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?

The pursuit of the elusive work-life balance has taken many lawyers from private practice to in-house positions in search of greener pastures. The perception that going in-house offers a less demanding professional life — no billable hours, unreasonable clients, or managing partners — is often just a perception.

Without a doubt, the most critical part of a document-retention policy is actually having one. Yet, shockingly, it seems few Canadian businesses actually do, leaving corporate counsel scrambling when a litigation hold letter lands on their desk. 

When is a document not just a document? Well, as most litigators know, when it’s (among other things) a sound recording, videotape, database, or other piece of information that finds itself in electronic form.

Some workplaces ban access to online social networking sites but others choose to educate and trust their workers not to abuse or fritter away time with them, and maybe even use them as a marketing tool.