Publications
- 2017
- Republicans Poised to Enact Transformative U.S. Federal Tax Reform
- Canadian Competition Bureau Revises Pre-Merger Notification Guidance on Acquisitions by Creditors
- Canada’s Competition Bureau Releases Draft Fintech Report: What’s Next?
- Investment Considerations for the Cannabis Industry: Spotting the Red Flags
- Canadian Competition Bureau Releases Revised Immunity Program for Consultation
- Canada Repeals Facilitation Payments Exception in Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act
- Department of Finance Releases Revised Income Splitting Rules
- Partnership Exemption from Québec Transfer Duties
- House Republicans Moving Forward on U.S. Tax Reform
- Québec Releases Framework for Recreational Cannabis
- OSC Invites TokenFunder to Play in the CSA Sandbox
- Legal Privilege: Are You Protected?
- TSX Amends Disclosure Requirements
- U.S. Treasury Will Scale Back Debt-Equity and Certain Other Regulations
- Davies Governance Insights 2017
- Government of Canada Consults on Tools to Address Corporate Wrongdoing
- Investment Canada Act Net Benefit Review Threshold Increases Again for Many Foreign Investors
- Fulfilling the Promise: Proposals for a More Efficient Merger Review Process in Canada
- Cooling the Blockchain Boom: CSA Staff Narrow the Path for Cryptocurrency Offerings
- When the OSC Comes Knocking
- Canadian Government Proposes Major Changes to the Taxation of Private Corporations
- Canada’s Top Court Rules on Personal Liability of Directors for Oppression
- Act Respecting the Réseau Électrique Métropolitain Now Passed
- Boards Beware: Regulators Actively Monitoring Related Party Transactions
- Canadian Competition Tribunal Adopts Effects-Based Jurisdiction for Reviewable Conduct
- Enlarged Carbon Market and New Oil & Gas Statutory Framework in Québec…Predictability or Uncertainty Ahead?
- International Merger Enforcement — A Canadian Context
- Liquidating CCAAs and Pension Deemed Trust Priorities
- Ontario Court of Appeal Upholds Conviction for Conspiracy to Bribe Foreign Public Officials
- Ontario Proposes Changes to Land Transfer Tax for Certain Trusts and Partnerships
- SEC Expands the Use of Confidential Submissions of Draft Registration Statements
- SEC Issues Landmark Report on Blockchain Fundraising: Initial Coin Offerings “May Be” Securities Offerings
- Tax Proposals Target Canadian Business Owners
- U.S. Tax Court Exempts Gain on Sale of Interests in ECI-Generating Partnerships
- Second Opinions Still the Exception
- Financial Stability Board Task Force on Climate-Related Disclosures Releases Final Report
- Canada Expands Back-to-Back Regime: Examining the Character Substitution Rules
- The Eco Oro Decision: OSC Weighs in on Tactical Private Placements in the Context of Contested Shareholder Meetings
- Adoption of Bill 122 and Its Impact on Real Estate Developments in Québec
- By-law Adopted for the Harmonization of the Contribution for Parks for All Montréal’s Boroughs
- Details Released on Federal Proposal for Pan-Canadian Price on Carbon
- Harmonization of the Park Tax for All Montréal’s Boroughs
- The Supreme Court Rules That Acquisitive Prescription Trumps the Québec Land Register
- Top Competition and Foreign Investment Review Trends and Issues for 2017
- SEC Rulemaking Developments 2016
- Québec Announces Tax Relief for Individuals Holding Interests in Public Corporations
- Public Company Disclosure in the Age of Social Media: A Canadian Perspective
- 2017 Federal Budget: Tax Highlights
- Are the Floodgates Open in Canada? First Proxy Access Bylaw Proposal Receives Narrow Majority Shareholder Approval
- Canadian and U.S. Tax Laws: A Review of 2016 and a Look Ahead to 2017
- The Cartels and Leniency Review: Canada
- Getting It Wright: The Detour Gold Standard of Expert Independence
- If Pills Are Out, Are Private Placements In?
- InterOil Take 2: Yukon Court Doubles Down on Requirement for Fixed-Fee Financial Adviser Engagements
- Most Favored Nation Clauses: A Review of Enforcement Activity
- Onerous US Reporting Requirements for US Members of Non-US Family-Controlled Entities: It’s All in the Family
- Panel Seeks Sweeping Changes to Canadian Environmental Assessment Regime
- Rewards Programs May Be Covered by Québec Consumer Protection Legislation
- SEC Adopts Final Rule Shortening Settlement Cycle to T+2
- Lessons from Canada and the WTO: The U.S. Should Embrace a VAT
- Shareholder Activism and Proxy Contests: Issues and Trends
- The Meaning of “Existence”: Wrestling with “Some Basis in Fact” and Common Issues After Pro-Sys
- Ontario Unveils a New 15% Land Transfer Tax and Expanded Rent Controls
- The Other Shoe Drops: The Private Right of Action Under CASL
- Suspension of Private Relief: CASL’s Private Right of Action Delayed
- 2019
- Canadian Competition Bureau Sends Year-End Tidings of Merger Filings
- OSC Articulates Expectations of Special Committees in Conflict of Interest Transactions: The HBC Privatization
- Changes to the Divided Co-ownership Regime in Québec: Impact on Real Estate Developments
- New Era, New Disclosure Obligations
- IRS Issues New Final and Proposed Regulations Under the U.S. Base Erosion and Anti-Abuse Tax
- Increase of Transfer Duties in Montréal
- Desgagnés Transport v Wärtsilä Canada: Canadian Maritime Law Enters Uncharted Waters
- Canadian Competition Tribunal Clarifies Scope for Justifying Alleged Abuses of Dominance
- In Defence of Transactional Common Interest Privilege
- Canadian Securities Authorities Address Cannabis Issuers’ Conflicts of Interest
- ILPA Model LPA: ILPA 3.0 Was Only the Beginning
- Québec Increases Minimum Age for Cannabis Consumption to 21
- Ontario to Review Existing Generation Contracts
- Not Whether but When and How: U.S. Response to Unilateral Digital Taxation
- Go North, Young Fund!
