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28 July 2010

Hector MacKay-Dunn & Farris Congratulate Tekmira on $140M US Government Contract for Ebola Treatment

The partners at Farris would like to congratulate client Tekmira Pharmaceuticals Corporation on the award of a U.S. $140million contract with the United States Department of Defense (DoD) Chemical and Biological Defense Program (CBDP) through the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command (SMDC).
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27 July 2010

Dominic Petraroia Receives Cheque for $225,000 on behalf of the KGH Foundation

Farris Managing Partner, Dominic Petraroia attended the presentation of a $225,000 cheque in donation to the Kelowna General Hospital (KGH) Foundation. Dominic Petraroia is Chair of the KGH Foundation Board.
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21 July 2010

Peter Roth Elected Chair of the CBA Securities Law Section

Peter Roth has been elected Chair of the Securities Law Section of the Canadian Bar Association (British Columbia Branch).
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16 July 2010

Trevor Scott joins Executive of National Business Law Section of the CBA

Trevor Scott has been elected to the Executive of the National Business Law Section of the Canadian Bar Association. The National Business Law Section provides leadership across Canada on laws affecting business, commerce, trade and banking.
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15 July 2010

Ludmila Herbst presents at Canadian Property Tax Association Seminar

Partner and litigator Ludmila Herbst presented an overview of BC property tax exemptions at a seminar of the BC Branch of the Canadian Property Tax Association, held on June 29, 2010. Among the topics that Ms. Herbst addressed were the distinction between permissive and mandatory exemptions, and the identification of statutory regimes applicable to different areas of the province.
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06 July 2010

Rebecca Morse publishes article on sanctions related to ADR refusals

Associate Rebecca Morse’s article entitled “Cost sanctions arising from an unreasonable refusal to participate in ADR” appears in the June 2010 issue of Possibilities, the Canadian Bar Association’s Alternative Dispute Resolution Newsletter.
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16 June 2010

Hector MacKay-Dunn Joins Bio Leaders to Address Sustainable Capital Gap

Partner Hector MacKay-Dunn, Q.C. recently joined other national leaders in the Bio industry to identify and address the intrinsic capital formation problems faced by biotechnology companies at all levels of the product development lifecycle.
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16 June 2010

Ludmila Herbst publishes article on property tax exemptions

Partner and litigator Ludmila Herbst’s article entitled “Property Tax Exemptions: Non-Profit Housing Societies” appears in the May/June 2010 issue of Communication Update, a publication of the Canadian Property Tax Association.
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15 June 2010

Dominic Petraroia Appointed Member of Salvation Army Advisory Council

Kelowna Managing Partner Dominic Petraroia has joined the newly created Advisory Council for the Kelowna Branch of the Salvation Army. The Council, comprised of key community leaders, will work to direct strategy and aid the Salvation Army’s local philanthropic endeavours as required.
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04 June 2010

Brad Newby & Al Hudec close $700 million Forrest Kerr Project

Brad Newby and Al Hudec of Farris LLP represented the Tahltan Nation in the negotiation of a landmark impact benefit agreement (IBA) with Coast Mountain Hydro LP, a subsidiary of AltaGas IncomeTrust (AltaGas).
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31 May 2010

Rebecca Morse and Jasbir Bains present at CLE conference

Farris litigator Rebecca Morse and paralegal Jasbir Bains presented at the Continuing Legal Education Society of British Columbia’s conference, “New Civil Rules for Legal Support Staff”, held on May 7, 2010.
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31 May 2010

Brenner, Hudec & Gruber Present Session on Distressed M&A

Don Brenner Q.C, Al Hudec and David Gruber presented a session on Distressed M&A as part of a program on Advanced Merger and Acquisition Transactions sponsored by the BC Continuing Legal Education Society on June 3, 2010.
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28 May 2010

Farris Team Wins Fifth Annual One-to-One Spelling Bee

Congratulations to Tim Dickson, Eric Goodman, David Gruber, Stephanie Gutierrez, Kwang Lim, Brad Newby, Eli Walker, and Jason Yamashita who yesterday won the One-to-One Spelling Bee at the Vancouver Convention Centre.
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28 May 2010

Brad Newby Acts for Maxam Opportunities Fund in USD $8.5m Financing of Vivonet

Vancouver – May 17, 2010. Farris partner Brad Newby and associate Thierry Keable assisted their client, private equity firm Maxam Opportunities Fund LP, in the recent USD $8.5m secondary and treasury financing of Vivonet Incorporated, a leader in secure web-based point-of-sale (“POS”) systems for the North American restaurant industry.
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25 May 2010

FARRIS EXPANDS IN VICTORIA

NEW OFFICE FOR FARRIS IN VICTORIA
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