While the bulletin is targetted towards small and medium size enterprises, financial institutions will find much of the advice equally applicable to their businesss.

The Superior Court followed prior decisions in confirming that the putative class members were bound by their respective collective bargaining agreements, which provided for binding arbitration,...

Learn about the limitation of liability in multimodal transportation involving rail and the effect of tariffs.

AUM Law is proud to sponsor the Q Wealth Partners National Conference held at the St. Regis Hotel in Toronto on December 7-9.

The UK Charity Commission is consulting with the public around its proposed approach to using new statutory power to issue official warnings to charities and trustees.

Borden Ladner Gervais LLP (BLG) is a leading, national, full-service Canadian law firm focusing on business law, commercial litigation and arbitration, and intellectual property solutions for our clients.

In the wake of CSA releasing its Staff Notice 81-330 Status Report on Consultation on Embedded Commissions and Next Steps, IIROC has suspended section 2 of Notice 18-00075.

On December 16, 2022, the OSC announced the members of the Registrant Advisory Committee (RAC) for the 2023-2024 term.

The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) have made it easier to provide comments on regulatory proposals through a new online tool on a dedicated portion of the CSA's website.

Our legal professionals will provide insights into key areas including labour and employment, immigration, tax and privacy considerations.

The Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF) recently released a draft regulation that would prohibit the use of deferred sales charges when withdrawing or transferring funds from or changing purchase...

The Government of Ontario has issued a consultation paper, seeking input with respect to regulations it proposes to make under the Collection and Debt Settlement Services Act (the "Act"). This regulations are part of the Government's ongoing reforms to legislation governing debt collection, which began with amendments to the Act effected by Bill 59, the Putting Consumers First Act (Consumer Protection Statute Law Amendment), 2017.

The Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization (CIRO) has proposed amendments to its mutual fund dealer rules which would explicitly address disgorgement and fines separately as it relates to mutual fund dealers.

On October 10, 2024, CIRO released Enhanced Cost Reporting – Proposed Rule Amendments. These amendments seek to harmonize CIRO member investment dealer and mutual fund dealer cost reporting requirements...

As all registrants know, reporting entities including advisers and dealers are required to report suspicious transactions for money laundering or terrorist financing to the Financial Transactions and Reports Centre of Canada.

The Supreme Court of Canada has denied leave to appeal the Ontario Court of Appeal's decision in Finkelstein v. Ontario Securities Commission.

Last Thursday, Canadian Securities Administrators issued a Staff Notice to provide reporting issuers with guidance for compliance with continuous disclosure obligations regarding cybersecurity risks and incidents.

The deadline for submissions has been set at December 16th, with the short listing of vendors that will move to an RFP stage occurring March 31, 2023.

As last mentioned in both our February 2023 and March 2023 bulletins, SEDAR+ is expected to launch on June 13, 2023. While the deadline for onboarding filers needing access to the system...

We are pleased to release our annual thought leadership report, forecasting its top 10 legal risks for business in 2017.