- Québec Superior Court Enforces Right to Collective Bargaining of State Employees
- Federal Court of Appeal Says Funding Services Not Subject to GST/HST
- What’s Next for Public Companies? Becoming a “Next Generation” Governance Organization
- Innovative Tools for Convenient and Transparent Disclosure and Effective Engagement
- Shareholder Proposals in the United States and Canada
- Navigating Gender Diversity in 2019
- In Focus: Building High-Performing Boards
- Short Selling in Canada: A New Avenue for Investor Activism
- Shareholder Activism: 2019 Trends and Major Developments
- Climate Change and Sustainability: New Standards for Sustainability Reporting and Disclosures
- CBCA Reforms: Canadian Government Codifies Corporate Governance Practices
- Davies Governance Insights 2019
- Small Mergers Loom Large on Canadian Competition Bureau’s Radar
- Top Court Expands Scope of Potential Liability in Price-Fixing Class Actions
- Environmental Update: Recent Regulatory Developments
- Québec Court of Appeal Says Current Civil Jurisdiction of the Court of Québec Is Unconstitutional
- ILPA Principles 3.0: Back to the Future?
- Québec Court Rules Restriction on Growing Cannabis at Home Is Unconstitutional
- Tax Fraud Charges: Jordan Stay of Proceedings Ordered Due to Unreasonable Delay
- Business Roundtable Issues Expanded “Corporate Purpose” Statement, with Commitment to All Stakeholder Interests
- Extended Deadline for Québec Nominee Agreement Disclosure
- Québec’s Securities Tribunal Prevents Group Mach from Blocking Transat A.T./Air Canada Deal
- Canadian Securities Regulators Provide Guidance on Climate Disclosure
- What’s FaceApp and Facebook Got to Do with Competition Compliance in Canada?
- Canada’s Competition Bureau Releases Draft Model Timing Agreement for Merger Efficiencies Claims
- Facing the Music: The Pitfalls of Obstruction Under Canada’s Competition Act
- U.S. Issues Taxpayer-Favourable Regulations Under GILTI and Subpart F Regimes
- Ontario Court of Appeal Rules That Federal Carbon Pricing Scheme Is Constitutional
- Revenu Québec May Seize Records Relating to Accounts Held Outside Québec by Banks Operating in Québec
- Is Business Becoming Immune to the Canadian Competition Bureau’s Immunity Program?
- Canada Enacts the OECD-Sponsored Multilateral Instrument
- CRA’s Audit Powers Have Limits: Challenging Excessive Requests for Information
- Canadian Commissioner of Competition Challenges Acquisition of Specialized Software Business
- Draft Legislation on the Taxation of Stock Options
- In High Demand: Health Canada Releases Final Regulations for Cannabis Edibles, Extracts and Topical Products
- Canada’s New Competition Commissioner Announces Aggressive Enforcement Plans
- City of Montréal Publishes Bylaw 20-20-20 on Social, Affordable and Family Housing
- OSC Offers Pre-Filing Review of Technical Disclosure for Mining Issuers Expecting to File a Prospectus
- IRS Proposes Regulations That Would Liberally Apply Exemption from FIRPTA to Qualified Foreign Pension Funds
- The (Not So) Long Arm of the OSC: Commission Declines Jurisdiction in Public Interest Dispute
- Superior Court Refuses to Cancel Order Allowing Expansion of Canadian Malartic Mine
- Autorité des marchés publics Has New Powers to Oversee Public Contracts
- Proposed Amendments to the GST/HST Treatment of Cryptocurrencies
- The SEC Modernizes Mining Disclosure
- Important Developments in TSX Policy in 2018
- Mind the GAAP: Avoid Getting Tripped Up by New Non-GAAP Disclosure Requirements
- Supreme Court of Canada Paves Way for a National Securities Regulator
- Good Laws Gone Bad: Continued Confusion over the Materiality Standard in Civil Misrepresentation Actions
- Playing Fair in a Post-InterOil World: Market Practice in Fairness Opinions
- Success Fees in Advisory Agreements: Financial Advisers (and Their Clients) Take Note
- The Return of the Reverse Takeover
- Crypto Crackdown: Will Blockchain Remain Relevant in 2019?
- TSX-Listed Cannabis Issuers Creatively Preserve U.S. Opportunities
- Cannabis Industry Continues to Roll
- 2019 Canadian Capital Markets Report
- CSA Proposes New At-the-Market Distribution Regime
- IRS Proposes New Rules for Withholding on Interest Transfers in Certain Partnerships
- You Must Build It Before They Will Come: Health Canada Announces Significant Change to Cannabis Licensing Process
- Policy Prevails over Fine Print: Successful Ambush in British Columbia Clarifies the Use of Blank Proxies
- Search Warrants: Misleading the Court Compromises the Integrity of the Process
- Search Warrants: Investigators’ Good Faith Cannot Always Be Presumed
- Significant Amendments to CBCA Proposed in 2019 Federal Budget
- TSX Launches Sandbox Initiative for Issuers That Do Not Satisfy Standard Listing Conditions
- OECD Report Highlights Use of Non-Trial Resolutions to Combat Foreign Bribery Cases
- The CRA Cannot Compel Oral Interviews During an Audit
- Not All Customers Are the Same: Top Court Rules Business Customers Cannot Join Consumer Class Action
- Canadian Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act: Two Additional Convictions in the Cryptometrics Saga
- The InterOil Saga Continues: Yukon Court of Appeal Asked to Rule on “Fair Value”
- 2019 Federal Budget: Tax Highlights
- Court of Appeal Expands the Range of Fundamental Rights of Legal Persons
- New SEC Rule Mandates Disclosure of Hedging Policies of SEC Registrants
- Draft Legislation Confirms Exemptions from Transfer Duties for Partnerships
- Canadian Court Awards Significant Premium to Negotiated Deal Price in Determining “Fair Value”
- Private Federal Corporations Must Track Controlling Shareholders Beginning in June 2019
- Disclosure of Details About Purchasers of Real Property in Québec
- Canadian and U.S. Tax Laws: A Review of 2018 and a Look Ahead to 2019
- Canadian Tax Laws: A Review of 2018 and a Look Ahead to 2019
- U.S. Tax Laws: A Review of 2018 and a Look Ahead to 2019
- Supreme Court to Rule on Novel Claims Against Canadian Multinationals Operating Abroad
- Top Court Rules Bankrupt Corporations Can’t Evade Environmental Obligations
- The Autorité des marchés publics Assumes Its Responsibilities
- OSC Announces Stakeholder Consultation on Burden Reduction
- Top Competition and Foreign Investment Review Trends and Issues for 2019
- U.S. Proposed Regulations Target Hybrid Structures and Instruments Retroactively
- 2021
- China Mobile Case Illustrates Breadth of Canada’s National Security Review Regime
- Top Court Blesses Treaty-Shopping Arrangement: The Alta Energy Decision
- CSA Introduces a Streamlined Shelf Prospectus Regime for “Well-Known Seasoned Issuers”
- Ontario Legislation Prohibits Non-Competition Provisions and Introduces Employees’ Right to Disconnect
- Revised U.S. Tax Proposals Will Affect Foreign Investment
- COVID-19 and the Courts: What You Need to Know
- Commissioner of Competition Urges Reboot of Canadian Competition Law
- Taxpayers Must Pay Interest on Non-Existent Tax Debts
- Q2 2021 Insolvencies: Crunching the Numbers and Keeping Good Faith
- Québec Court Refuses to Certify Class Action for Recovery of COVID-Related Business Interruption Losses
- Québec Ushers in a Brave New World of Privacy
- Canadian Securities Regulators Adopt Harmonized Crowdfunding Rules to Promote Access to Capital for Startups
- House Democrats Release Details on Proposed Tax Increases
- Québec Enacts New Corporate Transparency Rules
- Pulling Out All the Swaps: Alberta Securities Commission Finds Total Return Swaps Abusive
- The Journalistic Sources Protection Act: How Does the Scheme of New Law Influence Search Warrant Authorization?
