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In Canada, the early warning system differs from the Section 13(d) regime.

This week, the Government of Ontario introduced the Better for People, Smarter for Business Act, 2020, which contains proposed legislative amendments to the Business Corporations Act (OBCA) ...

The cannabis sector has experienced significant growth in the past few years driven by a surge of commercial transactions and M&A activity.

The TSX has reviewed 25 randomly selected advance notice policies adopted by TSX-listed issuers and has identified a number of its concerns in a Staff Notice published on March 9, 2017.

The TSX has reviewed 25 randomly selected advance notice policies adopted by TSX-listed issuers and has identified a number of its concerns in a Staff Notice published on March 9, 2017.

An Ontario court has sentenced two corporate directors to jail time and fined the company $250,000 when a worker was killed after falling from an elevated platform tacked on to the forks of a forklift.

An Ontario company was recently fined $250,000 and two of its directors were each ordered to serve 25 days in jail as a result of a workplace fatality.

A Federal District Court Judge in West Virginia has sentenced former Massey Energy Company CEO, Donald Blankenship, to the maximum allowable sentence after his conviction by a jury last fall.

Section 194 of the Ontario Environmental Protection Act imposes substantial duties on corporate officers and directors, without defining who they are.

In our previous blog post, we discussed the serious implications of cannabis affiliation at the U.S. Border.

In a previous post, we discussed areas of exposure and avenues for recourse for directors of insolvent companies. In this post, we look at how directors' legally prescribed duties may shift during insolvency.

The Ontario Superior Court of Justice recently considered whether punitive damages against officers and directors were available under Ontario’s new secondary market liability regime.

In its November 8, 2010 decision in "Jellema v. American Bullion Minerals Ltd." the Court of Appeal for British Columbia decided that shareholder oppression claims can be certified as class proceedings.

Can directors and management of a company be personally liable for a cybersecurity attack on their watch? Recent charges filed by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC")...

Previously passed changes to the Business Corporations Act (Alberta) and the Companies Act (Alberta) are expected to be proclaimed in force by the Alberta Government on March 29, 2021.

On September 14, 2016, the Alberta Securities Commission (ASC) published for comment proposed amendments to National Instrument 58-101...

A group of dissident shareholders attempted to gain control of Bioniche Life Sciences Inc. by requisitioning a shareholders’ meeting to replace the Company’s management.