May 2010
The Province of Ontario will harmonize the existing 8% provincial sales tax (PST) with the 5% federal goods and services tax (GST) effective July 1, 2010. The Ontario harmonized sales tax (HST) will merge the existing PST and GST, for a combined rate of 13%. Click here to see how this effects legal fees and certain disbursements.
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May 2010
Howard Black appeared on BNN's Money Talk on May 3rd, 2010 to discuss the difference between common law spouses and legally married spouses when they die without a will and the various claims that can be brought against an estate. Are all relationships created equal in estate planning? Not necessarily.
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March 2010
Entertainment Properties Trust (NYSE:EPR) announced the acquisition of the 10 Dundas Street complex from Ernst & Young Inc., the Court Appointed interim receiver and receiver and manager of the complex, for a purchase price in excess of $250 million. The complex, often coined the "Times Square of Canada," is a 13 level mixed use, multi media entertainment retail center located in downtown Toronto, consisting of approximately 330,000 square feet of net rentable area. Minden Gross LLP represented the receiver in this transaction and throughout the receivership, with a team led by Kenneth Kallish
March 2010
David Ullmann is a Shooting Star according to Precedent Magazine
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January 2010
On January 18, 2010, the Honourable Jerry S. Grafstein, Q.C. was interviewed on BNN's The Close to discuss his involvement with a consortium to purchase three newspapers (National Post, Ottawa Citizen, Montreal Gazette) from CanWest.
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December 2009
On December 9, 2009, Hartley R. Nathan Q.C. and Phillip G. Bevans, along with the CCH, presented the webinar Company Meetings: Preparation, Conduct and Best Practices which took a closer look at Hartley's recent book Nathan's Company Meetings, 8th Edition. Learn how to prepare for Board and Shareholder Meetings and what can be done to manage sensitive issues when they arise.
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November 2009
Minden Gross LLP acted for Blue Planet Environmental Inc. in connection with its listing of its common shares on the First Quotation Board of the Open Market of the Deutsche Börse (Frankfurt). In so doing Blue Planet became one of the first Canadian listed company's which was listed on the exchange without having completed an offering or qualifying transaction.
November, 2009
Steven Pearlstein was interviewed for the November
edition of Law Times. He was quoted in the article “HST could blunt
housing rebound,” which discusses the impact that the new harmonized
sales tax will have on resale home transactions specifically legal
fees.
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October, 2009
Congratulations Howard Black on being selected by his peers to the 2010 edition of
The Best Lawyers in Canada in the specialty of Trusts and Estates.
July, 2009
Howard Black appeared on BNN: Money Talk to discuss cottage succession planning strategies that could help avoid disputes amongst family members as well as reduce the tax bite
July, 2009
June, 2009
May, 2009
David and Samantha are currently working on the 3rd edition of their best-selling book, which will be published by CCH Canada Limited in the fall of 2009."
David Ullmann was interviewed July 6th on BNN: Squeeze Play to provide a Canadian perspective on the GM Fallout in a panel discussion.
David Ullmann was interviewed June 9th on
Minden Gross LLP is proud to announce that "Tax & Family Business Succession Planning, 2nd ed." by David Louis and Samantha Prasad has been selected by the Financial Post Magazine (May 2009) as a recommended resource for the Entrepreneur's Tool Kit as part of their feature on Succession Planning.