- Rehabilitation Work in Québec: New Requirements for Traceability of Excavated Contaminated Soils
- Parliament Votes to Facilitate Intergenerational Business Transfers
- Mind the GAAP: Don’t Get Tripped Up by the New Financial Measure Disclosure Requirements
- Monetizing Public Listings in Receiverships
- Davies Restructuring Review 2021: Issue 2
- Environmental Legislative and Regulatory Developments: Québec Keeps Up the Pace
- Ignore at Your Own Risk: OSC Accuses Crypto Exchange Poloniex of Disregarding Securities Laws
- Biden Proposes to Sharply Increase Taxes on Corporations and High-Income Individuals, While Encouraging Investment in Renewable Energy
- Modernizing Canada’s Retail Payments Ecosystem: Draft Retail Payments Activities Act Introduced
- Canadian Mergers & Acquisitions: A Guide for Foreign Investment Banks and Bidders, 9th Edition
- Start Your (Little) Engines: Activist Investor Wins Exxon Board Seats
- The Right Not to Be Subjected to Cruel and Unusual Treatment or Punishment: The Case of Minimum Fines
- Canadian Competition Bureau’s Updated Competitor Collaboration Guidelines: Practical Tips for Businesses
- Top Court Denies Leave to Appeal in Contested Application for a Reverse Vesting Order in Nemaska Restructuring Proceedings
- Be Prepared: Audits of Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy Claims Underway
- 2021 Federal Budget: Tax Highlights
- Time to Talk: CSA Threatens Enforcement Against Unregistered Crypto Trading Platforms
- CRA Turns Its Focus to Cryptocurrency Transactions
- OECD Report: The Role of Corporations in Fighting White Collar Crime Enablers
- Biden Administration Unveils Tax Plan to Boost Investments in Infrastructure
- Pre-Merger Notification Guide: Canada’s Competition Act
- Supreme Court of Canada Rules on Carbon Pricing, Paving Way for Offset Credit Regulations
- The First Specified Transactions to Be Disclosed to Revenu Québec Announced
- A One-in-a-Billion (-Dollar) Mistake
- Between a Block and a Hard Place: ESW Capital Denied Relief in Proposed Bid for Optiva
- Electronic Signatures: A Guide for Ontario Businesses
- (Un)Fettered Contractual Rights and Discretion
- Villa Ste-Rose: FCA Confirms Interest and Penalties Apply After GST Rebates Are Deducted
- Davies Restructuring Review 2021: Issue 1
- The Dangers of No-Poaching and Other Agreements Between Employers
- Montréal: North America’s Video Gaming Studio Metropolis
- Is a Green New (Tax) Deal Coming to Canada?
- Canadian and U.S. Tax Laws: A Review of 2020 and a Look Ahead to 2021
- Canadian Tax Laws: A Review of 2020 and a Look Ahead to 2021
- U.S. Tax Laws: A Review of 2020 and a Look Ahead to 2021
- Ontarians Told to Stay at Home
- Top Competition and Foreign Investment Review Trends and Issues for 2021
- Canadian Government Blocks Foreign Acquisition of Canadian Gold Miner on National Security Grounds
- 2022
- Upcoming Proposed Regulatory Changes to Stock Buyback Excise Tax
- New Rules and Reporting Requirements Coming for the Real Estate Sector
- Canada Moves to Strengthen National Security Review of Foreign Investments
- The International Investigations Review: Canada
- Canada Releases Revised Draft Legislation on New Interest Deductibility Rules
- SEC Adopts Final Rules for Recovery of Erroneously Awarded Compensation
- Government Report Indicates Robust Foreign Investment Review in Canada
- Canadian Government Consults on Far-Reaching Changes to Canada’s Competition Law
- Financial Gloom and the Increase in Insolvency Filings
- Canada Clamps Down on Foreign SOE Investments in Critical Minerals
- Round One: Canada Takes a Big Swing At Its Competition Act, with More to Come
- Seeing Green: Sustainability Remains of Interest to the Competition Bureau
- Citibank Gets Its Money Back
- Davies Governance Insights – September 2022
- Highlights of Canada’s Latest Legislative Tax Proposals
- U.S. Climate Change and Healthcare Bill Moves Democrats’ Tax Policy Forward
- No Need to Disclose “Unsolicited, Inexpert, Premature and Unreliable” Opinions
- Canada’s Shifting Credit and Insolvency Landscapes
- Corporate Transparency: What’s Happening Across Canada?
