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Dunkin’ Donuts: An Implied Duty on Franchisors to Enhance the Brand?
November 25, 2015
With a 12.5% market share and 210 stores in Quebec in the late 1990’s, Dunkin’ Donuts was an industry leader. By 2012, Dunkin Donuts’ Quebec presence had fallen precipitously to 13 stores. At the same time, T…
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ARTICLE ON BUDGET
February 13, 2015
BUILDER BEWARE!
Condominium developers beware – If you try to sell preconstruction condominium units with a “too good to be true” maintenance fee, the condominium corporation may come after you to recover the shortfall. &n…
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REASONABLE EXPECTATION OF PRIVACY ON WORK COMPUTERS
October 25, 2012
The Supreme Court of Canada (“SCC”) recently decided in R. v. Cole that employees may have a reasonable expectation of privacy in the information contained on their work computers where personal use is permitted or reasonably e…
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WAL-MART LEARNS AN EXPENSIVE LESSON
October 18, 2012
In a judgment delivered by a jury in Windsor on October 10, 2012, Wal-Mart was ordered to pay a former employee a total of $1.46 million for damages for wrongful dismissal as well as intentional infliction of mental suffering and p…
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