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In a significant decision for employers offering equity-based compensation, the Ontario Superior Court in Wigdor v. Facebook Canada Ltd. upheld the forfeiture of unvested...

On November 4, 2009, BP Canada Energy Company pleaded guilty to one count of causing an odorous discharge that caused or was likely to cause an adverse effect. BP was fined $800,000 plus a victim surcharge.

The Ontario Ministry of Energy has proposed amendments to regulations under the Electricity Act, 1998 (the Act) that would allow Industrial Conservation Initiative (ICI) participants to offset...

M&A in the mining space is seeing a broader participant group, thanks in part to the energy transition, according to co-head of Torys' M&A practice Mike Amm.

The Canadian government's move to restrict foreign investment in Canada's mining sector has created a grey area for mineral explorers and developers, according to Torys partner Braden Jebson.

On November 12, 2010, the Ministry of the Environment (MOE) issued the first three Renewable Energy Approvals (REAs) under Ontario’s new approval regime for renewable energy projects.

Regulators continue to focus on real and perceived conflicts of interest, whether as between individual advisers and their clients, or as between registered portfolio managers and affiliates.

As government services become more streamlined, the Alberta Personal Property Registry (PPR) has updated its notice procedures to digitize the registration of a secured party's liens.

TSX is proposing new rules for listed companies on security-based compensation arrangements and website postings. Comments on the proposals are due by June 27, 2016.

In the ninth video of our first-time funds series, Batya Nadler and Aaron Hunt of our Private Equity practice discuss remedies typically available...

The C.D. Howe Institute established the Task Force on Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (OSFI) Prudential Requirements and Business Lending (the Task Force) in response to several...

Fund finance has developed into an important source of liquidity for private equity funds.

By way of Bill C-5 An Act to amend the Bills of Exchange Act, the Interpretation Act and the Canada Labour Code (National Day for Truth and Reconciliation) (the Act, effective August 3, 2021)...

In a recent decision, the Québec Court of Appeal affirmed that there are strong public policy reasons to uphold the contractual rights of full-service investment dealers under margin agreements.

Investors who beneficially own more than 5% of a class of voting equity securities of an SEC-registered issuer may need to file a report with the SEC by February 17, 2009.

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has proposed new rules to require U.S. companies to provide their shareholders with non-binding votes on executive compensation ("say-on-pay") and compensation in connection with changes in control ("golden parachute" compensation).

In 2017, J.Crew made headlines for its creative—and aggressive—approach to the refinancing of its US$500 million unsecured senior pay-in-kind toggle notes, using intellectual property assets pledged to the lenders ...