The Legal Insider:Mr. Alain P. Lecours' letters.

Mr. Alain P. Lecours regularly distributes a free legal letter entitled «The Legal Insider» to his clients and business partners. The Legal Insider is a compilation of texts with various legal topics of interest for the business community, keeping in mind to make the contents of our newsletters easily accessible, comprehensive and relevant for our clients and contacts, adopting a strong strategic and practical approach to the problems that we encounter. Therefore, the legal letter's content is less oriented toward theoritical concepts. You may access our previous newsletters by consulting the following links.

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Commercial Law in Canada
•	Business Acquisition & Due Diligence - An Unbreakable Rule
•	Canada and Québec - Gateway to the North American Market
•	Clients' line of credit - basic rules and principles
•	Negotiating the sale of a business: The issues at stake
•	Sale of a Business: Opportunities at the Dawn of the 21st Century
•	The Distribution Contract and Product Goodwill
•	The Distribution Contract and Territorial Exclusivity
•	The Distribution Contract: Territorial Exclusivity and Product Goodwill
•	The Particularities of Joint Venture Agreements
•	Websites, Internet, and Law: Some Basic Principles
Inheritance Law
•	Inheritance Law in the Canadian Province of Quebec
USA Patriot Act
•	Extraterritorial Effects of the USA Patriot Act - Privacy Rights of Non-American Citizens
•	USA Patriot Act (Reference documents)
Corporate law in Canada
•	Corporate governance laws & the liability of corporate directors.
•	Directors' clash of interests
•	Shareholders' Agreements: Essential or Superfluous?
•	The BCE Case: Consequences on the Duties of Boards of Directors
Labour Law
•	Employee Suspension: With or Without Remuneration?
•	Employee vs. Autonomous Worker: Consequences of Erroneous Qualification
•	Rules & Principles Governing Dismissals in Québec
•	Strategic Aspects of the Employment Contract
•	Surveillance cameras in work environment & privacy
Intellectual Property Law
•	Business' Name, Trade-Mark, and Domain Name: An Essential Symbiosis
•	Intellectual property - Trademark in europe
•	Internet File-Sharing of Copyright-Protected Works: A Canadian Perspective
•	Patents, Copyrights & Industrial Designs - Essential Distinguishing?
•	Protecting your business’ goodwill: Google Adwords
•	Trade Secrets in Canadian Intellectual Property Law
•	Trade-Mark: An Underrated Asset