Operation Update is an excellent way to keep up to date on a variety of practice areas and this year’s program will once again provide fast-paced, focused reviews of significant changes in legislation, case law, policy and administration in a wide variety of fields. Simultaneous lectures allow you to choose from those areas that are of particular interest, while providing you with written materials on all topics. Whether you are a generalist, in-house counsel or a specialist interested in key developments in other areas, Operation Update 2009 is a “must” for you. This program is offered jointly by the Ontario Bar Association and the Law Society of Upper Canada.

9:00 am Introductory Remarks

9:10 am The 5 Most Significant Decisions of the Courts in the Past Year
Igor Ellyn, QC, Ellyn Law LLP

9:35 am Real Estate Law
Reuben M. Rosenblatt, QC, Minden Gross LLP

10:00 am Civil Litigation: Amendments to the Rules of Civil Procedure
Daniel R. Bernstein, Wardle Daley Bernstein LLP

10:40 am Break

10:40 am Business Law
Arlene D. O’Neill, Gardiner Roberts LLP

11:05 am Insolvency Law
Katherine McEachern, Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

11:30 am Administrative Law
Robert A. Centa, Paliare Roland Rosenberg Rothstein LLP

11:55 am Family Law
Georgina L. Carson, MacDonald & Partners LLP

12:20 pm Lunch (not provided)

BREAKOUT SESSIONS
You may choose one of the three sessions being presented in each particular time period. Some topics are being presented twice to allow you maximum flexibility in selecting your personal agenda.

1:30 pm Estate Law
Laura E. West, Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP

Personal Property and Security
Jennifer E. Babe, Miller Thomson LLP

Health Law
William P. Georgas, Counsel, Legal Services Branch, Ministry of Health & Long-Term Care and Ministry of Health Promotion

2:00 pm Human Rights
Raj K. Anand, WeirFoulds LLP

Construction Law
Andrew J. Heal, Blaney McMutry LLP

Environmental Law
Dr. Dianne Saxe, Saxe Law Office

2:30 pm Taxation Law
Brian R. Carr, Moskowitz & Meredith LLP

Estate Law (Repeat)
Laura E. West, Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP

Citizenship and Immigration Law
Lorne A. Waldman, Waldman & Associates

3:00 pm Employment Law
Thane P. Woodside, Barrister and Solicitor

Municipal and Planning Law Update
Neil M. Smiley, Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP

Class Actions
Randy C. Sutton, Ogilvy Renault

3:30 pm Criminal Law
Greg D. Goulin, LSM, Goulin & Patrick - Windsor

Taxation Law (Repeat)
Brian R. Carr, Moskowitz & Meredith LLP

Pension Law
Susan L. Nickerson, Hicks Morley Hamilton Stewart Storie LLP
Natasha D. Monkman, Hicks Morley Hamilton Stewart Storie LLP

4:00 pm Program Concludes