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PAGE 16 The Inside Story ANTI-CORRUPTION TEAM LAUNCHED Norton Rose OR LLP has launched a business ethics and anti-corruption team in Canada. The group, which comprises members of the firm's regulatory, litigation, business, financial in- stitutions, and global corporate social responsibility practice ar- eas, aims to help clients navigate increasingly complex rules apply- ing to companies doing business in Canada and elsewhere. "Canadian businesses are now operating in an environment where there is an increasing focus on business ethics and anti-cor- ruption issues," said Paul Con- lin, Ottawa partner and chair- man of the Canadian business ethics and anti-corruption team. "New legislation in key markets such as the U.K. is having a major impact, as is greater scrutiny from governments, shareholders, busi- ness partners, and other stake- holders. Ensuring compliance by employees and agents operating in Canada and foreign countries can present significant challenges for Canadian companies." DAVIES LAWYER JOINS NETWORK'S BOARD Davies Ward Phillips & Vine- berg LLP partner Carol Hansell has been appointed to the board of the International Corporate Governance Network. The network has a global membership of more than 500 leaders in corporate governance from 50 countries with a mis- sion to raise standards of corpo- rate governance worldwide. Han- sell is the only Canadian serving on the board. Hansell has 25 years of experi- ence leading corporate and secu- rities transactions and was lead author of the firm's paper on the quality of the shareholder vote in Canada. The paper highlighted deficiencies in the proxy voting system. "Carol is internationally rec- ognized as a leading authority in corporate governance," said Shawn McReynolds, managing partner at Davies' Toronto office. "Her deep knowledge of policy and practice of critical gover- nance issues in North America as well as globally has positioned her to provide unique, sophisticated advice on questions of key con- cern to our clients." FELLOWSHIP HONOURS JOHN A. TORY The University of To- ronto's Rotman School of Management has established a fellowship in memory of Torys LLP co-founder John A. Tory with a $180,000 commitment from Thomson Reuters. The annual fellowship will provide a $40,000 award to a full-time MBA student. Recip- ients will also have the oppor- tunity to participate in a com- petitive 10-week paid intern- ship in the summer associates program at Thomson Reuters prior to their last year of study. Thomson Corp. was a key client of Tory, who went on to serve as president of Wood- bridge Co. Ltd., the Thomson family holding company. He was also an adviser to Cana- dian corporate giants Rogers Communications Inc. and the Royal Bank of Canada. "John Tory was an optimist who believed the future yields untold promise," said David Thomson, chairman of Thom- son Reuters. "In his honour, we are pleased to partner with the University of Toronto to support the next generation of business leaders, consistent with John's legacy of passion and curiosity for all fac- ets of business combined with his unparalleled grace, integrity, humility and work ethic." Roger Martin, dean of the Rotman school, was also full of praise for Tory. "We are hum- bled by the opportunity to house the John Tory Fellowship at the Rotman school," he said. "John was a friend and colleague and one of the finest business minds of his generation." REAL ESTATE LAWYER RETURNS TO BLAKES Pierre-Denis Leroux has re- turned to Blake Cassels & Gray- don LLP seven years after he left to become a partner at McCar- thy Tétrault LLP. Leroux becomes a partner with Blakes' real estate group in Montreal. "It's great to welcome Pierre- Denis back to Blakes," said firm chairman Brock Gibson. "Pierre-Denis is a leading real es- tate practitioner and is very well- connected in the Quebec busi- ness community. We're pleased to have him back at the firm." Leroux practises commer- cial law focusing on acquisition and disposition of real estate, structured and secured financ- ing, and securitization. LT For more Inside Story, please visit www.lawtimesnews.com. "Which foreign jurisdiction's court decision are they enforcing in your case?" FEEDS LEGAL LegalFeeds_Cl_Jan_11.indd 1 A daily blog of visit www.lawtimesnews.com MEGA-BROTHEL REJECTED SYDNEY, Australia — A me- ga-brothel would stifle compe- tition, Sydney city councillors decided in rejecting a proposal for a 40-room facility. "We're not prudes, we're not opposed to brothels, but we have a policy of anti-cluster- ing, spreading them out," said Coun. Shayne Mallard. According to Agence France- Presse, the proposed expan- sion of the brothel would have doubled its working rooms to 40 and would have added a wing for group bookings. The expanded facility would have been Australia's biggest brothel. In rejecting the idea, city councillors said it was too am- bitious and would threaten competing brothels in the area. AN EXTREME FOOT FETISH CONWAY, Ark. — Some peo- ple take their fetishes too far. There's nothing illegal about a foot fetish, of course, but po- lice in Conway are looking for a toe-sucking man they said has crossed the line into assault. According to Reuters, po- lice have received two com- plaints recently about a man who seems desperate to suck women's toes. "We want him off the streets," said police spokeswom- an LaTresha Woodruff. Earlier this month, Ruth Harris, 83, told police she was Bizarre Briefs By Viola James sitting in a chair in front of her apartment when a man ap- proached and said he liked her feet. According to a police re- port, the man took off one of her shoes and began sucking on her toe. "The man then asked if he could kiss her and she had told him no and told him he was crazy," the report stated. The man left quickly after people walked into the court- yard at the apartment complex, Reuters reported. A few days later, police re- another ceived call from a woman who said she had been shopping when she noticed a man staring at her. The man then told the woman he had a foot fetish and that "her toes are so long and succulent" and he want- ed to suck them. When the woman's cellphone rang, the man retreated. It's not the first time Con- way has dealt with this sort of complaint. In the 1990s, a man kept Arkansans captivated with his foot-fondling antics in Con- way and Little Rock. TALENT SHOW NIXED FOR LONG EPISODES BEIJING — China has or- dered a popular TV talent show off the air for a year after it ex- ceeded broadcasting time limits and is instead replacing it with programs that "promote moral ethics" such as public safety and housework tips, state media September 26, 2011 • Law timeS said last week. Episodes of the talent show Super Girl, akin to American Idol or The X Factor, were sup- posed to run for a maximum of 90 minutes, according to rules set in 2007. But they some- times exceeded the limit, the China Daily reported. Hunan Satellite Television, which produces Super Girl, has agreed to follow the broadcast regulator's ruling to remove the show and replace it with pub- lic service programming, the newspaper quoted deputy edi- tor-in-chief Li Hao as saying. "Instead, the channel will air programs that promote moral ethics and public safety and provide practical information for housework," Li said. "I believe the reason that forced the administration to 'regulate' this program is that some television hosts in the program made inappropriate comments and some did not dress properly," Jin Yong of China Communication Uni- versity told the paper. China routinely censors anything it considers politi- cally sensitive or offensive, from songs to films, in contrast to the stirring patriotic fare it pro- motes on mainstream stations. Super Boy, another singing contest, was ordered in 2007 to show only "healthy and ethically inspiring songs," avoid "gossip," and not show "bad taste" scenes of screaming fans or tearful losing contestants, the China Daily said. In a statement on its web site, the regulator said it had also suspended a TV station in northern China for showing programs that showed disre- spect toward an elderly parent and magnified family conflict. — Reuters LT Canadian Legal News 1/6/11 11:44:49 AM canadianlaw yermag.com/ legalfeeds

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