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Article: Treaty Shopping After Prévost Car: What Does The Future Hold?
Article: Planning to Deal with the 21-year Deemed Disposition Rule
Article: Trust Issues
Article: The Implications in and for Canada of the IRS’s Final Section 482 Services Regulations
Article: Foreign Entity Classification And The Meaning Of "Corporation" / "Société" In The Income Tax Act
Article: 20 Questions Directors Should Ask about Responding to Allegations of Corporate Wrongdoing
Article: Anti-Cartel Enforcement In Canada - Still More Bark Than Bite
Article: A Brief History of US REITs
Article: International Cooperation and Recent Merger Settlements in Canada
Flash: Ontario Finalizes Mandatory Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reporting Regulation
Article: Collective Dominance In Canada: A New Direction
Flash: Supreme Court Rules in Favour of Wal-Mart
Presentation: Understanding Environmental Regulations - Aboriginal Issues
Flash: CRA Provides Its Latest Views on Planning for Canada-U.S. Tax Treaty Changes and Other Issues
Article: The Top Ten (or Thereabouts) Decisions of Justice David Brown
Article: Price-fixing class actions in Canada
Flash: Bankruptcy and Insolvency: Tax priorities
Flash: Decision Reached in Rare Public Hearing Proceeding into the Ownership and Control of a Canadian Telecommunications Carrier
Presentation: 2009 Amendments To The Canadian Competition Act: Implications For License Agreements
Flash: New York State's Court of Appeals Holds Tax Breaks Preclude Rent Decontrol
Perspective: The Rise and Fall of Canadian Income Trusts
Article: Foreign investors face tough times
Flash: Québec Implements Its Proposed Aggressive Tax Planning Measures
Perspective: Pharma Industry Under Antitrust Scrutiny
Presentation: Toronto's New Toxic Substances Reporting and Disclosure Requirements
Flash: Reform of the Québec Companies Act: Bill 63
Flash: Ontario Proposes Mandatory Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reporting
Perspective: Class Action First In Canada - Contested Price-Fixing Class Action Including Indirect Purchasers Certified For First Time By A Canadian Court
Presentation: Investment Canada act - New Thresholds, New National Security Regime – and Tougher Enforcement?
Article: Canada Seeking to Negotiate TIEAs with Global Tax Havens
Article: Amendments to the Canadian Merger Review Process
Flash: TSX Amends Rules to Require Shareholder Approval for Acquisitions of Public Companies Resulting in Dilution in Excess of 25%
Flash: IRS Extends Time for Making Check-the-Box Elections
Flash: Ontario's Green Energy Act Now in Force
Article: Canada's Two-Faced TIEAs - Netherlands Antilles Trumps Bermuda
Perspective: Provisions of the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act and the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act Coming into force on September 18, 2009
BCE v. 1976 Debentureholders: An Unexamined Question Considered
Article: Corporate Taxation in Canada: A Cross-Border Perspective
Perspective: Canadian National Security Review: Broad Application in the Uranium Sector?
Article: New Regulations Tighten Anti-Inversion Rules but Probably Won't Stop U.S. Corporate Expatriation
Article: Purposive Interpretation
Public Offerings in Canada
Acquiring or Establishing a Canadian Bank: A Guide for Foreign Banks (Chinese)
Going Public in Canada and the United States
Acquiring or Establishing a Canadian Bank: A Guide for Foreign Banks
Multijurisdictional Disclosure System: Offering Securities and Reporting in the United States Using MJDS
Article: Recent Developments in Canadian Foreign Investment Law
Tax Alert: Time is Running Out for Certain ULCs, LLCs and Partnerships
Flash: Pension plan expenses and the employer's use of surplus: Kerry (Canada) Inc. v. DCA Employees Pension Committee
Article: The Use of Wiretraps in Canadian Competition Law Investigations
Article: Failing Firm Analysis in Canadian Merger Review
Article: Foreign Investment Review in the Canadian Mining Sector: The New Rules
Article: The Ontario Securities Commission's Decision in The Matter of HudBay Minerals Inc. - Implications for Dilutive Business Combinations in Canada
Article: The Canadian Decision in RCI Trust and Treaty Residence
Flash: Non-New York Residents May Now Be Taxed on Sale of Interests in Entities Holding NY Real Property
Perspective: Draft Investment Canada Act Regulations Provide More Details of New National Security Review Process and General Review Threshold
Article: Contested Takeovers: Recent Developments
Article: The Need for a Principled Approach to Compensation Reform
Article: Developments in Canadian Merger Control and Foreign Investment Review
Flash: Quebec Proposes Amending Its Consumer Protection Legislation in an Attempt to Eliminate Hidden Services Fees, Costs and Cancellation Fees
Article: Canada's Draft Abuse of Dominance Guidelines - Key Changes
Perspective: Canadian Competition Bureau Steps Up Enforcement against Joint Abuse of Dominance - Increased Canadian Enforcement Consistent with International Trends
Article: Canada - Foreign Investment Review
Flash: Vidéotron vs. Chagnon: Québec Superior Court Considers the Meaning of Inside Information
Flash: Federal Government Releases Draft Offset Program Rules
Article: Can a Treaty Override Domestic Backup Withholding Rules? the Canadian Decision in RCI
Flash: Ontario's Community Right-To-Know Legislation Passed
Article: Canadian courts narrow "beneficial owner" notion in Prévost - Part 1
Flash: Ontario proposes cap-and-trade legislation, while federal regulations delayed to match U.S. timetable
Flash: Fed Announces Expansion of TALF to Legacy CMBS
Article: Tax Analysis - Some Thoughts on Use of Later OECD after Prévost Car
Flash: Ontario's Green Energy Act Passed
Article: News Analysis : Bermuda - Canada's First TIEA Partner?
