The latest edition of Davies’ Governance Insights is now available. In this issue, we explore 10 important trends that will help general counsel and boards navigate the year ahead.
In order to help you with your strategic and compliance planning, we discuss issues including the re-emergence of shareholder activism, the continuing advance of artificial intelligence (AI), environmental disclosure obligations for public companies, new mandatory tax reporting rules and recent court decisions regarding conflict of interest and independence issues, to name a few.
U.S. Supreme Court Upends 40 Years of Judicial Deference to Regulations
July 25, 2024 - In a historical opinion in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, Secretary of Commerce, released at the end of June, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the “Chevron” doctrine, which for so long had controlled judicial review of U.S. federal regulations. Chevron, decided in...
Canada Finally Enacts the Digital Services Tax (Maybe)
July 09, 2024 - The new Digital Services Tax Act came into force with an order-in-council on June 28, 2024, imposing a 3% digital services tax (DST) on certain Canadian-source digital services revenue of large entities. The DST would first be payable in 2025, with the initial payments retroactively...
