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News Releases

May 16, 2012	Survey Finds US Companies Ill-prepared for New Canadian Anti-Spam Law Fasken Martineau released today a new survey of marketing executives primarily based in the United States that revealed an overwhelming lack of preparedness for a new Canadian law that aims to regulate unsolicited electronic commercial messages, commonly called "spam."
May 15, 2012	High Honour: Fasken Martineau partner elected president of ITechLaw Fasken Martineau announced today that John Beardwood, partner and member of the Corporate/Commercial and Technology and Intellectual Property groups, was elected as President of the International Technology Lawyers Association (ITechLaw) in May 2012. John is the 31st president of ITechLaw, and notably the youngest president ever elected to the 41-year old association.
May 14, 2012	Booking Fast: Over 300 already registered for Fasken Martineau’s 2nd annual Symposium in Toronto Fasken Martineau announced today that more than 300 in-house counsel and corporate lawyers have registered to attend the firm's 2nd annual Symposium in Toronto. The Symposium will take place on May 24, 2012, at the Hilton Hotel in downtown Toronto.

Media Coverage

May 17, 2012	The Winnipeg Free Press quotes Guy Giorno on conflict-of-interest legislation and restrictions regarding the acceptance of gifts "Guidelines existed for gifts to MLAs" by Bruce Owen, The Winnipeg Free Press
May 17, 2012	The National Post quotes Martin Sheehan on the non-respect of court injunctions aimed at allowing students to attend classes in Québec colleges and universities "Line Beauchamp’s resignation should be the final compromise in tuition strike" by Graeme Hamilton, National Post
May 16, 2012	Canadian Lawyer, Corporate Counsel and Inside Counsel quote Charles Lupien on US companies' lack of knowledge regarding Canada’s anti-spam law "Americans not ready for Canada’s anti-spam law: report" by Michael McKiernan, Canadian Lawyer Magazine, "New Law Takes Canadian Spam Off the Marketing Menu" by Catherine Dunn, Corporate Counsel, and "U.S. companies may still be unprepared for Canada’s anti-spam act" by Alex Vorro, Inside Counsel

Rankings & Recognitions

April 24, 2012	Droit-Inc features the team of Fasken Martineau lawyers that won IFLR Americas’ Restructuring Deal of the Year award "Un cabinet fait "l'opération de l'année"" by Agnès Wojciechowicz, Droit-Inc
April 10, 2012	The World is Our Playground: Fasken Martineau's International Arbitration group listed in GAR 100 Fasken Martineau announced today that its International Arbitration group has once again been ranked by Global Arbitration Review in its annual GAR 100 listing of the world's top arbitration firms.
March 19, 2012	Clients and Experts Have Spoken: Chambers Global 2012 awards top rankings to Fasken Martineau in four areas of practice Fasken Martineau announced today a significant increase in the number of lawyers and practice groups ranked by Chambers and Partners in the 2012 Global Guide.

Media Advisories

January 26, 2012

Fasken Martineau lawyers available to comment on anti-spam legislation and potential class actions and on changes to securities regulation in regard to prospectus Fasken Martineau has identified its top Ottawa legal stories for this month and has seasoned lawyers available to comment.