Article: Canada’s new foreign investment review standard raises concerns
Flash: Québec Introduces Climate Change Bill
Flash: Fed Announces Expansion of TALF to Two New Asset Classes
Article: Reforming the Taxation of Foreign Affiliate Share Dispositions: Capital Gains and Surplus Balances
Perspective: Draft Guidelines Confirm that Canadian Competition Bureau Will Apply New Criminal Competitor Collaboration Offence Narrowly
2008 Antitrust Year in Review
Article: Canada - 2008 Antitrust Year in Review
Article: Infrastructure Stimulus Package Results in Amendments to the Federal EA Process
Flash: Proposed Changes to Ontario's Mining Act
Article: Canada – Cartel Enforcement
Article: Antitrust in a Financial Crisis - A Canadian Perspective
Flash: SEC Proposes New Restrictions on Short Selling
Article: Canadian Competition Law Undergoes Substantial Overhaul
Flash: Community Right-to-Know: Ontario's Proposed Toxics Reduction Act, 2009
In-House Counsel Barometer 2009
Article: Canada’s competition reforms
Flash: U.S. Treasury Seeks to Enhance Credit Market Liquidity through Public-Private Investment Program and Term Asset-Backed Securities Loan Facility
Flash: Delaware Supreme Court Overturns Delaware Chancery Court's Lyondell decision, Clarifying Delaware Law on Directors' Fiduciary Duties under Revlon
Article: Is the Nova Scotia Unlimited Liability Company Dead?
Discussion Paper: Proposed Revisions to CSA Approach to Governance Regulation
Flash: Federal Government Proposes Changes to Nuclear Liability Legislation
Flash: Competition Bureau Releases Draft Merger Review Process Guidelines
Article: The Competition Bureau's "20 percent solution": Does the punishment fit the crime?
Flash: Infrastructure Projects Exempt from Federal Environmental Assessment
Article: Amendments to the Competition Act and Investment Canada Act: What Do They Mean For Business?
Article: 20 Questions Directors Should Ask about Responding to Allegations of Corporate Wrongdoing
Article: Prévost Car Inc. (FCA): Holdco Confirmed as Beneficial Owner of Dividends
Article: News Analysis: Canadian Taxpayer Wins Prévost Appeal
Presentation: Environmental Remediation Covenants
Flash: New Federal Environmental Enforcement Act
Article: Doing Time - Jail Sentences & Anti-Cartel Enforcement in Canada
Presentation: Records of Site Condition - Are They Typically Used in Commercial Tenancies?
Article: The BCE Litigation: Revisiting Duties of Directors, Plans of Arrangement and the Oppression Remedy
Article: Reg 400 Surprise
Article: 2009 Corporate Governance Board Structures and Directors’ Duties: Canada Chapter
Flash: Ontario's Proposed Green Energy and Green Economy Act, 2009
Presentation: Overview – Consulting Aboriginal Communities on RES III Wind Farms
Flash: The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 signed into law
Article: Significant Changes to Canadian Competition and Foreign Investment Laws Proposed
Flash: Court Enjoins Bidder from Pursuing Unsolicited Bid Following Financial Advisor's Breach of Confidentiality Obligations to Target
Presentation: Records of Site Condition - Are They Typically used In Commercial Tenancies?
Flash: Proposed Changes to the Insider Reporting Regime
Flash: U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Adopts Rules Requiring Companies to Provide Financial Statement Information in XBRL
Article: Canadian Competition Bureau Developments
Flash: Significant Changes to Canadian Competition and Foreign Investment Laws Proposed
Flash: Proposed Regulation of Asset Managers and Best Practices for Hedge Funds Released - Canadian and U.S. Implications
Perspective: Pension Plan Funding Relief
Perspective: Canadian Competition and Foreign Investment Law: What To Watch For In 2009
Flash: Federal Budget Proposals Signal Possible Change of Course on International Tax Issues
Article: Reforming Canada's International Tax Regime - Final Recommendations - Part 2
Flash: OSC Requires Shareholder Approval for Highly Dilutive, Share for Share Acquisition Involving Public Companies
Article: Lipson (SCC) — A Unanimously Divided Supreme Court
Flash: Court Enjoins Unsolicited Bid Made After Expiry of Standstill
Article: Reforming Canada's International Tax Regime - Final Recommendations - Part 1
Article: Community Right-to-Know: New and Proposed Environmental Reporting Obligations in ON
Article: Canada: Corporate Compliance
Presentation: The Inside Story on Indoor Air Quality – Regulatory Policy and Standard Setting
Article: Chemical Use Reporting Will Improve User Accountability

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