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Legal Issues and Trends for the Life Sciences Industry

Legal Issues and Trends for the Life Sciences Industry
Toronto, November 15, 2017

Blakes will be hosting a special half-day program focusing on the life sciences industry. The program will include updates on legal developments and trends as well as strategies to identify and minimize common risks.

Topic

Topics will include regulatory updates, competition law in the industry, recent changes to Quebec law, class actions, privacy issues and best practices for in-house management of multi-jurisdictional transactions.

Agenda

  • Breakfast and Registration: 8 – 8:30 a.m.
  • Presentations: 8:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
  • Networking Lunch: 12:30 – 1:30 p.m.

Click here to view the agenda.

Location

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP
199 Bay Street
Suite 4000, Commerce Court West
Toronto, Ontario (Map)

Mandatory Continuing Education
Ontario
This program contains 3 hours of Substantive content.

Quebec

Please note that pursuant to the amendments to the Règlement sur la formation continue obligatoire des avocats (Regulation respecting mandatory continuing education for lawyers – available in French only) of the Barreau du Québec, which came into force on April 1, 2019, the status of “recognized provider” and the mandatory “recognition” of activities have been abolished.

Blakes will continue to provide you with a confirmation of participation for your records. As stipulated in the above-mentioned regulation, members must preserve supporting documents attesting their completion of training activities for a period of seven years beginning on April 30 following the end of the reference period during which such activities were completed.