It does not happen often – but, from time to time, the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) destroys detained goods by mistake. Goods that are being importer or that are being exported may be detained and destroyed in error. One of our clients experienced a shock when the CBSA wrote to them to say that… Continue Reading
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Subscribe to Cross-border litigation RSS FeedCanada Has Taken Steps To Empower Customs Officials To Stop Counterfeit Goods At The Border
Posted in Canada's Federal Government, Cross-border litigation, Cross-border trade, Customs Law, Intellectual PropertyOn March 1, 2013, the Government of Canada introduced Bill C-56 “Combating Counterfeit Products Act” in the House of Commons. Bill C-56 provides copyright and trademark owners with a Canadian legal process to stop the import and export of counterfeit goods and take those goods out of the commercial stream. This legal process is an… Continue Reading
Canada Has Not Yet Ratified the ICSID Convention
Posted in Cross-border litigation, Energy, Environment, International Arbitrations, NAFTA Chapter 11, Politics, Provincial Courts, Provincial GovernmentsCanada signed the Convention on the Settlement of Investment Disputes between States and Nationals of Other States (ICSID) on December 15, 2006 and investors and trade lawyers have been patiently waiting ever since for the Government of Canada to ratify the ICSID . We have been waiting and waiting. In 2008, the Government of Canada passed… Continue Reading
Canada’s Courts of Appeal Web-Sites
Posted in Cross-border litigationIf you would like to reasearch Canadian appellate court decisions, here is a list of Canada’s Court of Appeal web-sites: Alberta: www.albertacourts.ab.ca British Columbia: www.courts.gov.bc.ca Manitoba: http://www.manitobacourts.mb.ca/ New Brunswick: http://www.gnb.ca/cour/03COA1/index-e.asp Newfoundland: http://www.court.nl.ca/ Nova Scotia: www.courts.ns.ca/Appeals/index_ca.htm Ontario: http://www.ontariocourts.on.ca/coa/en/ Prince Edward Island: http://www.gov.pe.ca/courts/ Quebec: http://www.jugements.qc.ca/ Saskatchewan: www.sasklawcourts.ca Nunavut: http://www.nucj.ca/index.htm Northwest Territories: www.justice.gov.nt.ca/dbtw-wpd/nwtjqbe.htm Yukon: www.yukoncourts.ca Federal Court of… Continue Reading
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Cyndee Todgham Cherniak is the founding lawyer of LexSage, a boutique international trade law and sales tax firm in Toronto, Ontario. She has practiced for almost 20 years at Canada’s top Bay Street law firms.
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Su represents companies and entities, in both the administrative and commercial setting, regarding the importation and exportation of goods before various government entities, administrations, federal and state courts and agencies.
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