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On November 14, 2017, Bill 154, the Cutting Unnecessary Red Tape Act, 2017, received Royal Assent.

On April 7, 2021, Corporations Canada published Diversity of Boards of Directors and Senior Management of Federal Distributing Corporations (Report). The Report is the first annual review of...

The COVID-19 virus is impacting everything and everyone, and certainly, only the most fortunate of businesses have not been adversely impacted.

The COVID-19 pandemic has created novel challenges for market participants. In this rapidly changing environment, it is imperative that directors and officers of public companies be mindful of their insider trading...

The assessment of a corporation’s cyber risks is part of a board of directors’ general risk oversight responsibilities.

A recent and somewhat startling decision of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice may send a chill through law firms across Canada where their lawyers sit on a Board of Directors for a company that is also a client of the law firm.

Historically, incorporated charities that operate in Ontario have not been permitted to compensate their directors directly or indirectly except in very limited circumstances.

As a result of renewed efforts to enforce Canada’s "Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act" and the most-recent proposed amendments to the Act earlier this year to extend jurisdiction to Canadian corporations’ activities abroad, boards of directors, senior management, and internal auditors have been encouraged to renew their efforts to protect their companies from the legal and reputational risks associated with breaches of our anti-corruption legislation.

There is always a discussion around whether the size of your board is appropriate for your business. Should it be bigger or smaller?

Beginning on January 1, 2020, all public corporations incorporated under the Canada Business Corporations Act (the CBCA) will be subject to expanded diversity disclosure requirements.

Statistics Canada has released new data on the representation of men and women on boards of directors in Canada.

In the eighth video of our first-time funds series, Cameron Koziskie and Lauren Hulme of our Private Equity practice unpack the basics of distribution waterfalls—the set of rules that establish...

Governance as a corporate affair is a controversial topic. The term ‘governance' generally refers to the method or practices used by an organization or country to manage affairs at the highest level.

A businesses' growth has a large dependence on digitalization. Many companies went through a digital transformation during the pandemic and continue to do so as technology evolves.

The Supreme Court of Canada recently held that what happens at in camera meetings may not stay at in camera meetings.

Putting together a board book for board meetings can be tedious. Worse yet is the board that has not yet gone digital in any way.

In a decision with important considerations for market practice with respect to the treatment of dissent rights, fairness opinions and corporate governance in private company sale transactions...

The Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (OSFI) recently published the final revised version of its Corporate Governance Guideline (dated September 2018) (the Revised Guideline).