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Login to watch this video if you have a subscription. Learn more about subscriptions.When Condo Buildings Go into Insolvency and the Implications on Buyers examines the legal and practical consequences for purchasers when new-build condominium developers in Ontario enter receivership or CCAA protection. The presentation highlights the roles of receivers and monitors, the treatment and possible disclaimer of agreements of purchase and sale, secured creditor priority, purchaser status as unsecured creditors before closing, deposit protection, and the Mizrahi project decisions. It offers practical guidance for lawyers on reviewing APS wording, tracking outside occupancy dates, assessing builder and financing risk, reviewing receivership or monitor orders, and advising buyers on the limits of statutory protections when a project becomes insolvent.
AI and the Practice of Law: Practical and Ethical Considerations examines the responsible use of AI tools in legal practice, from legal-specific platforms to general-purpose systems used for drafting, research, summaries, intake, billing, and document review. The presentation highlights competence, confidentiality, supervision, client consent, vendor terms, hallucinated citations, client use of AI, governance policies, and the continuing role of lawyers in applying judgment, accountability, and independent review.
Merredith MacLennan is a partner at Merovitz Potechin LLP in Ottawa. She represents clients in all aspects of real estate transactions, including the purchase, sale or financing of land and the development of residential and commercial properties. Merredith MacLennan has extensive experience in shared property matters, including condominiums, joint use agreements, co-tenancy agreements, and easements, as well as title insurance and complex title matters, providing summaries, opinions, and resolutions to her clients and other lawyers. Merredith has been certified by the Law Society of Ontario as a specialist in real estate law. She is the chair of the County of Carleton (CCLA) Real Estate Lawyer’s Committee and member of the CCLA Solicitors Conference Planning Committee. She is a member of the provincial Working Group on Lawyers and Real Estate and the Law Society’s Real Estate Liaison Group. Merredith is a past Real Estate Co-Chair of the Federation of Ontario Law Associations. Merredith holds a B.A. from Dalhousie University, an LL.B. from the University of New Brunswick and an LL.M. from Osgoode Hall. She was called to the Bar in 1999.
Massimo Orsini is a Partner at Oziel Law, where he advises innovative and creative clients on matters pertaining to corporate, commercial, and intellectual property law. Massimo’s practice focuses on providing a broad range of pragmatic and strategic business, transactional, and intellectual property law services, including with respect to the protection and commercialization of intellectual property assets (such as trademarks, copyright, patents, and trade secrets), the drafting and negotiation of complex commercial agreements, counsel pertaining to corporate governance, counsel in the areas of corporate transactions and M&A, and dispute resolution.
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