If there is one word that everyone in the residential rental market hates, it is “bedbugs.” Over the past few years bedbug outbreaks have become more common as the pests are notoriously difficult to fully exterminate. Bedbugs can live for months, even up to a year, without food and they…

Kelly Santini’s Michael Leaver advised Kuatro Technologies on its recent acquisition by the Florida-based technology company Jabil.  Michael was assisted in the transaction by our USLAW Network colleagues at LeClair Ryan in Virginia.  Kuatro Technologies was  based in Ottawa, and had operations in the United States and Ukraine.http://www.jabil.com

With the holidays just around the corner, many business owners and managers will be planning the annual company party. Whenever alcohol is involved there is the potential for a festive occasion to end in tragedy. The question of whether an employer owes a duty of care to employees or the…

What happens when adult children still living at home refuse to leave? As the boomer generation ages and look to downsize, this is a question that more and more parents might have to consider.  While it may sound unlikely, this scenario has the potential to cause some headaches for parents…

Kelly Santini LLP’s Andrew Godfrey, Michael Leaver and Kristina Kang advised PiiComm on its acquisition of Sibyl Groupe Conseil, a Montreal-based IT services and software development firm.  PiiComm delivers enterprise mobility solutions and has grown rapidly since its inception in 2007.  The company frequently appears in Profit 500, a list…

On January 1, 2017, new rules affecting the taxation of life insurance will come into effect under the Income Tax Act. These rules were introduced in 2012 and received Royal Assent in December 2014, but were given a grace period for implementation due to their significant effects on life insurance…

In October 2016, the federal Minister of Finance, the Honourable William Morneau, announced two major changes to the Canadian housing market regulation. The first change affects which properties are eligible for the Principal Residence Exemption and the second change regards the mortgage stress test that has been imposed upon insured…

Kelly Santini LLP’s Meghan O’Halloran has been elected to Governance Council of the Ontario Bar Association. The two year term begins in August 2016. Meghan is currently serving as the Chair of the Ontario Bar Association’s Young Lawyers Division – East.