On July 14, 2016, the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) launched the Office of the Whistleblower, the first paid whistleblower program by a securities regulator in Canada.

On July 6, 2017, the Ontario Court of Appeal upheld Karigar's conviction. The Court confirmed that a conspiracy to offer a bribe to a foreign public official is sufficient to establish an offence under the CFPOA.

Natural Resources Canada has finalized its implementation tools for the Extractive Sector Transparency Measures Act (ESTMA), which was proclaimed into force in June 2015.

On June 1, 2015, the federal government declared into force the Extractive Sector Transparency Measures Act. This Act is the long-promised legislation to establish mandatory reporting standards for payments that Canadian extractive companies make to governments worldwide

Changes to the Québec regulation the Cap-and-Trade System for Greenhouse Gas Emissions Allowances are intended to streamline and strengthen its carbon market and further align it with California's market.

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.

Just a few months after an increase in the net benefit review threshold for most direct acquisitions of control of Canadian businesses involving private sector investors, the review threshold has increased yet again.

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.

The bulk of Canada's anti-spam law, known colloquially as CASL, came into force on July 1, 2014. CASL sets out strict rules for a variety of online behaviours and is considered the strictest...

Download this publication August 3, 2016 In an e-communication dated February 4, 2016 (New Disclosures Required in High-End Residential Real Estate Transactions in Manhattan and Miami)...

These amendments will certainly be well-received by real estate owners because they ensure a neutral and equitable tax treatment for common holding structures.

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.

Earlier this year, the Department of Finance released a set of far-reaching proposals affecting the taxation of private businesses and their shareholders.

On September 17, 2015, the Quebec ombudsman, Raymonde Saint-Germain, tabled in the National Assembly her 2014-15 annual report on the public service.

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."

On December 2, 2014, the OECD published its Foreign Bribery Report. It reviews the first 15 years of the OECD Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials.