We hope that all of our readers have enjoyed a wonderful Holiday Season, and wish you all the best for 2017!  If you have not yet made a New Year's Resolution, you may want to resolve to do your best to avoid the Top 10 Legal Risks for Business in 2017.

In this year's Annual Report, BLG has identified the following key areas of risk:

Technology Transformations

1.     Innovation, Disruption and the Regulation of Fintech

2.     Cybersecurity and Data Privacy

Market Concerns

3.     Shareholder Activism

4.     Conduct Risk

5.     Securities Regulation

Public Debates

6.     Canada's Natural Resources - Under Pressure and Transformation 

7.     Medical Cannabis

8.     Global Trading System

9.     Government's Evolving Management of Infrastructure

10.   Employment Agreements

To read more and download your own copy of the Report, click here.

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