairs of Ashley Madison
Serving as general counsel for the
controversial dating site brings the thrill
of working for a startup with an
international scope.
By Vawn Himmelsbach
File early and watch closely as
Canada's IP rules change
The message for in-house counsel is to get
ready to increase budget. You're going to
have a lot more oppositions and a lot
more non-use cancellations.
By Janet Guttsman
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