Of the close to 80 million spectators who have attended a Cirque du Soleil show since its inception in 1984, few have likely considered the legal acrobatics behind the scenes to bring the awe-inspiring spectacles to the stage.

The Association of Corporate Counsel has launched a chapter in Quebec, doubling the number of chapters the organization has in Canada.

Jurisdictions in the United States and Canada are reaching across the border to tackle climate change, but the fate of regionally-based programs like the Western Climate Initiative following the victory of U.S. president-elect Barack Obama is something companies across the continent are eager to know.

Potential new Canadian importation regulations could leave in-house counsel and corporate executives scrambling for their dictionaries to make sure they have a clear understanding of the difference between onerous and onus.

Human rights to Canadians are almost as sacrosanct as security to U.S. citizens. So what happens when these two most important North American values intersect and put a company’s profitability on the line?

When Elisa D. Garcia C. goes to her office in Boca Raton, Fla., she knows a full day awaits. It may include a teleconference with in-house counsel in Brazil, an e-mail from outside counsel in the United Kingdom, a review of operations in Canada, and a meeting with the senior management of the company.

Recently the Canadian Federal Court of Appeal ordered eBay Canada to hand over anonymous customer records held in the United States.