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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 23, 2012	Option Droit & Affaires and Lawinfrance.com mention Lubomir Roglev and Christophe Fichet, who acted as counsel for Québecor Média in its conclusion of a strategic partnership with Readbooks, a group based in France and Québec "Delson et Fasken sur la prise de participation de Québecor Média dans Readbooks," Option Droit & Affaires and "Delsol Avocats accompagne le franco-québécois Readbooks dans son partenariat avec Quebecor Media en matière de livre numérique," Lawinfrance.com
May 22, 2012	The Wall Street Journal's MarketWatch features John Beardwood, newly elected president of ITechLaw "ITechLaw Elects 2012-13 Officers and Board of Directors," MarketWatch
May 20, 2012	Haïti Libre mentions Fasken Martineau's support in the completion of a newly constructed school-orphanage in Haïti "Haiti - Humanitarian: A new orphanage-school in Croix-des-Bouquets," Haïti Libre

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.