- Federal Government Enacts Significant Amendments to Canada’s Competition Act
- It Ain’t Easy Being Green: Raising Funds in the Age of Decarbonization and Electrification
- Canada's Top Court Decides Against Equitable Rescission in Collins Family Trust
- First Remediation Agreement under the Canadian Criminal Code: Key Takeaways
- Filling the Gap: Scope of Canadian Anti-Money Laundering Laws Expanded
- Canada Confirms Intention to Institute New Interest and Deductibility Rules
- Canada Proposes Significant Amendments to the Competition Act
- Federal Budget 2022: Tax Highlights
- Insolvencies in 2021: A Look Back and the Road Ahead
- U.S. Tax Laws: A Review of 2021 and a Look Ahead to 2022
- Foreign Investment Review in Canada: Top Trends and Developments for 2022
- If It Ain’t Broke… Davies Comments on Draft Capital Markets Act
- COVID-19 Resource Hub
- Following the Money: Emergencies Act Invoked to Expand Anti-Money Laundering Rules
- Canadian Competition Law Reform and Trends in 2022
- International Views: A Canadian Playbook for 2022
- 2023
- Canadian Mergers & Acquisitions: A Guide for Investment Banks, Bidders and Boards, 10th edition
- Canada’s Competition Act Reforms Include Expanded Power to Challenge Anticompetitive Agreements
- Canadian Government Announces “First Set” of Competition Act Reforms
- Major Expropriation Reform on the Horizon in Québec
- Protection de l’environnement : le gouvernement du Québec veut légaliser l’expropriation déguisée
- Overhaul of Québec Legislation Concerning Publicity Contests
- Preparing for the Corporate Transparency Act
- A New Era for Canadian Competition Law: Landmark Proposed Changes to the Competition Act Announced
- Corporate Transparency Updates for CBCA Corporations: New Reporting and Public Access Rules Effective January 22, 2024
- Court of Québec Orders the Exclusion of Evidence Citing “Serious” and “Systemic” Breaches of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
- First Set of Major Changes to Canada’s Competition Act in Force
- Supreme Court of Canada Finds Impact Assessment Act Unconstitutional
- Employers Beware: Amendments to the Canadian Competition Act’s Criminal Conspiracy Provisions Take Effect
- Canadian Dual-Listed Company Insiders Remain Exempt from U.S. Short-Swing Profit and Insider Reporting Rules
- The Long Arm of Canadian Securities Laws: The Supreme Court of Canada Confirms the Cross-Border Reach of Securities Enforcement
- Doing Business in Québec
- Federal Budget 2023 – Major Changes for Business and High Net Worth Individuals
- Great FESpectations: Further Changes to Canadian Competition Law Ahead
- Governance Insights: Get Smart on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Corporate Governance: Key Considerations for Boards of Directors
- Réforme majeure de l’expropriation au Québec
- Ownership of Privileged Communications in M&A Transactions: Practical Takeaways and Recent Case Law
- Guide to Shareholder Activism and Proxy Contests in Canada
- Doing Business in Canada
- Business Insolvency on the Rise in Canada: Understanding the Role of AI
- Kraft (Re): Tips from Ontario’s Capital Markets Tribunal—When Is Selective Disclosure in the “Necessary Course of Business”
- Canadian Dual-Listed Company Insiders May Become Subject to U.S. Short-Swing Profit and Insider Reporting Rules
- Continuation Funds: Key Considerations
- The SEC Amends Beneficial Ownership Reporting Rules
- As the Pandemic Abates, Activists Advance: Shareholder Activism Rebounds in Canada
- New GST Rebate for Purpose-Built Rental Property
- The CRA’s New Power to Compel Oral Interviews
- Government of Canada Releases Package of Proposed Domestic and International Tax Legislation
- Governance Insights: Charting a (Safe) Path Through the ESG Wilderness
- Ontario Court of Appeal Issues Decision in The Catalyst Capital Group Inc. v West Face Capital Inc.
- Competition Bureau Tests Canada’s New Drip Pricing Law
- Canada’s Top Court Confirms Anti-SLAPP Motions Protect Speakers, Not Plaintiffs
- Québec Court Tackles Novel Issues During Approval of the Second Remediation Agreement (a.k.a. Deferred Prosecution Agreement) Under the Canadian Criminal Code
- Canada Imposes Forced and Child Labour Reporting Obligations
- OBCA Changes Could Be Used to Restrict Shareholder Rights
- Governance Insights: Trends and Developments in Diversity
- Two Percent Tax on Share Buybacks by Public Companies
- Federal Courts Weigh in on the FBAR: Providing Relief from Outrageous Penalties
- NYSE and Nasdaq Propose Listing Standards Requiring Issuers to Adopt Clawback Policies to Recover Erroneously Awarded Incentive-Based Executive Compensation
- Rolling Into 2023: Mild Slumps and Jumps in Insolvency Numbers
- Section 1446(f) – The Confounding and Unavoidable US Tax Withholding Regime That Applies to Nearly All Transfers of Partnership Interests
- U.S. Tax Laws: A Review of 2022 and a Look Ahead to 2023
- Québec’s Enterprise Transparency Regime Is Coming Into Force
- First OPC Ruling for 2023 Will Impact Third-Party Processor Contracts
- Time (and Process) of the Essence: Ontario Court Accelerates Timing of Requisitioned Meeting
- Canadian Foreign Investment Law in 2023: National Security Is (Still) Paramount
- Canadian Competition Law Trends for 2023: Significant Amendments and More Change Ahead
- SEC Adopts Amendments to Insider Trading Rules and Reporting Requirements
- Federal Trade Commission Proposes Rule to Ban Non-Compete Clauses
- 2024
- Governance Insights: A Review of Shareholder Activism in Canada for 2024: Key Decisions and Trends to Watch for in 2025
- Federal Court of Appeal Confirms CRA Can Collect Arrears Interest Despite Absence of a Tax Debt
- Capital Markets Tribunal Establishes New Framework for Evaluating Poison Pills
- Canada’s Competition Bureau Offers Guidance on Excessive and Unfair Pricing
- 2019 – 2024 Data Trends
- Coherence over Deference: Regulations Are Subject to Same Standards of Judicial Review as Other Administrative Decisions
- Making a Profit Is Not Illegal: Capital Markets Tribunal Dismisses Enforcement Proceedings Finding Borrowed Free Trading Shares Remain Unaffected By Pledge of Restricted Shares
- Hold My Popcorn: Canadian Competition Tribunal Decides First Case Under Competition Act’s Amended Misleading Representations Provisions
- Governance Insights: Nominee Directors – Fiduciary Obligations and the Limits of Information Sharing
- Giving Meaning to Meaningful Consent: The Federal Court of Appeal’s Landmark Decision on Data Privacy
- The IBA 2025 Toronto City Guide
- Better Late Than Never? Not So for Directors’ and Officers’ Liability Coverage
- Canadian Competition Bureau Stakes Out Aggressive Stance on Property Controls in Preliminary Enforcement Guidance
- Federal Impact Assessment: Legislative Amendments and Cabinet Directive
- Striking the Balance of Power: Supreme Court Confirms Government Has No Absolute Immunity from Charter Damages When Adopting Unconstitutional Legislation
- U.S. Supreme Court Upends 40 Years of Judicial Deference to Regulations
- Canada Signals High Bar for Investment Canada Act Approvals for Acquisitions of Critical Minerals Businesses
- Is Canada Pulling the Plug on Chinese Electric Vehicles?
- Canada Finally Enacts DST (Maybe)
- Navigating the New Norm: Further Changes to Canada’s Competition Act in Effect
- Governance Insights : Protecting Information to Protect Process – When is it Appropriate to Restrict a Director’s Access to Board Records?
