2009
Renewing Your Outsourcing Deal
TOPIC Outsourcing agreement renewal negotiations raise unique concerns - and opportunities. They require proper preparation and homework. The involve delicate questions such as whether to [...]
The Province of Ontario's New Procurement Directive
TOPIC The presentation will deal with the new Ontario Procurement Directive and its implications for bidders on Ontario government tenders, including the prospects for challenging [...]
Going Global: International Market Selection Strategies for Software Companies
TOPIC Software companies go through distinct stages as they grow internationally. This presentation examines how software companies select the appropriate markets and channel distribution strategies [...]
Dispute Resolution in an Economic Downturn - Enhanced Techniques for Addressing an Increasing Number of Disputes (Panel Discussion)
TOPIC The information technology industry faces many of the same kinds of disputes as other industries (including the construction industry), but has been slower to [...]
The Economic Downturn, its Impact on Technology-related Companies and the Top Bankruptcy/Insolvency Pitfalls in Technology Agreements
TOPIC Richard Jhang of PricewaterhouseCoopers will be discussing the economic downturn and its impact on technology spending and technology-related companies, and John Beardwood of Fasken [...]
2008
Software as a Service (SaaS) / Software + Services (S+S)
TOPIC Mark Relph and Christine Ing will discuss what Software as a Service (SaaS) and Software + Services (S+S) are, and will identify and address [...]
Open Source Software and IT Transactions
TOPIC Lisa Abe and Maggie Gwiazda will discuss industry and private practice experiences regarding the treatment of open source software in software development and in [...]
Minimizing the Risk of Infringement
TOPIC Jonathan Cutler will discuss how the use of freedom-to-operate studies in the software industry can enable better management of infringement risks. Jonathan will also [...]
E-Payments
TOPIC Lisa Abe, a partner and one of the leading technology lawyers with Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP, will discuss electronic payment and clearing systems including [...]
Cross-border privacy issues in the era of the USA Patriot Act
TOPIC Michael Fekete, a Partner in Osler's Technology Business Group, will discuss how concerns about the USA PATRIOT Act are impacting on Canadian privacy laws [...]
2007
The Ongoing Evolution of Software Licenses
TOPIC From the dominance of mainframes and dedicated lines to smart phones and wireless networks, hardware and networking technologies have changed substantially over the last [...]
Exculpatory Clauses and Insurance in Technology Contracting
TOPIC A panel of experts will discuss liability under technology contracts, including a discussion of the contractual interpretation of exculpatory clauses and the practical effect [...]
Recent Trends in Outsourcing
ABOUT THE PANEL Richard Austin: Richard Austin is Chief Legal Counsel for EDS Canada. Richard heads a team of lawyers, contract professionals and administrative staff [...]
IT/Internet Law - The Year in Review
TOPIC Barry Sookman will provide his annual update of significant developments in IT/Internet Law. Barry Sookman's presentation is an annual tradition that is not to [...]
Considering the fall-out from TJX and other data disasters
TOPIC This session will explore the likely fall-out from recent major data thefts and losses. What will the impact be on customer attitudes to software [...]
Secured Transactions & IP: Not a Security Blanket
TOPIC Eric Boehm will talk about the practices and pitfalls in securing interests in intellectual property in Canada, and strategies for taking security over IP [...]
Avoiding tax pitfalls in IT agreements
TOPIC Tax issues are often a challenge for IT agreements and other agreements relating to technology transfers and services. Dov Begun will highlight some common [...]
2006
Safe computing: evolving policies on hate speech and child exploitation on the Internet: what businesses on the Internet and their lawyers need to know in a changing environment
TOPIC The Internet's power to help communities of interest to coalesce is not always benign. The Internet age has empowered those who would sexually exploit [...]
IT/Internet Law - The Year in Review
TOPIC Barry Sookman will provide his annual update of significant developments in IT/Internet Law as we embark on a new year for the TCLG. Barry [...]
Looking Inside the House
TOPIC Senior corporate counsel discuss how the law related to technology fits into their practices by answering the following questions: Is it important for most [...]
Technology Law and Insolvency
TOPIC Please join Gabor G. S. Takach and Eric Boehm as they discuss technology law and insolvency, including the recent amendments to the Bankruptcy and [...]
Multi-Jurisdictional Outsourcing
TOPIC Please join C. Ian Kyer, just returned from Bangalore, India, as he presents the New Basel Capital Accord (Basel II) international Banking regulatory initiative [...]
Canadian Regulation of Voice over IP (VoIP) - Framework, Issues and Implications
TOPIC "It's wrong, just plain wrong to not recognize the potential of VoIP, or to see it through the lens of the old telephone network [...]
2005
Top Ten Pitfalls in Drafting Software/Systems Development Agreements
TOPIC Between 50% and 80% of complex software and systems development projects fail - they are over budget, don't meet deadlines or fail to deliver [...]
Internet Jurisdiction: Where Are We Now?
TOPIC The relation of Internet-based communications to geographically-based legal systems has been a problem since at least the beginnings of electronic commerce a decade ago. [...]