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The Ontario Court of Appeal has delivered a landmark ruling that fundamentally reshapes personal liability for corporate officers and directors involved in fraudulent conduct.

Schedule 1 to the Bill contains the proposed amendments to the OBCA. T

Say-on-pay, board diversity and majority voting requirements are among the key proposals aimed at modernizing the Business Corporations Act (Ontario) in the recently introduced Bill 101, Enhancing Shareholder Rights Act, 2017.

In late 2024, Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) and Glass Lewis, two leading North American proxy advisory firms, updated their benchmark proxy voting guidelines ahead of the 2025 proxy season.

This case underlines that relying on advice from legal counsel will not excuse you from liability for non-compliance with securities legislation.

When shareholders refuse to recognize a co-owner's status and systematically exclude them from corporate affairs, what legal remedies are available? This case explores how Quebec's Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms protects shareholder property rights and when courts will award punitive damages for intentional violations in oppression remedy disputes.

The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank Act) calls for mandatory say-on-pay votes at all annual meetings of U.S. issuers and certain foreign issuers that are subject to the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) proxy rules.

The Government of Ontario has just announced that the ONCA will be coming into effect on October 19, 2021. The lengthy delay since the ONCA was passed in 2010...

Last October 12th, the Supreme Court dismissed the investors' appeal, who, by way of a class proceeding, were alleging wrongdoing on the part of Danier Leather Inc. (Danier) for omitting to disclose poor intra-quarterly results before the closing of its initial public offering.

Despite the intensity of continuing public discussion of corporate governance issues, remarkably little attention has been paid to the liability position of individual directors. We believe this will change. Directors are increasingly realizing that "it can’t happen to me" is a dangerous and even foolhardy approach. It can happen to you, no matter how conscientious you are.

You are no doubt familiar with the term "unanimous shareholder agreement". But you may be under the impression that it is simply an alternate version of the term "shareholder agreement".

In the ever-changing climate of health risks and uncertainty surrounding the developing global outbreak of COVID-19 (coronavirus) and with shareholder meeting season fast approaching,...

On January 1, 2026, Public Safety Canada opened its portal for the filing of reports under the Fighting Against Forced Labour and Child Labour in Supply Chains Act...

On March 9, 2017, the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) published a new Staff Notice regarding its review of listed issuers' use of majority voting policies and advance notice policies/bylaws.

On December 31, 2012, the Toronto Stock Exchange made amendments to the Company Manual to require, among other things, that TSX listed issuers elect all directors annually.

Limitation periods set defined time limits on when someone must commence a lawsuit once they discover they have been wronged. If a lawsuit is not brought within the limitation period...

In July of this year, private rights of action under Canada's Anti-Spam Legislation will come into force.