Thinking About Suing Your Business Partner?
Small business owners have to juggle many competing demands in order to succeed. If you are a Toronto small business owner considering litigation against your business partner, you may wish to [...]
What is ‘discovery’ and how do I prepare for it? (Part I)
Discovery is the process whereby all of the parties exchange relevant information and evidence relating to a civil lawsuit in preparation for trial. This process can be a lot of work for both you [...]
Five Contracts You Need To Protect Your Business
If you want to set your small business up for success, you need to do more than just be an expert in your field. You need to protect both yourself and your business by putting the right contracts [...]
How Your Small Business Can Trim Costly Legal Fees
No entrepreneur looks forward to spending money on legal fees. But in today’s business world, lawyers are not only beneficial to your company, they are essential. Proper legal advice can make [...]
Considering an offer to settle?
There are many factors to consider when making or responding to an offer to settle an ongoing lawsuit. This blog post will discuss the purposes and effects of making, accepting, or rejecting an [...]
Fire Away: The Employment Law Show S1.Ep9. | The Sale of a Business
Anton appeared in Season 1, Episode 9 of Fire Away: The Employment Law Show | The Sale of a Business. In this episode, Anton and Stuart Rudner discuss the sale of a business; what that means for [...]
A shareholders’ agreement at outset can avoid messy litigation later
A recent case underscores why it’s crucial to understand what each party’s expectations are and what pre-existing business relationships they bring to the table when drafting a [...]
A shareholders’ agreement at outset can avoid messy litigation later
A recent case underscores why it’s crucial to understand what each party’s expectations are and what pre-existing business relationships they bring to the table when drafting a [...]
A shareholders’ agreement at outset can avoid messy litigation later
A recent case underscores why it’s crucial to understand what each party’s expectations are and what pre-existing business relationships they bring to the table when drafting a [...]
What is “Discovery” and how do I prepare for it? (Part II)
Part I of this blog discussed the discovery process in general as well as the first two steps: creating the discovery plan and exchanging affidavits of documents. Part II of this blog post will [...]
What is “Discovery” and how do I prepare for it? (Part I)
Discovery is the process whereby all of the parties exchange relevant information and evidence relating to a civil lawsuit in preparation for trial. This process can be a lot of work for both you [...]
Considering an Offer to Settle?
There are many factors to consider when making or responding to an offer to settle an ongoing lawsuit. This blog post will discuss the purposes and effects of making, accepting, or rejecting an [...]
The Benefits of Seeking Legal Advice Before Selling Your Business
If you are thinking about buying or selling a business, you undoubtedly have questioned whether you should structure that purchase or sale as a share purchase or asset purchase transaction. For [...]
Buyout provisions valuable to retain control of shares
A shareholders’ agreement should almost invariably deal with buyouts as a way to control who owns shares in the event of certain circumstances, Toronto business lawyer Anton [...]
Limitation Periods: How Long Do I Have to Begin a Lawsuit?
So you think you have a claim against another person or business for harm caused by their wrongdoing. What you may not know is that you have a limited amount of time in which to commence your [...]