- IRS Proposes to Limit Application of Funding Rule on Stock Buyback Excise Tax
- IRS Relaxes Rules for Domestically Controlled REITs
- Updated “Ineligibility and Suspension Policy”: Are You at Risk of Losing Your Right to Contract with the Canadian Government?
- Supreme Court of Canada Reprimands Québec Court of Appeal’s Use of “Secret Trial”
- Bill S-285: A Canadian Contribution to the Stakeholder Governance Debate
- The Proposed Enhancement of CRA’s Audit Powers, Part Two: Unpacking the New Non-Compliance Regime
- Taking AIM at the Mithaq Decision: A Critique
- The Proposed Enhancement of the CRA’s Audit Powers, Part One: Under Penalty of Perjury
- Federal Budget 2024: How It Impacts You and Your Business
- Mandatory Climate Disclosure Has Arrived in North America - A Comparison of New U.S. and Canadian Standards
- Canadian Government Enacts Major Amendments to the Investment Canada Act to Enhance Canada’s National Security Review Regime
- The Power and Peril of IP Addresses: The Supreme Court of Canada Weighs in on the Changing Landscape of Online Privacy
- Canadian Government to Enhance Scrutiny of Foreign Investments in the Interactive Digital Media Sector
- 2023 Business Insolvencies in Canada
- In a Win for Shareholders, B.C. Securities Commission Provides Joint Actor Guidance for Proxy Contests
- Governance Insights: 10 Trends that GCs and Boards Need to Know
- New Excessive and Unfair Pricing Provisions in Force in Canada’s Competition Act: Risk and Compliance Considerations
- “Con Ed” Damages in Canadian Public M&A: Revisiting Cineplex v Cineworld in Light of Recent Delaware Case Law
- Davies Comments on First Proposed Canadian Sustainability Disclosure Standards
- 2025
- Challenge to Amusement Park Price Promotions Adds to Roller Coaster of Canadian Drip Pricing Enforcement
- Navigating Uncertainty: The Impact of Tariffs and Economic Shifts on Canadian Insolvencies
- Business Buyouts – A Breath of Fresh Air For Our Economy
- Disclosure Interrupted: CSA Pauses Climate and Diversity Disclosure Rules
- Governance Insights: Dual Fiduciaries – A Cautionary Tale for Nominee Directors
- Securities Regulators Reduce Friction for Capital Raising with Incremental Changes to Prospectus Rules
- Canada Updates National Security Review Guidelines Amid Trade Tensions
- Consultation on Proposed Guidelines on Environmental Claims and the Competition Act
- The Canadian Competition Bureau’s Draft Guidance for Going Green
- Selected US Tax Developments
- Governance Insights: 10 Legal Updates GCs, Boards and Investors Need to Know
- Changes to Québec’s Consumer Protection Regime: Monetary Administrative Penalties and Increased Penal Fines
- Comments on Competition Bureau’s Consultation on its Merger Enforcement Guidelines
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- 2010
- 2014
- Trolls, Hopping, Ambush and Hold-up: Emerging International Approaches to the Intersection of Competition and Patent Law
- Davies Governance Insights 2014
- 2015
- U.S. Tax Extenders Make Major Revisions to FIRPTA and REIT Rules
- Québec Proposes Better Protection for Whistleblowers – Are We Allowing Disclosure in the Media to Get Out of Hand?
- Inversion Transactions: IRS Says More Regulations Are Coming
- New IRS Partnership Audit Procedures Coming to the United States
- Davies Governance Insights 2015
- The International Comparative Legal Guide to Telecoms, Media & Internet Laws & Regulations 2016: Canada Chapter
- Responding to Compulsory Production Orders from the Competition Bureau: Federal Court of Canada Provides Practical Guidance
- Multijurisdictional Disclosure System: Offering Securities and Reporting in the United States Using MJDS
- IRS Announces Expanded “No-Rule” Area for Spinoffs
- Federal Public Contracts Now Governed by New, More Flexible Integrity Provisions
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Important Provincial Initiatives
- Digital Privacy Act
- The Day the Wrappers Died…
- Canadian Pre-Merger Notification: Overview
- Leading-Edge Practices in Subsidiary Governance
- The Banking Regulation Review, 6th ed.: Canada Chapter
- “Publish What You Pay” Standards Now in Force for Canada’s Extractive Industries
- Navigating the Choppy Waters of Foreign Anticorruption Enforcement
- U.S. Treasury Proposes Significant Changes to the Model Tax Treaty and Requests Comments
- U.S. Supreme Court’s Opinion on Opinions: They Do Matter
- Blowing the Whistle on the Whistleblower Program
- Pétroles Global: Calculating Fines Imposed on Corporations
- Plan Nord, Take Two
- 2015 Federal Budget Promises to Modernize Corporate Governance Framework for CBCA Companies
- 2015 Federal Budget: Tax Highlights
- Secondary Market Liability: Supreme Court of Canada Clarifies the Screening Mechanism for Class Actions
- CSA Provides Guidance to Mining Issuers on Investor Presentations Posted to Websites
- Let’s Meet Halfway: CSA Adopts Amendments to Streamline Venture Issuers’ Disclosure
- Ontario and Québec Collaborate to Reduce Carbon Emissions
- Debunking the Myth: Why Activism Is Tough in Canada
- Room with a View
- Impact for Investors of Canada’s Implementations of Its Commitments Under Convention on Cluster Munitions
- 50-10-120: A New Code for Hostile Bids
- To Buy or Not to Buy: Dealing with a Target’s Bonds
- Merger Review in Canada
- First Penalty Issued Under Canada’s New Anti-Spam Law
- Debarment from Public Contracts: The First Reversal of an AMF Decision
- New Nuclear Liability Regime Passed
- Favourable Tax Measures Announced for Mining Investors
- Presentation: Doing Business in Asia - Merger Control
- Presentation: Canadian Competition Law Highlights
- Whopper of a Deal with a Double-Double Take on the Canadian Exchangeable Share Structure
- Canadian Regulators Adopt Changes to the Exempt Market Regime
- Respondents in Conspiracy Prosecution Have Right to Information Obtained Under Competition Bureau’s Immunity and Leniency Programs
- OSC Provides New Guidance on Disclosure Regarding REIT Distributions
- Supreme Court of Canada Allows Challenged Merger to Proceed on Efficiency Grounds
- Activities of Fund Manager Cause Fund to Be Engaged in U.S. Trade or Business
- Canadian and U.S. Tax Law: A Review of 2014 and a Look Forward to 2015
- Trying to Bridge the Gap
- 2016
- The Banking Regulation Review, 7th ed.: Canada Chapter
- Yukon Appeal Court’s InterOil Decision Based on Cold, Hard and Questionable Facts
- Compliance Alert: Competition Law Issues for HR Professionals in Canada
- Federal Court Refuses to Recognize Common Interest Privilege in the Transactional Context
- IRS Issues Broad Disclosure Rules for Foreign-Owned Disregarded U.S. Entities
- IRS Should Allow QCIV Self-Designation Under FIRPTA
- Perfection by Control of Security Interests in Cash Collateral Accounts: Recent Ontario Developments
- What Does CETA Mean for EU and Canadian Competition Policy?
