The Canadian Securities Administrators recently provided an update on the consultation process relating to the potential regulation of proxy advisory firms.

Earlier this year, the Federal Court of Canada heard an application by U.S. Steel Corp. challenging the constitutionality of the enforcement provisions of the Investment Canada Act ("ICA").

Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP has submitted a comprehensive comment letter addressing the Canadian Securities Administrators' proposed changes to take-over bid, beneficial ownership reporting, and issuer bid regimes.

A recent lawsuit in British Columbia is the latest example of an emerging trend in which plaintiffs are seeking to hold parent companies liable in negligence in relation to the actions of their foreign subsidiaries.

The SEC required these foreign private issuers to begin their submissions at the end of a three-year phase-in period.

On June 20, 2011 the Board of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) approved a recommendation to expand the number of generic top-level domains (gTLDs).

Avec la densification urbaine et le développement accru des zones centrales, on constate la prolifération de projets immobiliers plus sophistiqués et à usage mixte.

L'article 976 C.c.Q. énonce que les voisins doivent accepter les inconvénients normaux du voisinage.

Plus que jamais, le développement immobilier et l'urbanisme vont de pair, surtout au centre-ville.

Tania Djerrahian recently participated in a panel at the Harvey FORUM, where the conversation centered on how AI is reshaping firm strategy, business models and what the future of legal looks like.

In welcome news, the SEC has determined that Canadian insider reporting requirements are substantially similar to the requirements under U.S. federal securities...

Against a backdrop of numerous recent key climate announcements, May 26, 2021, marked a bad day for Big Oil. Engine No. 1, an activist investor with a keen Environmental, Social and Governance focus...

Previously, the operating rules of the SEAO had been set solely by the secretariat of the Conseil du trésor.

The fourth version of the Equator Principles (EP4), a financial industry benchmark used by Equator Principle Financial Institutions (EPFIs) to assess and manage environmental and social risk in international project finance.

The Supreme Court of Canada delivered its reasons today in 9354-9186 Québec inc. v Callidus Capital Corp., 2020 SCC 10, after having unanimously allowed the appeals from the bench on January 9, 2020.

In 2022, we expect to see an uptick in restructurings and insolvencies as fiscal protections expire and businesses face continued cash shortfalls, mounting debt obligations, altered consumer behaviours and rising interest rates.

Justice Perell, of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, has rendered his costs award in respect of his earlier decision granting summary judgment (see our March 23, 2018 bulletin) ...

The SCC in Agence du revenu du Québec v 9229-0188 Québec inc. has dismissed an application for leave to appeal filed by Revenu Québec, acting as part of the Permanent Anti-Corruption Unit of Québec.

In our annual Tax Review and Outlook report, we look back at significant developments in the Canadian and U.S. tax landscapes in 2018 and offer our predictions on what to expect in 2019.

This week, Davies' Marta Young and Michael Lalande co-presented at eDiscovery Convergence 2025 on a panel titled "Document Review: Defensibility, Strategy and the Human Element."