Program Materials

Current and Emerging Issues in Fertility Law

Table of Content

Program Date: January 20, 2016

Tab A
Agenda

Tab B
Faculty List and Biographies

Tab C
Optional Primer
Fertility Law: Understanding the Key Concepts
Sara Cohen, Fertility Law Canada™ at D2Law LLP
Ellen K. Embury, Dunphy Best Blocksom LLP

Tab 1
What To Do When Things Go Wrong
Erin Lepine, Nelligan O’Brien Payne LLP
Ellen K. Embury, Dunphy Best Blocksom LLP

Tab 2
Criminal and Long Arm Prohibitions in Fertility Law
Megan Savard, AddarioLaw Group

Tab 3
When Fertility Law Meets Estate Planning
Anastasija Sumakova, WeirFoulds LLP

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New Brunswick and Quebec – Two Unique Jurisdictionsfor Legal Parentage in Canada
Doreen Brown, Green Glazer Nadler and Associates
Jocelyne Léger-Nowlan, Actus Law Droit

Tab 5
Parallels in The World of Adoption: What can we Learn
?
Cheryl Appell, Dickson MacGregor Appell LLP

Tab 6
Non-Traditional Families: From LGBTQ to 3+ Parent Families
Kelly D. Jordan, Jordan Battista LLP
Joanna Radbord, Martha McCarthy & Company LLP
Dr. Rachel Gorman, Graduate Program, Critical Disability Studies, York University
Andy Inkster, LGBTQ Parenting Network – Sherbourne Health Centre

Tab 7
Understanding the Ethics of Practice in Fertility Law
Sara Cohen, Fertility Law Canada™ at D2Law LLP
Dr. Kimberly Liu, FRCSC, MSL, Mount Sinai Centre for Fertility and Reproductive Health
Shirley Eve Levitan, Family and Reproductive Technology Law

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The Future of Fertility Law: From Best Practices to the Unknown
Sara Cohen, Fertility Law Canada™ at D2Law LLP
Ellen K. Embury, Dunphy Best Blocksom LLP
Sherry Levitan, Fertility Lawyer

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Notes

Successful Settlements: Strategies and Tactics For Civil Litigators

Table of Content

Program Date: November 26, 2015

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Agenda

Tab B
Faculty List and Biographies

Tab 1
The Psychology of Settlement: It’s About the Money (But Not Really)
Jon T. Fidler, M + F Mediation and Arbitration Services
Eric B. Gossin, Stancer Gossin Rose LLP
The Hon. Justice Gertrude F. Speigel, Superior Court of Justice (Ontario)

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Drafting Offers to Settle and Minutes to Settlement: Avoiding or Addressing the Pitfalls
Ian R. Dick, Hicks Morley Hamilton Stewart Storie LLP
Sam R. Sasso, Ricketts, Harris LLP

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Emerging Areas in the Settlement Process 1. Using Settlement Counsel: When Two Heads are Better Than One
Paul Neil Feldman, Feldman Lawyers
Mitchell Rose, Stancer Gossin Rose LLP

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Emerging Areas in the Settlement Process 2. Settlement in the Digital Era: Essentials for Non-Techies
Colm Brannigan, Colm Brannigan Mediation and Arbitration Services
Lisa Stam, Koldorf Stam LLP

Tab 5
Litigating Settlements
Oscar Strawczynski, Feldman Lawyers
Alison Burrison, McLeish Orlando LLP

Tab 6
Ethical and Professional Considerations in Negotiating Settlements
Jennifer Bell, Placet Dispute Resolution
Meredith Jones, Lerners LLP
Natasha E. Skupsky, Thompson, Tooze, McLean, & Elkin
Voula Michaelidis, Zubas + Associates

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Notes

12th Annual Intensive Wills and Estates Workshop

Table of Content

Program Date: November 12, 19 & 26, 2015

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Agenda

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Faculty List and Biographies

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Will Planning and Preparation
1.Preliminary Considerations
2.Gathering Information: Personal Planning Form
3.Client Fact Scenario
4.The Annotated Will 2014(LSUC)
5.Proceedure for Execution of Wills and Condicils
6.Precedent Testimonium Clauses and Affidavits of Execution of Wills in Unusual Circumstances
7.Reporting Letter to Estate Planning Client (From The Annotated Will 2014)
8.Miscellaneous Matters
9.Tax Considerations

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Administration of Wills and Estates
1.Preliminary Considerations
2.Funeral Arrangements: Abeziz v. Harris Estate, [1992] O.J. no. 1271
3.Estate Information
4.Appointment of Estate Trustee with a Will
5.Intestacies – Finding Next-of-Kin
6.Insurance and Bonds for Estate Trustee
7.Insurance Designation in Unprobated Will: Rozon v. Transamerica Life Insurance Co. of Canada, [1999] O.J. No. 5599
8.Tax Filing Deadlines
9.Providing Information to Residual Beneficiaries
10.Digital Assets in Will Drafting and Estate Administration
11.Executor’s Compensation: Henry Estate (Re), [1998] O.J. No. 1643
12.Winding Up the Estate
13.Non-Resident Matters
14.Voluntary Dissolution – Ontario Corporation
15.Privacy Considerations for an Estates Practice