- Watch This (Email) Space: New Private Right of Action for Misleading Representations
- Condotels and Other Real Estate Projects such as Timeshares Targeted by Draft Regulation of the Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF)
- Canada Removes Another Brick in the Wall: Government Consents to Revisit Negative National Security Ruling
- Amendments to English Signage Requirements in Québec
- Supreme Court of Canada Affirms Protections for Privilege in the Face of Statutory Production Demands
- Upcoming Changes to Ontario Land Transfer Tax Rates
- Québec Bill 112: Significant Changes to Duties on Transfers of Immovables
- Appeal from a Judgment Authorizing a Class Action: The Door Is Unlocked, But Difficult to Open
- Competition Law Considerations for the Franchise Industry in Canada
- Canada Lowers the Wall to Foreign Investment
- New Record-Keeping Obligations for Ontario Corporations Are Coming
- Final U.S. Debt-Equity Regulations Are Not as Sweeping as Feared
- Canada, Competition and Fintech: A Review
- Pan-Canadian Price on Carbon
- Proposed Canada Business Corporations Act Amendments: A New Era of True Majority Voting and Diversity?
- Recent Québec Superior Court Decision Will Lead to Greater Jurisdictional Consistency for National Class Actions
- Davies Governance Insights 2016
- Controlling the Housing Bubble
- Recent Developments in Canadian Cartel Enforcement
- Canada’s Integrity Regime
- Chemical Reaction: Canada and United States Differ on Industrial Review
- International Cartel Enforcement
- Reviewing the Situation: Is Canada Able to Enforce Its Anti-cartel Laws Effectively?
- FinCen Extends Required Disclosures of High-End Real Estate Transactions to New Jurisdictions
- United States Proposes Further Limits on Spinoffs
- A Tale of Two Merger Reviews: Merger of Two Canadian Companies Cleared by Competition Bureau but Challenged by U.S. Federal Trade Commission
- A Paperless Courtroom: Embracing the Use of Electronic Trials
- The Journal Conversation: Sheila R. Block, LSM, ASM
- United States Joins Canada and European Union in Adopting Transparency Rules
- The Federal Court of Appeal Permits Use of Mark-To-Market Tax Accounting
- Will Canadian Pension Plans Feast on U.S. Infrastructure (Without FIRPTA)?
- Bill 102: Modernization of the Environmental Authorization Scheme
- To Go or Not to Go? The 30% Rule for Canadian Pension Funds
- Interest Deductibility in Canada: The TDL Group Co. Decisions
- Ontario’s Cap-and-Trade Regime
- New York Adopts “Delaware Blueprint” for Going-Private Mergers Involving Controlling Stockholders
- Canadian Integrity Regime Amendments: Serious Implications for Certification and Reporting Obligations for Federal Government Contracts
- Getting Over Uber in Canada
- Ontario Court of Appeal Denies Leave to Appeal Nortel Allocation Decision
- Closing the Loop: Voluntary Meeting Vote Reconciliation Protocols Proposed for 2017 Proxy Season
- Shareholder Activism and Proxy Contests: Issues and Trends in 2016
- The OSC Releases Its Reasons for Decision In the Matter of an Application by The Catalyst Capital Group Inc.
- IRS Issues Tough New Anti-Inversion Regulations
- IRS Proposes Broad Limit on Intercompany Debt
- Withholding Relief for Nonresident Employees in Canada
- Mediation in Canadian Competition Tribunal Proceeding Leads to Settlement in Merger Challenge
- Repeal of the Eligible Capital Property Regime: A Final Window of Opportunity for Canadian Business Owners
- Competition Law Considerations for H.R. Professionals
- 2016 Federal Budget: Tax Highlights
- Hafichuk-Walkin v BCE: Manitoba Becomes the Fifth Province to Shut Down Duplicative Class Actions as “Abuse of Process”
- “Publish What You Pay” Guidance Finalized
- Québec Budget 2016-2017: Significant Changes to Duties on Transfers of Immovables
- Shareholder Engagement – ICD Provides Guidance for Canadian Companies
- Ontario’s Carbon Market Revealed
- Recent Developments in Ontario Real Estate
- Canadian Securities Regulators Adopt Changes to Early Warning Rules
- Take-over Bid Code Reset: 50-10-105
- SEC Rulemaking Developments in 2015
- Foreign Investors Cannot Use Statutory Privilege to Avoid Disclosure of Investment Canada Act Undertakings
- New Disclosures Required in High-End Residential Real Estate Transactions in Manhattan and Miami
- Fund Management Fee Waivers Under Attack
- Canadian and U.S. Tax Laws: A Review of 2015 and a Look Ahead to 2016
- Top Competition and Foreign Investment Review Trends and Issues for 2016
- Competition Tribunal Dismisses Refusal to Deal Application Against CarProof, AutoTrader and Kijiji
- 2018
- IRS Proposes Regulations Under the Base Erosion and Anti-Abuse Tax
- Hemp-Derived CBD: United States Liberalizes Regulation
- Proposed Regulations Would Implement U.S. Interest Stripping Rules After Tax Reform
- U.S. Treasury Broadly Expands Disclosures of “All Cash” Real Estate Purchases
- Why the Cannabis Act Should Make Company Stakeholders Nervous
- Federal Court’s Decision in Atlas Tube Canada ULC: Beware, Tax Due Diligence Reports May Not Be Privileged
- Major Changes to Canada’s Trademark Laws to Come into Force in June 2019
- Callidus Capital Corporation v HMQ: Last Word Goes to the Secured Creditor
- Canada Gets Go-Ahead for a National Securities Regulator
- Whose Liability Is It Anyway? CRTC Issues New Guidance Regarding Liability for Aiding or Inducing CASL Non-Compliance
- Court of Appeal Opens the Floodgates to Umbrella Purchaser Claims in Ontario (For Now)
- Federal Government Moves Forward with Pan-Canadian Framework on Climate Change
- City of Montréalʼs Right of First Refusal: Designation of Affected Sectors
- Legalization of Cannabis: A Guide for Employers
- Obey or Pay: OSC Warns Off-Shore, Unregistered Trading Platforms Offering Securities to Ontario Investors
- Davies Governance Insights 2018
- Ontario Releases Framework for Private Retail Cannabis Sales
- Québec Issues Compensation Regime for Adverse Effects on Wetlands and Bodies of Water
- Natasha MacParland and Natalie Renner Introduce Feature Column in Rebuilding Success Magazine
- Green Energy Act Repealed and Municipal Powers to Oppose Renewable Energy Reinstated
- Repeal of Minimum Parking Ratios in Downtown Montréal
- Securities Regulators Seek to Address Inconsistencies in Disclosure of Non-GAAP Financial Measures
- Back to Normal? Ontario Court of Appeal Overturns ClearFlow Decision on Interest Disclosure under Section 4 of Interest Act
- Ontario Court Awards $2.35 Million in Costs to Successful Defendants in Proposed Antitrust Class Proceeding
- The Green Rush: The Cannabis Industry Rolls On
- Ontario Court of Appeal Clarifies Jurisdictional Reach of Secondary Market Misrepresentation Claims
- Doing Business in Canada Legal Toolkit 2018
- CSA Offers Tips for Token Offerings: Direction or Deterrence?
