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Directors contemplating their arsenal of takeover defences in Canada will want to read the full reasons of the BC Securities Commission, released yesterday, for cease trading the Lions Gate rights plan in April.

In a recent decision, the Ontario Court of Appeal affirmed a lower court ruling that "advancement" by the corporation to Look's former directors, for advance funding of the directors' legal costs to defend against an action brought by the corporation, is subject to Court approval.

The governments of Canada, B.C., Ontario, Saskatchewan and New Brunswick announced an agreement formalizing the terms of the Cooperative Capital Markets Regulatory System.

Public corporations incorporated under the Canada Business Corporations Act (CBCA) will soon be required to report the diversity of their directors and senior management.

A new duty of honest performance has been imposed on all Canadian contracts by the Supreme Court of Canada.

Privilege, which protects some information from having to be disclosed, is a hallmark of the Canadian legal system.

On August 15, 2018, the securities regulatory authorities (together, the "Commissions") of British Columbia, Manitoba, Nunavut, the Northwest Territories and the Yukon (the "Jurisdictions")

The cannabis sector has experienced significant growth in the past few years driven by a surge of commercial transactions and M&A activity.

The Plaintiffs sued in Ontario on the Ecuadorian Judgment for the purpose of enforcing it in Ontario against both Chevron Corporation and its Canadian subsidiary, Chevron Canada Limited.

Volatile stock markets, COVID-19 and the oil price crash, along with billions of dollars in unallocated investment capital, have combined to create a unique public company...

The monetary threshold for the review of the acquisition of control of a Canadian business by an investor ultimately controlled in a World Trade Organization member state ...

A properly-worded whole agreement clause is effective to exclude liability for innocent and negligent misrepresentations, the Alberta Court of Appeal recently held in Houle v Knelsen Sand and Gravel Ltd.

On November 14, 2012, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) released their long-awaited Resource Guide to the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA).

As discussed in our blog, Government Seeks Feedback on Lowering the Criminal Rate of Interest, the Government of Canada conducted consultations in respect of the criminal interest rate under the Canadian Criminal Code.

Karigar had acted as an agent of Cryptometrics Canada, an Ottawa-area company, in pursuing a contract to supply security screening equipment to Air India.

Western Union is facing a $586-million settlement, after admitting to aiding criminals in money laundering and fraud.

As you may have heard or read in our earlier blog, More Changes to Ontario's Employment-Related Legislation Are on the Horizon, the Ontario government introduced Bill 79, Working for Workers Act, 2023 in late March 2023.