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In every crisis, an opportunity; and in every opportunity, the potential for fraud. Unsurprisingly, there has already been a surge of companies purporting to develop vaccines and other treatments for COVID-19...

In Spencer v. Canada1, a group of current and former Canadian residents sought an interlocutory injunction suspending certain COVID-19 public health orders...

Under the current rules, a takeover bid may expire in as few as 35 days.

The new CSA proposal: (i) extends the time for takeover bids to 120 days; (ii) mandates a 50% minimum tender condition; and (iii) requires bids to be extended for 10 days once the minimum tender condition is met.

Amid Public Safety Canada's publication of its first annual report on Canada's Supply Chains Act, Torys counsel Steven Slavens spoke with Forward Law Review to discuss the findings of the report and reflect...

Canada's securities regulators have adopted National Policy 12-203, Cease Trade Orders for Continuous Disclosure Defaults.

You are preparing to close an acquisition. Your due diligence shows that one of the seller's contractual representations about the target is untrue.

Progress towards amending the Canada Business Corporations Act continues with Bill C-25 receiving Royal Assent on May 1.

On June 20, 2024, the securities authorities in Alberta, British Columbia, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Québec and Saskatchewan (the participating jurisdictions1) published Coordinated Blanket Order 31-930 (the Blanket Order).

Investors are more engaged and less deferential to boards and management teams—a trend that is increasingly being felt in M&A.

On May 20, the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) published for comment proposed amendments to National Instrument 51-102 Continuous Disclosure Obligations (NI 51-102)...

Despite the seemingly meteoric rise in popularity that reverse vesting orders (RVOs) have experienced in the past 12 months in Canadian insolvency proceedings...

On February 23, the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) released reasons for its September 2020 decision in Re ESW Capital, LLC.

As representation and warranty insurance (RWI) remains white-hot in the U.S. M&A mid-market, a number of additional underwriters have entered an increasingly competitive market.

On July 25, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) published a report opining on the practice of initial coin offerings (ICOs).

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 was signed by U.S. President Donald Trump on December 22, 2017.

On March 13, 2009, the Canadian federal government initiated a consultation process on federally regulated pension plans. In response, a group of seven influential companies, each with large federally regulated pension plans, prepared a joint submission, which is garnering much interest.