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A developing line of British Columbia certification decisions provides a strong basis to resist certification of consumer protection claims...

This change will affect Canadian issuers that are cross-listed on a U.S. exchange, including Multijurisdictional Disclosure System (MJDS) filers.

On August 4, the Minister of Finance released the Advisory Committee on Open Banking's final report —marking the completion of the Committee's mandate.

Important developments are on the horizon for financial services. Businesses dealing with banks will soon benefit from consumer protection provisions which previously served to protect individual bank customers.

In light of the Trump Administration's tariff initiative, there has been an increased focus domestically on "buying Canadian" and removing internal barriers to trade, including in the financial services sector.

On July 27, 2011, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued its final rule release (the Final Release) setting out the timing and other details for the elimination of Form F-9, which currently allows eligible Canadian issuers to register investment-grade debt and preferred securities for sale in the United States utilizing the U.S.-Canada Multi-jurisdictional Disclosure System (MJDS).

In Canadian provinces other than Quebec, investment professionals are not subject to a statutory "fiduciary" standard.

In August, 2018, The World Economic Forum published a report, The New Physics of Financial Services, that looks at how AI will transform the financial services sector.

Following recent rulings in prominent cases such as Union des consommateurs v. Air Canada (Air Canada), Fortin v. Mazda Canada Inc. (Mazda)...

In a 5-4 split in TELUS Communications Inc. v. Wellman, the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) held that, in the context of consumer class actions, business customers remain bound by arbitration clauses in agreements.

In Procureur général du Québec v Association canadienne des télécommunications sans fil, 2021 QCCA 730, the Quebec Court of Appeal confirms that a province cannot compel Internet service providers...

I JUST RECEIVED MY FIRST back-toschool flyer and immediately felt a pit in my stomach. Growing up, I always hated back-to-school flyers and the sight of corn fields

Law 25's overhaul of Québec's private and public sector personal information protection framework is to take effect over four years beginning last September.

In a recent decision, the British Columbia Supreme Court confirmed that a plaintiff must plead a cause of action provided by the Montreal Convention in an action within the applicable...

Note : Cet article est le sixième d'une série d'articles mensuels visant à analyser le nouveau cadre fédéral de protection des consommateurs de produits et services

From a public policy perspective, the promise of Fintech is that it can deepen financial markets by delivering banking and payment services to a wider audience, and at a lower cost,

Only a few months after its introduction, Bill 29, An Act to protect consumers from planned obsolescence and to promote the durability, repairability and maintenance of goods (the Act)...