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Canada’s Anti-Spam Bill Passed
Just before Christmas, Parliament passed Canada’s new anti-spam and anti-spyware law, commonly referred to as FISA, or the “Fighting Internet and Wireless Spam Act” (Industry Canada release here). The law will be bought into force later this year to give Canadians time to prepare. Broadly, the law prohibits the sending of commercial messages without recipient consent, and prohibits the installation of computer program’s without consent. It’s quite a complex piece of legislation and carries stiff penalties – you should consider its applicability to your practices and make the necessary adjustments before it comes into force.
Much has been written about the new law – some of my favourite pieces are by my friend David Canton here, here and here, by Simon Fodden here, and by some of the larger law firms – McCarthy’s here and Davies here, for example. I’ll be saving pieces on the legislation to this tag.
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The Ministry of Labour has recently updated its page on internship. Misconceptions about the use of interns are common – this is a worthwhile read for technology businesses.
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This is a somewhat involved but thorough and very smart post about an issue that confronts almost every founder – how to split the pie. Hat tip to @DavidCrow for noticing it.
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Here is a very helpful post from Lawpro’s Avoid A Claim blog, including employee termination checklist, about ending employment. And on a related note, a StartupNorth post on firing people by Michael Silagadze.
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