Building a litigation team around the dispute
Most litigation teams are built around a firm's org chart. The better starting point is the dispute: what it will demand, in what order, and at what cost.
The co-founder who held the only keys
An Ontario court ordered a co-founder and CTO to hand over source code credentials pending trial. What the decision says about copyright assignments, pleadings admissions, and who controls a startup's repositories.
Why proportionality matters in commercial litigation
Proportionality is a rule of procedure in the Ontario and Federal courts. For a business in a dispute, it is also a discipline for deciding where to spend.
Who owns an invention developed by co-founders?
Co-founders often assume the company owns what they invent. In Canada, the default answer is usually different, and the gap matters most when a founder leaves.