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A select group of senior executives and in-house counsel interested in cross-border M&A disputes recently had a special opportunity to hear Vice Chancellor Travis Laster of the Delaware Court of Chancery speak in Toronto about his thoughts on some thorny M&A issues and their treatment under a continuum of legal regimes ranging from Pennsylvania, to Delaware of course, to Canada and to the United Kingdom.

With the Ontario Securities Commission's new incentive-based whistleblower program now on the horizon, recent awards under comparable whistleblower programs in the U.S. are increasingly relevant to boards of directors...

By way of update to our August 2016 MarketCaps, on November 1, 2016, the Canadian government announced two important developments related to the Investment Canada Act in its Fall Economic Statement.

The recent decision of CIBC Mortgages Inc. (c.o.b. Firstline Mortgages) v. Computershare Trust Co. of Canada, [2015] ONSC 543 provides a fact scenario that sounds like it was dreamt up by a law school professor...

On November 19, the SEC announced new rules to give effect to provisions of Dodd-Frank that amend the Investment Advisers Act of 1940.

EFT Reporting has been with us for some time now, with information on bank transactions already being provided to the Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada under separate crime prevention legislation.

As private capital funds continue to evolve, investors must navigate an increasingly complex environment shaped by significant tax reforms, regulatory shifts and compliance requirements.

Samantha Prasad shares planning tips for your RRSP in "RRSP tax plan: Tips to help you and your family make the most of your RRSPs" published in The TaxLetter, January 2015 edition.

The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) umbrella group has announced that it will take a tougher line with respect to preregistration undertakings (Undertakings)...

On November 9, 2021, the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (OFSI) launched a three-month public consultation on the Draft Guideline B-13: Technology and Cyber Risk Management.

Osler has published its 2012 Capital Markets Review which includes a look back at the year in Canadian corporate finance by Desmond Lee and Michael Innes.

Earlier this month, the Ontario Securities Commission's Investor Advisory Panel (the Panel) released its annual report. The Panel is an advisory committee to the OSC...

In Quebec, a business that operates a virtual currency automated teller machine, such as a bitcoin ATM, or that provides a platform for trading virtual currencies, will now be required to obtain a license under the Money-Services Businesses Act (the "Act").

Quebec's Autorité des marchés financiers yesterday issued a decision in which it recognizes that the trade reporting rules of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission and those of the European Securities and Markets Authority are equivalent to the requirements imposed under Regulation 91-507. Under s. 26(5) of the Regulation.

The Basel III regime requires a significant departure from the established thinking and practices of banking regulation.

In our blog post of March 11, 2011, we discussed the proposed repeal by the Alberta Securities Commission of Blanket Order 91-503.

On February 28, the Alberta Securities Commission proposed the repeal of Blanket Order 91-503, which currently exempts most over-the-counter derivatives from the definition of "futures contract" under the Alberta Securities Act and, thus, exempts such OTC derivatives from regulation as "securities".

On February 28, the Alberta Securities Commission proposed the repeal of Blanket Order 91-503, which currently exempts most over-the-counter derivatives from the definition of "futures contract" under the Alberta Securities Act and, thus, exempts such OTC derivatives from regulation as "securities".