May 11, 2011


National Arts Centre
Fountain Room
53 Elgin Street
Ottawa, ON

Event participants:

Robert D. Chapman, Laurence J.E. Dunbar, Guy W. Giorno, Gerald (Jay) Kerr-Wilson, Charles R. Lynch, Leslie J. Milton, Virginia K. Schweitzer, Anna M. Tosto, Stephen P. Whitehead

Fasken Martineau's Symposium provides corporate counsel with educational seminars for continuing professional development. This complimentary half-day event will help you achieve up to three hours of education that can be applied towards CPD requirements of the Ontario Law Society of Upper Canada.

• Learn from recognized legal professionals
• Network with your peers as you study alongside them
• Speak and consult with our lawyers

Applications are being made to the LSUC to have certain sessions accredited for purposes of the New Member Requirement and for the Professionalism Requirement. We will update our Symposium Syllabus on the granting of such accreditation, if and when it is received. Please check back to see if a session you are interested in attending has been accredited.

Our complimentary event has plenty to offer! Preview the topics below and follow the links to register.

Agenda:

8:00 am - 8:30 am
Registration and Breakfast

8:30 am - 9:30 am
Telecom Law Your Business Should Know About
By Laurence Dunbar, Stephen Whitehead, Leslie Milton, and Jay Kerr-Wilson

All businesses use telecommunications, and there are features of Canadian telecommunications laws that regulate such use. We will explain some of these features and also discuss the different types of service providers, the extent to which they are regulated, and how businesses can protect their interests in procuring telecommunications services. Our presentation will include:

• A review of the pending anti-spam legislation
• The implications of the national do-not-call list
• How CRTC regulation of Internet traffic management and wholesale rates affects the Internet services of businesses
• Procurement and competitive requests for proposals
• Privacy and copyright issues for users and providers of cloud computing

9:30 am - 9:45 am
Coffee Break

9:45 am - 10:45 am
Lawyers and Lobbying: The Ethical and Professional Issues*
By Guy Giorno

This session will discuss the legal and professional issues that apply to lawyers in a lobbying environment - both lawyers who advocate to government on behalf of clients and public-sector lawyers who receive representations from outside. Topics will include:

• Lobbying disclosure obligations
• Lobbying and solicitor-client privilege
• Lobbying and the rules of professional conduct
• The Lobbyists' Code of Conduct
• Professional and ethical obligations of the lawyer-lobbyist
• Government lawyers and representations from outside
• Helping clients register to lobby: the professional issues

* This program has been accredited by the Law Society for 0.5 hours toward the annual Professionalism Requirement.
* This program has been accredited by the Law Society for 1 hour toward the annual New Member Requirement.

10:45 am - 11:00 am
Coffee Break

11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Corporate Governance - Beneficial at All Stages of a Company's Life?
By Virginia Schweitzer, Anna Tosto, Robert Chapman, and Charles Lynch

There is a lot of discussion about corporate governance - usually in the public company context. One size of corporate governance does not fit all companies. Setting up processes and policies which govern your company is beneficial at all ages and stages of a company's existence regardless of type - private or public corporations, crown corporations or non-profit corporations. This session will cover:

• Transparency throughout the organization
• Succession planning
• Roles of committees
• Reporting processes - internally and externally

12:00 pm
Box Lunch

This Symposium will be presented in English only.

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