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CANADIANLAWYERMAG.COM/INHOUSE JULY/AUGUST 2018
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VOLUME 13/ISSUE 4
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C O L U M N S
11 WORKPLACE
Do you have Bill 148 under
control? Don't lose sight of
these key provisions.
By Kathleen Chevalier
13 LITIGATION AND ARBITRATION
Change ahead for energy
sector assessment process
By Julie Belley Perron and Kateri Vincent
15 INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
No tie-dyed/psychedelic labels
allowed: branding for cannabis
in Canada
By Cynthia Rowden
D E P A R T M E N T S
7 NEWS ROUNDUP
A roundup of interesting trends
and news for legal departments
39 LAW DEPARTMENT MANAGEMENT
Privilege under the microscope
By Luis Millán
42 INDUSTRY SPOTLIGHT
Retailers squeezed by new rules
By Meagan Gillmore
50 IN CLOSING
One story of leaning out
By Alena Thouin
Ontario lawyers brace for
building law changes
The new law has a broader reach
and is designed to focus attention
on reducing fights and speeding
up payments.
By Jim Middlemiss
Top 10 Ontario regional firms
Protecting IP from external theft
From proprietary information
accessed by hackers to more
conventional forms of piracy, the
theft of IP is on the rise. In Canada,
the onus is on companies to put
their own protections in place.
By Shannon Kari
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COVER STORY
Embracing the possibilities of technology
In the 13th Annual General Counsel Roundtable,
leaders from five dynamic sectors discuss the use of
tech in-house. By Jennifer Brown
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ROUNDTABLE