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Saviez-vous que les administrateurs du conseil d'administration (« CA ») d'un ordre professionnel ont l'obligation d'agir avec objectivité, modération, courtoisie, et solidarité?

On January 6, 2022, in Markowich v Lundin Mining Corporation,1 the Ontario Superior Court of Justice denied leave to commence a secondary market securities class action under Part XXIII.

In an effort to attract national and international investment and business, the Province of Alberta has made amendments to legislation that ease requirements ...

The Ontario Securities Commission (the OSC) recently released OSC Notice 11-767.

Canadian companies are facing growing pressure to increase the representation of women on their boards and in executive officer positions.

Can dissenters in a public M&A deal expect to get a better valuation than a competitive public bid for their shares? While that was the suggestion made by dissenters in 1843208...

The Supreme Court of Canada in "Peoples Department Store Inc. (Trustee of) v. Wise" revisited the question of the business judgment rule in Canada.

The Supreme Court of Canada (the "Court") recently released its decision in Wilson v. Alharayeri, 2017 SCC 39 ("Wilson").

The move by the federal and provincial governments (excluding Alberta) towards requiring shareholder transparency registers identifying individuals with significant control ("ISC") has gone a major...

Recent high-profile corporate insolvencies and bailouts, particularly in the United States, have drawn international attention to the executive compensation practices of publicly traded companies.

Rarely are senior corporate officials jailed for health and safety offences in Canada.

On July 10, 2013, the Toronto Stock Exchange issued a Staff Notice on Director Elections.

As a result, the Directors and their spouses feared for their safety.

Conformément à l'impulsion mondiale en faveur d'une plus grande diversité et inclusion au sein de la direction des sociétés, Glass Lewis a récemment publié ses lignes directrices...

The Ontario Court of Appeal recently clarified when directors can be held personally liable for corporate actions in Chanderpaul v. Caesars Convention Centre Ltd. While reaffirming the principle of corporate separateness, the court corrected an overly narrow interpretation of piercing the corporate veil, confirming that wrongful conduct need not be separate from corporate operations. Despite this clarification, the court upheld dismissal of the veil-piercing claims due to insufficient evidence of complete d

On May 6, 2010 the British Columbia Securities Commission issued summary reasons for its decision on April 27, 2010 to cease trade the Lions Gate shareholder rights plan.

Legally, corporations are considered separate legal persons: they can sue and be sued; they pay taxes; they can enter into contracts; they can do things (or fail to do things) – just the same as an individual person can.