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Key Sections of Certain Statutes
1.Accumulations Act
2.Children’s Law Reform Act
3.Estate Administration Tax Act
4.Estates Act
5.Family Law Act
6.Substitute Decisions Act
7.Succession Law Reform Act
8.Trustee Act

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Notes

2015 Guide to Legal Risk Management in Long-Term Care

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Program Date: September 28, 2015

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Agenda

Tab B
Faculty List and Biographies

Tab 1
Regulatory Compliance and the RQI: Where we are in 2015
Mary Nestor, Senior Manager, Compliance & Enforcement, Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
David M. Golden, Torkin Manes LLP

Tab 2
Managing Challenges in Admissions, Discharges and Appropriate Placements
David M. Golden, Torkin Manes LLP
Debbie Taciuk, Supervisor, Client Services – Placement, Central Community Care Access Centre

Tab 3
Dealing with Responsive Behaviors and Intentional Resident-to-Resident Abuse
Ruth Chalmers, Vice President, Operations, Sienna Senior Living
Marc Toppings, General Counsel, Sinai Health System

Tab 4
Critical Issues in the Use of Restraints, Detention and Locked Units
Jane E. Meadus, Staff Lawyer, Institutional Advocate Advocacy Centre for the Elderly (ACE)
Dr. Andrea Moser, Associate Medical Director, Apotex Centre Baycrest Health Sciences

Tab 5
Current and Emerging Privacy Issues in LTC – Video Surveillance, Social Media and Email
Kathryn M. Frelick, Miller Thomson LLP

Tab 6
Conducting and Managing Investigations
Frank Cerrone, Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, Revera Inc.

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Health Care Consent, Advance Care Planning and End of Life Decisions in the Wake of Carter
Judith A. Wahl, Executive Director, Advocacy Centre for the Elderly (ACE)
Susan Nickle, General Counsel, London Health Sciences Centre
Dr. Nadia Incardona, Hospitalist and Emergency Physician, Toronto East General Hospital

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Notes

Legal Risk Management for Nurses in 2015

Table of Content

Program Date: June 17, 2015

TAB A
Agenda

TAB B
Faculty List and Biographies

TAB 1
Understanding Medical Negligence Claims Against Nurses
Michael B. Fraleigh, Fogler, Rubinoff LLP

TAB 2
Ensuring Patient Privacy: How to Deal Appropriately with Confidential Information
Mary Jane Dykeman, DDO Health Law
Manuela Di Re, Director of Legal Services, Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario

TAB 3
Consent to Treatment and Informing the Patient: The Nurse’s Perspective
Lonny J. Rosen, C.S., Rosen Sunshine LLP

TAB 4
Luncheon & Keynote Address: “The Changing Landscape of End of Life Decisions in Canada”
Kerry W. Bowman, PhD, Assistant Professor, Family and Community Medicine, Joint Centre for Bioethics, University of Toronto; Clinical Ethicist, Mount Sinai Hospital

TAB 5
Protecting Nurses from Violence & Harassment at Work
Philip B. Abbink, Cavalluzzo Shilton McIntyre Cornish LLP
Janet E. Borowy, Cavalluzzo Shilton McIntyre Cornish LLP

TAB 6
Professional Misconduct Update: What Every Nurse Should Know
Elyse Sunshine, Rosen Sunshine LLP

TAB 7
Patient Relations: Building Relationships to Help Nurses Manage Risk
Pam Marshall, RN, LL.B., LL.M., Executive Director, Patient Relations, Risk & Legal Affairs, The Scarborough Hospital

TAB 8
An Overview of the College of Nurses New Medication Standard
Angela McNabb, RN, BScN, MN, CPMHN, Outreach Consultant, Professional Practice Department, College of Nurses of Ontario

TAB 9
Note Paper

Managing Employment Law Issues in the Digital Age: Data Ownership, Privacy and Social Media

Table of Content

Program Date: April 20, 2015

Tab A
Agenda

Tab B
Faculty List and Biographies

Tab 1
Employee Privacy Rights and Interests: Where is the Line?
Keri Bush, Privacy Director, Canada and International Legal, Corporate & Compliance Group, BMO Financial Group
Ian Campbell, Fasken Martineau LLP
Lisa Stam, Koldorf Stam LLP
Lisa Talbot, Torys LLP

Tab 2
Ownership and Control Over Data on Employees’ LinkedIn and Other Professional Social Media Sites
Eli S. Lederman, Lenczner Slaght Royce Smith Griffin LLP
Joann Sochor, AVP Corporate Compliance, Sun Life Financial

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Non-Solicitation Covenants in a “Borderless World”
Allyson M. Fischer, Hicks Morley Hamilton Stewart Storie LLP
Dena Varah, Lenczner Slaght Royce Smith Griffin LLP

Tab 4
Social Media and Workplace Misconduct: An Update
Stuart E. Rudner, Rudner MacDonald LLP
Matthew P. Sammon, Lenczner Slaght Royce Smith Griffin LLP

Tab 5
Social Media Crisis Management in the Workplace
Timothy M. Banks, Dentons Canada LLP

Tab 6
Workplace Investigations: Dealing with Evidence from Social Media and Other Digital Sources
Inna Koldorf, Koldorf Stam LLP
Kevin Lo, Managing Director, Froese Forensic Partners Ltd.
Rachel Turnpenney, TurnpenneyMilne LLP

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Notes