This section keeps you up-to-date on the latest news and upcoming public appearances of Lavery professionals.
News
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Gérard Coulombe and Valérie Boucher linked to Finance Montreal
On Monday, November 29, 2010, a new financial organization called Finance Montreal was officially launched. Gérard Coulombe, partner at Lavery, was part of the temporary committee for the development and set up of this organization, which comprises, as founding members, the major players in the Quebec financial industry. Finance Montreal’s mandate is to stimulate the creation and development of financial enterprises in Montreal specifically, and Quebec in general. It aims to identify, support and promote promising and innovative initiatives that benefit the financial sector. Finance Montreal will leverage the mutual co-operation of its members and a close relationship with universities and management schools in order to support the development of the financial sector of Montreal and Quebec. With this in mind, Lavery is proud to announce that Valérie Boucher, lawyer at Lavery, was named Secretary of Finance Montreal.
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Véronique Morin co-presides over a conference on human resources and labour law
On November 23rd and 24th, Véronique Morin, lawyer at Lavery, co-chaired a conference called “RH & droit de l’emploi au sein du secteur public et parapublic,” which aimed at providing a forum for and responding to the questions and concerns of human resources administrators and lawyers practising labour and employment law in the public and parapublic sectors.In addition to presiding over the first day of this two-day conference, Ms. Morin was also the speaker of the presentation called “Droit de gérance de l’employeur du secteur public : notions pratiques pour s’en prévaloir efficacement.”Held by the Canadian Institute, this conference was recognized by the Quebec Bar and took place at the Mont-Royal Omni Hotel in Montreal.
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Olga Farman Named a Rising Star in Canada
Montreal, November 26, 2010 – Lavery is pleased to announce that Ms. Olga Farman was honoured as a Rising Star in Canadian legal circles at the Lexpert Rising Stars Gala Dinner and Awards Presentation held in Toronto on November 25. The purpose of this annual competition organized by the legal magazine Lexpert is to honour Canada’s most promising lawyers under the age of 40 for their professional accomplishments, leadership, vision, entrepreneurial skills, concern for client satisfaction and teamwork. Ms. Farman is a member of the firm's Business Law Group and specializes in Health and Life Sciences Law. She possesses a broad understanding of the organizational structure of health care institutions, research funding methods and the rules governing the legal and administrative activities of health care institutions. She specializes in the preparation and negotiation of technology transfer licensing agreements, research and development, distribution and basic and clinical research contracts and intellectual property rights agreements. Ms. Farman works with major health sector clients and counsels the MSSS and others on the evolution of the rules governing research agreements in Quebec and Canada. She also advises biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies on all aspects of their operations and product development phases. Ms. Élise Poisson, the firm’s Managing Partner, said: “From the outset of her practice, Olga Farman has distinguished herself, particularly in her field, by her enthusiasm, energy and commitment to our clients. We are very pleased that she has been recognized as one of our profession’s rising stars in Canada and will continue to support her in the development of our services in Health and Life Sciences Law for the benefit of all of our clients.” For more information, please visit Lexpert’s website at www.lexpert.ca/risingstars.
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Alexandre Despatie - Male Athlete of the Year
Proud sponsor of Alexandre Despatie, Lavery is pleased to recognize that the Aquatic Federation of Canada (AFC) has selected Alexandre Despatie as recipient of the Male Athlete of the Year Award 2010 in recognition of his exceptional achievements of winning 3 Gold medals at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi, India. This outstanding performance establishes Alexandre as one of the most successful Canadian athletes and the most dominant athlete in his own sport in the Commonwealth Games’ history.Lavery is extremely proud to support this remarkable Quebec athlete.The Aquatic Federation of Canada (AFC) is the voice of Olympic aquatic sports, Diving, Swimming, Synchro and Water Polo, both domestically and internationally.
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Raphaël Schachter, Speaker at the Quebec/Jewish Law Symposium
Mr. Raphaël Schachter, Q.C., was invited to speak at the Quebec/Jewish Law Symposium held at the Chabad of Westmount. The Quebec Bar recognized this activity as part of the Continuing Education program. The topic of Mr. Schachter’s conference was, “How Does a Criminal Lawyer Defend a Client that He Knows is Guilty.”The evening was chaired by the former Minister of Justice of Quebec, the Honourable Justice Herbert Marx, of our Superior Court. Other participants included Justice William Fraiberg, Mr. Harvey Yarosky and Rabbi Shlomo Yaffe, Harvard law professor. Approximately one hundred people, mainly judges and lawyers, attended the symposium.
