Heuristica Leads eDiscovery Workshop at Canadian Corporate Counsel Association National Conference

Heuristica is pleased to sponsor an eDiscovery workshop at the Canadian Corporate Counsel Association (CCCA) National Conference and In-House Counsel Worldwide (ICW) Summit.

The Conference theme this year is Beyond Borders: Business and Law in the Global Village.

Crystal O’Donnell, Heuristica’s CEO and Senior Counsel, will lead a workshop entitled “Successfully Managing E-Discovery – A Primer for In-House Counsel“.

The workshop will cover important questions in-house counsel should be asking themselves including:

What happens when your organization is called on to produce electronically stored information (ESI)?
Do you have a discovery plan and production protocol in place?

O’Donnell Speaks at Forensic Investigators Conference

Crystal O’Donnell, Heuristica’s CEO and Senior Counsel, will speak at the Association of Certified Forensic Investigators of Canada (ACFI) 20th Annual Fraud Conference and Workshop.

ACFI is a Canadian non-profit accrediting organization responsible for administering the Certified Forensic Investigators’ programme in Canada. It provides services such as seminars, conferences, specialized training, networking, e-newsletters, as well as a web site with articles and educational tools to assist members and others with understanding and dealing with fraud and its related issues. Essentially the Association provides a meeting place where CFI practitioners, who are engaged in law enforcement, forensic and investigative accounting, law, auditing and other related fields, can meet with each other as well as others to discuss fraud related issues.… Read More

Heuristica Sponsors ILCO 50th Anniversary Celebration

Heuristica is pleased to sponsor The Institute of Law Clerks of Ontario (ILCO) 50th Anniversary Celebration.

The members-only event will be held in Toronto at the King Edward Hotel on April 26th, 2018.

ILCO supports the highest professional standards by providing opportunities to innovate, share ideas and knowledge of best practices. It’s mandate is to provide and promote general and legal education to its members for the purpose of increasing their knowledge, efficiency and professional ability.

Heuristica is pleased to have been associated with ILCO for many years by teaching it’s eDiscovery Advanced Theory & Practices for Litigation Support Fellowship Course and sponsoring it’s Annual Conference and other events.… Read More

Order has been Restored: Federal Court of Appeal Upholds Common Interest Privilege

Candice Chan-Glasgow

Director, Document Review Services

March 27, 2018

In Iggillis Holdings Inc. v. Canada (National Revenue), 2018 FCA 51 (CanLII), a highly anticipated decision released earlier this month, the Federal Court of Appeal overturned a Federal Court decision which found that common interest privilege “is not a legitimate or acceptable application of solicitor-client privilege”.

In this case, Abacus Capital (“Abacus”) structured a series of transactions to acquire the shares of the corporations that were previously held by IGGillis Holdings Inc. and Ian Gillis (collectively, “Gillis”). Abacus’ lawyer, with input from Gillis’ lawyer, prepared a memorandum outlining the steps to purchase the shares in the most tax-efficient manner (the “Abacus Memo”). … Read More

Heuristica Speaks to The Association of General Counsel of Alberta

Heuristica is pleased to speak at the monthly meeting of The Association of General Counsel of Alberta (AGCA) in Calgary.

The AGCA was formed as a society under the Societies Act (Alberta) in 1986 to provide a networking vehicle for general counsel and to provide a forum to discuss and learn about issues of interest to the group.

This month’s meeting is entitled “Two Innovative Ways to Control Litigation Cost and Risk: Using Litigation Funding and Efficient eDiscovery Techniques“.

Efficient analysis of burgeoning electronically stored information (ESI) for use in litigation is increasingly critical to manage the cost and risk of a proceeding. … Read More