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Confidentiality Agreements

By Occasional Contributors | < 1 Minutes Read July 25, 2016

The art of restraint

A restrictive covenant is a class of legal “promise” imposing a restriction on one party for the benefit of another. When drafted correctly, restrictive covenants are an invaluable tool to protect your business.

Article by Occasional Contributors / Business, Information Technology, Not for Profit, Privacy / Confidentiality Agreements, non-competition agreements, non-solicitation agreements, Parveen Shergill, properly drafted restrictive covenant, Pushor Mitchell LLP, restraint of trade, restrictive covenants

By Adam Gorley | 2 Minutes Read November 19, 2014

First international standard on cloud services and personal information protection

The International Standards Organization has released a standard for privacy aimed at cloud computing service providers.

Article by Adam Gorley / Business, Finance and Accounting, Information Technology, Privacy / auditable compliance framework, Breach notification, cloud computing, confidential information, Confidentiality Agreements, consent, Data breach, data breach notification, International Standardization Organization, International Standards Organization, ISO, legal compliance, personal information, personally identifiable information, PII, PII processors, processing personal information, protecting personal information, public clouds, trust

By Earl Altman | 4 Minutes Read July 31, 2012

The increasing internationalization of employment has resulted in greater complexity for employers

The increasing internationalization of employment has resulted in greater complexity for employers in determining which country’s laws will apply to the employment relationships they enter. While the general presumption is that the law of the province, territory or state in which the employee works will apply, the appropriate locale is not always easy to determine. The employee may work in a number of jurisdictions, or be hired in one jurisdiction and placed to work in another. In order to avoid the potential pitfalls in such relationships...

Article by Earl Altman / Employee Relations, Employment Standards / circumstances surrounding the execution of the agreement, commercial reality, commercial reasonableness, Confidentiality Agreements, employment contracts, employment law, employment relationship, globalization, intended relationship between the parties, internationalization of employment, restrictive covenants

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