In Bertucci v. Royal Bank of Canada​, the Federal Court allowed two applications for disclosure of personal information brought by customers whose accounts were closed without written explanation.

The Mutual Fund Dealers Association of Canada ("MFDA"), the self-regulatory organization for Canadian mutual fund dealers, issued its Annual Report on March 10, 2016.

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.

​In two recent and related decisions, the Alberta Court has taken the opportunity to warn financial institutions to be more diligent in preventing mortgage fraud.

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.

Breathe easy: the US district court in Los Angeles has decided that the answer is no.

The Bailiwick of Guernsey (a UK Crown dependency and one of the vestiges of William the Conqueror’s duchy of Normandy) has created a new kind of intellectual property right, the registered image.

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

Or law firms, potentially. When word got out that JK Rowling, author of that overrated series of children's books about sorcery, had written The Cuckoo's Calling (ostensibly by one Robert Galbraith) there was speculation that Rowling or her publicists were behind the leak.

The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) has released a video of the information sessions that it has presented on the new Anti-Spam legislation, CASL.

In an earlier post we discussed the "Schindler Elevator Decision".

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.

In a recent decision of the Ontario Information and Privacy Commissioner we have some guidance on what the Commissioner will consider to be a reasonable search for responsive records.

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.

In MNR v. RBC Life Insurance Company et al., 2013 FCA 50, the Federal Court of Appeal held that the Minister of National Revenue could not use her authority under the Income Tax Act to demand information for the primary purpose of "chilling" a business.

In MNR v. RBC Life Insurance Company et al., 2013 FCA 50, the Federal Court of Appeal held that the Minister of National Revenue could not use her authority under the Income Tax Act to demand information for the primary purpose of "chilling" a business.