- U.S. Supreme Court Decision Permits States to Tax Online Retailers Without Any In-State Physical Presence
- New Rules on Short-Term Rentals in the Borough of Ville-Marie
- The Digital Economy, Disclosures and “Debunking” Efficiencies Claims: Canada’s Competition Bureau Plans for the Year Ahead
- Warning to Public Companies: Just Because You’re Right Doesn’t Mean It’s Not a Misrepresentation
- New Rules for Custody of Client Assets in Force Soon
- Tax Court Finds That Broker Fees on a Private Company Sale Were GST/HST-Taxable
- Canadian-Competition-Act-Amended-to-Harmonize-Treatment-of-Corporations-and-Non-Corporate-Entities
- Increased Filing Fees for Merger Reviews Under the Canadian Competition Act
- CSA Reviewing and Seeking Comments on Soliciting Dealer Arrangements in Proxy Contests and Corporate Transactions
- SEC Rulemaking Developments in 2017
- FAST Act Modernization and Simplification of Regulation S-K
- SEC Filings Must Include Hyperlinks to Exhibits and Be in HTML Format
- Inline XBRL Filing of Tagged Data
- SEC Guidance on Pay Ratio Disclosure
- SEC Approves an NYSE Rule Amendment Prohibiting Release of Material News After Market Close
- Canada Proposes Regime for Deferred Prosecution Agreements
- Canadian Securities Regulators Report on Climate Disclosure
- The Cannabis Frenzy
- Adoption of Bylaw Dealing with Transportation Dues Regarding the REM
- CSA to Pursue Six Initiatives to Cut “Red Tape” for Reporting Issuers
- Weed Wars Part III: The Joint Actor Issue
- Ontario Court Applies Regulated Conduct Defence on Summary Motion to Dismiss Class Action Alleging Market Allocation Conspiracy
- Weed Wars Part II: Tactical Poison Pills and Lock-up Agreements in Hostile Bids
- Commercial Certainty Restored: The Federal Court of Appeal Reaffirms the Existence of Transactional Common Interest Privilege
- Demystifying Crypto in Canada: Will 2018 Be the Year of Blockchain?
- 2018 Federal Budget: Tax Highlights
- Canada Resets Federal Environmental Assessment for Major Project Reviews
- The Québec Environment Quality Act: major changes coming in 2018
- Interest Disclosure under Section 4 of the Interest Act: The Ghost Is Clanking Its Chains Again
- Is Your Website Ready?
- Top Competition and Foreign Investment Review Trends and Issues for 2018
- Anti-Corruption Legislation in Canada
- Pan-Canadian Carbon Pricing Update: Federal Backstop Legislation Proposed
- What’s So Big About Big Data: Canada’s Competition Bureau Issues Draft Discussion Paper for Consultation
- U.S. Tax Laws: A Review of 2017 and a Look Ahead to 2018
- Canadian Tax Laws: A Review of 2017 and a Look Ahead to 2018
- Weed Wars: Securities Commissions Weigh In on Aurora/CanniMed Hostile Bid
- 2020
- Where Things Stand: Update on the Digital Charter Implementation Act, 2020
- Early Warnings: Canada’s Regulators Issue Warning Letters to Mobile App Companies
- Canadian Insolvency Trends in 2020: A Pandemic Year in Numbers
- Buyer Beware: In Canada’s First COVID-19 “Busted Deal” Decision, Court Finds That Duo Bank Cannot Terminate Its Acquisition of Fairstone Financial
- Canada’s Fall Economic Statement: Tax Highlights
- Going Green: Recent Climate Change and Energy Developments
- New Privacy Law for Canada: Government Tables the Digital Charter Implementation Act, 2020
- Québec Court Stays Criminal Proceedings, Citing “Serious, Multiple and Systemic Violations” of Canadians’ Rights
- Virtually There: Canada’s Competition Bureau Continues to Chart a Digital Course
- Corporations Cannot Suffer Cruel and Unusual Treatment or Punishment
- City of Montréal Publishes New Draft of Bylaw 20-20-20 on Social, Affordable and Family Housing
- BlackBerry Minority Shareholder Forces Changes to Related Party Transactions with Fairfax
- Jordan Ceilings: Particular Application to White Collar Crime
- Governance in a Nascent Industry: Lessons from Canada’s “Green Rush”
- ESG and Climate Change in the Shadow of COVID-19: “E,” “S” & G Are Here to Stay
- Beyond Gender: Diversity and Inclusiveness Now and Going Forward
- Executive Decisions: Compensation Trends In and Outside of Times of Crisis
- Let’s Take This Online: Virtual Shareholders’ Meetings in 2020 and Beyond
- Shareholder Activism Abates, but Not for Long: Significant Activity and Developments in 2020
- Navigating Financial Distress: Key Considerations for Directors
- Risky Business: The Board’s Role in Enterprise Risk Management
- Special Committees: Governance Safeguards for Conflict of Interest Transactions and High-Stakes Situations
- Davies Governance Insights 2020
- Updated Equator Principles Take Effect
- Disclosure Rules for Nominee Contracts Come into Force in Québec
- IRS Issues New Proposed Regulations Under the Section 1061 Carried Interest Rules
- Bill 66 to Accelerate Certain Infrastructure Projects
- Deadlines Under Federal Legislation Temporarily Extended Due to COVID-19
- Canada’s Top Court Provides Guidance on SLAPPs
- ESG in the Time of COVID: Key Considerations for Investment Fund Managers
- The Times They Are A Changin’ Canadian Privacy Law in the Private Sector
- COVID-19 in Canada: Competitor Collaborations, Pricing, Mergers, and Foreign Investment During (and After) the Pandemic
- Davies Highlights Concerns with Proposals to Modernize Ontario’s Capital Markets
- Important Modifications to Québec’s Environmental Permitting Regime
- Are You Prepared for a Search?