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Catherine Rioux speaks of the terms and conditions of loyalty cards
On November 12, Catherine Rioux, Business Law Group member at Lavery, published an article on the terms and conditions of loyalty cards called “The Legal Framework with Respect to Reward Programs” available in Legal Matters, the online legal page of The Gazette. Ms. Rioux’s article makes reference to a recent class action filed by loyalty card holders.
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Ian Rose, Speaker at the Federated Press Conference
Ian Rose, partner at Lavery, was a speaker at the 2nd seminar on “La responsabilité des administrateurs et membres de la direction,” at the Federated Press Conference in Montreal on November 4th and 5th. Mr. Rose conference more specifically pertained to secondary market class action recourses in Canada called “Marché secondaire : Recours en responsabilité civile statutaire et recours collectifs.”
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Olga Farman named Lawyer of the Week in The Gazette
On October 29th, Olga Farman, lawyer at Lavery specializing in health law and life sciences was named “Lawyer of the Week” in The Gazette’s online legal page Legal Matters. Further to this nomination, Ms. Farman was interviewed by The Gazette and this interview was featured on November 1st.
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Michel Yergeau and Jean Saint-Onge, Members of the Board of Fondation Lafontaine-Cormier
Michel Yergeau, Ad. E., was appointed Chair of the Fondation Lafontaine-Cormier on October 26th. Spearheaded by Quebec Court of Appeal’s J. J. Michel Robert, the Fondation Lafontaine-Cormier will work to promote Quebec’s judicial heritage through educational activities and conservation of documents and objects or buildings of historical importance related to justice. Also members of the Board of Directors are Mr. Richard W. Pound, Ad. E., Mr. Jean Saint-Onge, Ad. E., the Honourable Pierrette Rayle, Senator Serge Joyal, Mr. Babak Barin, Ms. Sylvie Champagne and leader of the bar, Mr. Michel Doyon.
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Jean Saint-Onge Organizes and Hosts a Conference on Class Actions
The field of class actions is flourishing and the related case-law is in constant evolution. On October 28th and 29th, Jean Saint-Onge, partner at Lavery, hosted a conference on class actions called “Recours collectifs : Développement récents au Québec, au Canada et aux États-Unis” as a continuing education seminar of the Quebec Bar. This conference was held at the Palais des Congrès in Montreal and welcomed no less than 34 speakers specializing in class actions from various jurisdictions in North America. Jean-Philippe Lincourt, lawyer at Lavery specializing in class actions, actively participated in the organization of this seminar.
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The Université de Montréal Honours Ms. Élise Poisson
Montreal, November 1, 2010 - Lavery is proud to announce that Ms. Élise Poisson, Managing Partner, has been honoured by the Association des diplômés de l’Université de Montréal at the closing dinner of the Mois des diplômés, which was held on October 29th at the Centre des sciences de Montréal. During this event, eight alumni who graduated in 1985 from the Université de Montréal and distinguished themselves by their professional, social or community achievements as well as the excellent reputation that they built in Quebec, were recognized. “We are proud of this recognition given to Élise Poisson,” declared Mr. Richard Dolan, Chairman of the Lavery’s Board of Directors. “This honour, attributed to her professional success, reflects on all the members of the firm.”
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Lavery Highlights Quebec SME'S Dynamism at the National Bank's SME Awards Ceremony
Montreal, October 29, 2010 - Lavery is proud to collaborate with the National Bank Recognition Program for SMEs, which has recognized the excellence of Quebec entrepreneurs for 17 years. Further to the announcement of the regional award winners, which recognized, in September, the excellence and performance of 44 SMEs, small businesses, export SMEs and agribusiness SMEs from all areas of Quebec, the gala evening for the National Bank’s SME Awards is an opportunity to reveal the provincial winners and to pay tribute to SMEs that clearly distinguished themselves in Quebec last year.“We would like to congratulate all provincial and regional winners as well as all SMEs that participated in this inspiring annual competition organized by the National Bank,” declared Ms. Édith Jacques, partner and member of the Business Law Group at Lavery. “This competition gives SMEs the chance to establish a reputation, boost their human resources’ sense of pride and develop business connections to foster their growth.”Lavery has always been engaged in the development of businesses in Quebec and has adopted a distinct Law > Business approach to depict the dedication of its 175 lawyers and all other professionals in order to contribute to the success of the business community in which SMEs play an important part thanks to their drive, performance, innovativeness and ability to create numerous jobs.