We are excited to announce that the 2024 update to the Alberta Business Law Practice Manual is in production! The hardcopy editions are rolling off the press and the online edition for the LESA Library is being uploaded. If everything proceeds as planned, the manual will be ready for your use next week!
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The Alberta Business Law Practice Manual is a comprehensive resource designed for business lawyers in Alberta. Whether you practice in corporate law, intellectual property law, oil and gas law, or commercial litigation, this manual provides essential information and precedents for any business law practitioner.
The 2024 update to the Alberta Business Law Practice Manual provides practice updates and reflects legislative changes to a number of areas of business law. Highlights include:
- A new chapter on societies and not-for-profits
- Amendments to the Business Corporations Act, Partnerships Act, as well as other legislative and regulatory changes
- Developments, practice notes, and tips for incorporations, corporate records, shareholder rights and remedies, business acquisitions, securities, trusts, intellectual property, and more
- New and updated precedents, including two brand new settlement agreements and releases
It takes a fair few months, dozens of volunteers, and countless hours of work to update one of LESA’s comprehensive practice manuals, and each manual is in rotation for an update every couple years to keep the content current. We couldn’t have done this update to the Alberta Business Law Practice Manual without the help of the many volunteer subject matter experts who updated the manual’s two dozen chapters. We so appreciate the following subject matter experts who made this update happen. Thanks for giving of your time, talent, and expertise!
| Colleen Abel, Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP | Dan Jukes, Miles Davison LLP |
| Leigh Acheson, Witten LLP | Samuel J. Kalmakoff, Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP |
| Bruce Alger, Charla Smith & Company Ltd | Olga Kary, Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP |
| Jared Armstrong, Inuvialuit Regional Corporation | Ellery Lew, Witten LLP |
| Elizabeth Aspinall, Bennett Jones LLP | MaryAnne Loney, McLennan Ross LLP |
| Paul Michael Blyschak, Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP | Cameron MacCarthy, Borden Ladner Gervais LLP |
| Graham Bowden, Bennett Jones LLP | Renee Matthews, CITO Energy Law LLP |
| Nick Bryanskiy, CITO Energy Law LLP | Stéphane McCrum, Field LLP |
| Paul G. Chiswell, Burnet, Duckworth & Palmer LLP | Bud Melnyk KC, Warren Sinclair LLP |
| Tony Cioni, CITO Energy Law LLP | Will Osler KC, Bennett Jones LLP |
| Susan Clapp, Witten LLP | Tyler M. Perozni, Main Street Law LLP |
| Nicola B. Cooper, Cooper & Company | Geoffrey Poelman, Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP |
| Michael Deyholos, Burnet, Duckworth & Palmer LLP | J. Cameron Prowse KC, Prowse Chowne LLP |
| Rick Ewasiuk KC, Reynolds Mirth Richards & Farmer LLP | Siobain Quinton, Bennett Jones LLP |
| Michelle Fong, McLennan Ross LLP | Will Sardo, Bennett Jones LLP |
| Robert J. Froehlich, Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP | Brendan J. Sawatsky, Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP |
| Brian Futoransky, Field LLP | Jarett Schaumberger, Field LLP |
| Shyla Halseth, Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP | Nikki J.L. van Mulligen, MMH Lawyers LLP |
| Mike Harris, Dentons Canada LLP | Rylea K. Yanke, Burnet, Duckworth & Palmer LLP |
| Christine Hicks, Field LLP |
A special thanks also to goes out to Bronwyn Evans, Anna Gunn, and Sophia Roth for their help with this update.