- IESO Releases Contract Review Directive Report
- Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy: An Updated Guide for Businesses
- National Security Review Timelines for Foreign Investments in Canada Temporarily Extended Due to COVID-19
- IRS Releases Final Regulations on Deductibility of Business Interest Expense
- Class Actions: Gambling on a Novel Cause of Action May Not Be a Winner
- Ontario Superior Court Declines to Enforce “Harsh and Oppressive” Forfeiture Provision for Dismissed Employee’s Unvested Stock Awards
- Québec Superior Court Renders First Decision on the Impact of COVID-19 on Commercial Leasing
- IRS Finalizes High-Tax Exception to GILTI
- Québec Court of Appeal Settles Controversy Regarding Applicability of CCQ Requirements to Appointment of a Receiver
- Termination Clauses and the Employment Standards Act: A New Warning for Employers from the Ontario Court of Appeal
- Canada’s Top Court Invalidates Uber’s Arbitration Clauses and Clarifies the Doctrine of Unconscionability
- Ontario Joins Other Provinces in Introducing a Temporary Moratorium on Evictions of Small Business Tenants
- The Hostile Bid Is Dead. Long Live the Hostile Bid?
- Can the State Be Held Liable for Neighbourhood Disturbances?
- CEWS Update: Review of New Rules and CRA Guidance
- At-the-Market Distributions Arrive in Canada
- Bill 61: Restarting Québec’s Economy
- Canadian Directors Should Heed Recent U.S. Caremark Litigation
- Final U.S. Treasury Regulations Disappoint by Retaining Broad Debt-Equity Recharacterization Rules
- Anti-Corruption: OECD Releases Practical Guidelines to Promote a Cultural Shift in Society and Businesses
- Canadian Government’s Proposed Extension of Time Limits Due to COVID-19
- CRA Provides Relief from International Income Tax Issues Raised by COVID-19 Travel Restrictions
- Canadian Government’s Proposed Extension of Time Limits Has Implications for ICA’s National Security Review Process
- U.S. Treasury Issues Guidance on Applying Tax Treaties After USMCA Supersedes NAFTA
- Canada Commercial Rent Assistance Program: Details and Practical Considerations
- Super Priority or Super Powers? FCA Rules That CRA Can Collect Unremitted GST on Proceeds of Third-Party Secured Interest
- Canada’s Top Court Provides Crucial Guidance on the Conduct of Insolvency Proceedings
- City of Montréal’s Right of First Refusal for Social Housing
- Estate Planning in Turbulent Times
- IRS Proposes Regulations for U.S. Tax-Exempt Organizations with Multiple Unrelated Businesses
- IRS Provides COVID-19 Relief for Stranded “Snowbirds” and Other International Travellers
- Supporting Canadian Startups: BDC Launches $150-Million Bridge Financing Program
- The Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy: A Guide for Businesses
- Foreign Public Issuers Take Note: Québec Court Dismisses Securities Class Action for Lack of Jurisdiction
- Canadian Federal Government Announces Enhanced Scrutiny of Certain Foreign Investments During COVID-19
- Jordan Ceilings: Verdict Deliberation Time Not Included
- Due Diligence for COVID-19: Health Exposure Prevention and Response
- IRS Issues Final and Proposed Regulations on Hybrid Entities and Transactions
- Canadian Competition Bureau Provides New Enforcement Guidance on Competitor Collaborations to Address Impact of COVID-19
- Tax Issues for Distressed Corporations
- COVID-19 Insurance Related Considerations - Business Interruption Coverage Update
- COVID-19: Details on the Federal Wage Subsidy for All Businesses, Charities and Non-Profit Organizations
- Directors’ Duties and Governance Best Practices in Response to COVID-19
- U.S. Congress Provides COVID-19 Relief by Passing CARES Act
- COVID-19: Preserving Your Business in a Pandemic
- Canadian Tax and Other Measures Implemented in Response to COVID-19 Pandemic
- Canadian Competition Law Compliance: Q&A for Responding to COVID-19
- Force Majeure and Frustration in Light of COVID-19
- COVID-19: Considerations for Investment Funds
- COVID-19: What Private Fund Managers Need to Know Now
- SEC Provides Temporary Relief for Filers Affected by COVID-19
- Let’s Get Practical: Moving to Virtual AGMs in Response to COVID-19
- COVID-19: Canadian Public Disclosure Considerations During the Pandemic
- COVID-19 and the Workplace in Québec: What Employers Need to Know and Do
- How to Work When Nothing Is Working: Canadian Employment Law and COVID-19
- A Penalty Under GAAR Will Cause Ineligibility for Public Contracts in Québec
- COVID-19: Material Adverse Change and Material Adverse Effect
- Canadian Competition Bureau and Tribunal Issue Notices on the Impact of COVID-19 on Merger Review, Enforcement and Adjudication Processes
- COVID-19 and Force Majeure
- COVID-19: Insurance Claims Considerations
- Keep It Between Us: Canadian Securities Regulators Adopt Confidential Prospectus Review Process
- You Say You Want Evolution? Well…Canadian Securities Regulators Are Now Reshaping Yesterday’s Rules
- Supreme Court of Canada Rules in Nevsun Resources Ltd. v Araya
- OSC Provides Guidance on Special Committees and Disclosure in Conflict of Interest Transactions: The HBC Privatization Part II
- Search and Seizure: Authorities Can’t Keep What They Seize Indefinitely
- Canada’s Top Court Releases Precedent-Setting Decision on Litigation Funding and a Court’s Discretion in Restructuring Process
- Canadian and U.S. Tax Laws: A Review of 2019 and a Look Ahead to 2020
- Canadian Tax Laws: A Review of 2019 and a Look Ahead to 2020
- U.S. Tax Laws: A Review of 2019 and a Look Ahead to 2020
- Investigation and Disclosure: The Court Stresses the Importance of Protecting Whistleblowers
- Top Competition and Foreign Investment Review Trends and Issues for 2020
- Canadian Foreign Investment Review Annual Report Confirms Shift in Emphasis Toward National Security Concerns
- Canadian Securities Regulators Seek Feedback on “Access Equals Delivery” Model for Prospectuses and Other Documents
- New Beacons of Administrative Law: Top Court Reviews the Approach to Judicial Review of Administrative Decisions
