Businesses that are affected by the COVID-19 pandemic will be asking what insurance coverages may be available to them for the damages and losses that they are now or may soon be suffering.

On March 20, 2020, the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) announced that its Charities Directorate had been closed down with all operations suspended until further notice in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The COVID-19 pandemic has raised a fundamental question for M&A participants: does the outbreak of COVID-19 and the impact on a business constitute a "Material Adverse Change" (referred to as a "MAC") under merger agreements?

Canadian employers who experience a COVID-19-caused revenue loss of at least 30 per cent will now be eligible for a subsidy of up to 75 per cent of each employee's wages, the Government of Canada announced March 30.

CIPO has now announced that April 1st, 2020 to April 30th, 2020 inclusive will also be considered "designated days".

The COVID-19 pandemic has decimated industries and resulted in many lost jobs. According to one news article, Canada has about 858,000 fewer jobs this February than we did last February before the pandemic began.

Our second annual Canadian PIPE Deal Point Study offers market insights from a review of the 2020 Canadian PIPE deals having a deal size of greater than $10 million and whose deal details are publicly available.

Our fourth annual Canadian Private Investment in Public Equity (PIPE) Deal Point Study offers market insights from our review of Canadian PIPE deals in 2022 that had a value greater...

In Canada, the prospectus review process generally begins on the filing by an issuer of its preliminary prospectus. A challenge that issuers sometimes face with this approach...

The BPSECA amendments set out parameters for existing employees and office holders as well.

On September 8, 2008, long-anticipated amendments to National Instrument 81-106 Investment Fund Continuous Disclosure ("NI 81-106") are scheduled to come into force allowing the investment fund industry to continue to calculate a fund’s net asset value ("NAV"), for all purposes other than financial statement reporting, according to fair value.

On May 1, 2020, the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) issued a news release, announcing local blanket orders (Blanket Orders) for market participants in connection with meetings delayed as a result of the COVID-19 crisis.

During his keynote speech at the Canadian Bar Association's Competition Law Spring Conference on May 7, 2019, the Commissioner of Competition discussed several important topics, including more active enforcement...

As we prepare for 2023, what can we expect in Canadian M&A in the year ahead?

In May 2016, sweeping changes to the Canadian take-over bid regime came into effect.

Voluntary semi-annual financial reporting (SAR) for public companies in Canada is now live, at least for eligible venture issuers.

Kik had previously announced plans to sell up to U.S.$125 million of Kin tokens, including to Canadians.

On March 7, 2018 the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) released a "Statement on Potentially Unlawful Online Platforms for Trading Digital Assets".

The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) have demanded that the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC) boost business conduct compliance activities after the CSA noted serious deficiencies in multiple consecutive oversight reviews.

On March 23, 2020, the Canadian Securities Administrators published local blanket orders for market participants that provide a 45-day extension for periodic filings normally required to be made by market participants ...