On January 8, 2009, the Supreme Court of Canada released the highly anticipated decision of Lipson v. Canada (Lipson).

On February 15, 2018, The Honourable Navdeep Bains, Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development, announced the winners of the federal government's high-tech "superclusters" initiative ...

Chinese authorities have imposed a fine of approximately $1 million US on consumer goods giant Proctor & Gamble (P&G) for false advertising.

Contested merger cases are rare beasts.

The Government of Canada has announced the annual adjusted monetary thresholds for review of acquisitions involving Canadian businesses under the Competition Act and the Investment Canada Act for 2016.

Anti-trust regulators’ review of the competitive impact of proposed business transactions can be significantly complicated by the unique dynamics of an unsolicited or "hostile" takeover bid (a "hostile transaction").

As we reported in our March 19, 2020 Update, Canadian Securities Regulators Offer Filing Relief for Market Participants and Support Virtual Meetings, the Canadian Securities Administrators...

This week, the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) published blanket orders providing non-investment fund Canadian reporting issuers ("Reporting Issuers") with a temporary 45-day extension in...

A recent B.C. Securities Commission decision provides important guidance on when exploration results constitute a material change requiring disclosure under Canadian securities laws.

The future of shareholder rights plans, a commonly used tool in the take-over bid world, is up in the air.

On April 12, 2018, the CSA published CSA Staff Notice 52-329 Distribution Disclosures and Non-GAAP Financial Measures in the Real Estate Industry, which details findings of a recent review of two areas of disclosure...

The concept of director independence is of central importance to the Canadian corporate governance regime.

The Staff Notice does not modify or create legal obligations for reporting issuers.

The conviction in Karigar is a reminder to Canadian companies operating abroad that Canadian authorities have increased their enforcement of the Act, and that Canadian Courts may take a broad view of what constitutes an offence under the Corruption of Public Officials Act.

The Proxy advisory firm Glass, Lewis & Co., LLC has released its Canadian policy updates for the 2016 proxy season, on the heels of the release by Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. of its 2016 policy updates.

On September 11, 2018, the SEC announced its settlement of enforcement actions against two issuers engaging in the offer and sale of cryptocurrencies where, for the first time, the firms and their control persons ...

The Ontario Superior Court of Justice in "Stetson Oil & Gas Ltd. v. Stifel Nicolaus Canada Inc." recently awarded $16 million in damages against an underwriter.

In its recent decision in Finkelstein v. Ontario Securities Commission, the Ontario Court of Appeal clarified important questions about when the restrictions on illegal insider trading and tipping under Ontario's securities laws ...

The Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) recently published for comment Proposed OSC Rule 32-506 – Exemptions for International Dealers, Advisers and Sub-Advisers ("Proposed Rule").

The OSC recently published OSC Staff Notice 11-784 – Burden Reduction seeking input on ways to reduce unnecessary regulatory burden in Ontario's capital markets, and announcing a related roundtable discussion...