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Our panel will review this rapidly evolving landscape, identify key foundations and pitfalls, and provide a framework for the CIO as they manage the legal and compliance issues arising from the transformation of their management information systems to meet the ESG challenge.

The Competition Bureau announced the 2015 "size of transaction" pre-merger notification threshold under the Competition Act would increase to $86 million; the 2014 threshold was $82 million.

Canada's planned increase to the generally applicable threshold for "net benefit" reviews under the Investment Canada Act (ICA) from $800 million to $1 billion became effective June 22, 2017.

Postmedia’s proposed acquisition of Sun Media’s English-language media assets was recently approved by the Competition Bureau.

Canada's whisky and spirits market presents significant opportunities for international producers, but success requires careful navigation of a dual regulatory framework. Federal laws govern production standards, excise duties, and labelling requirements, while each province maintains its own liquor authority controlling distribution, sales, marketing, and pricing within its borders. Understanding these overlapping jurisdictions and tailoring market entry strategies to provincial variations is essential for

On September 27, 2016, I blogged about the decision of the Alberta Court of Queen's Bench blocking approval of an arrangement in Re Marquee Energy Ltd,. and the Alberta Oilsands Inc.

On October 31, 2014, the the AMF exempted the Quebec Federation, all the Quebec Federation’s Caisse Desjardins members, the Quebec Federation’s subsidiaries, Caisse centrale, the Ontario Federation and all of the Ontario Federation’s caisse populaire members from their obligations under section 26 of Regulation 91-507.

Edward Waitzer, one of Canada's top corporate governance specialists and a Stikeman Elliott partner, recently published an op-ed that considers the potential of systems theory ...

Joseph David, co-founder of Calgary-based CAVIRTEX, Canada’s first Bitcoin exchange, talks with YouInc about what entrepreneurs should know about Bitcoin.

A new limitations act for British Columbia came into force on June 1, 2013.

Associate Tekin Salimi has written "Building Blockchains – Ripe Model for Principal-Agent Problem" for The Cointelegraph.

The British Columbia Branch of the Canadian Bar Association recently released an agenda which calls upon the Government of BC to enact franchise legislation in that province in order to provide protection to small business franchisees.

The Supreme Court ruled on May 6, 2016 that the applicable standard of review for contractual interpretation is the more rigorous palpable and overriding error, and no longer correctness.

March is Fraud Prevention Month. The Competition Bureau has a fraud prevention portal to help you recognize fraud and take action to report and stop it.

The Ontario Securities Commission announced today that Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. has applied for an exemption from the requirement to be recognized as a clearing agency on the basis that it is subject to an appropriate regulatory and oversight regime in its home jurisdiction.

Partner Chris Hersh looks at the Competition Act and Foreign Investment Act as they relate to mergers and acquisitions in Canada.

David Milstead of the Globe and Mail discusses the corporate governance concerns surrounding mergers and acquisitions in an article published in today's Globe.