Owners who take part in signing a requisition to remove a director should be carefully reviewing what they sign or they may be finding themselves involved in a lawsuit where they could be held personally liable.

The Court of Appeal of Quebec has rendered an important decision on the liability of securities dealers and investment advisors.

Increasingly, both public and private companies face heightened demands from diverse stakeholders for corporate transparency and accountability.

Bottom line: The consumer protection regulator in Quebec, the "Office de la protection du consommateur" (the "Office") is proposing modifications to the province’s consumer protection laws.

On April 26, 2012, the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) published two notices aimed at improving market participant compliance with exemptions to prospectus requirements.

On October 4, 2012, the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) adopted amendments to Part IV of the TSX Company Manual (Manual), implementing new provisions for the election of directors of TSX-listed companies.

The Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada published a Rules Notice on June 13, 2013, introducing the new Dealer Member Rule 43 which governs outside business activities and personal financial dealings.

On November 13, 2013, the Quebec Minister of Justice introduced a bill at the National Assembly, titled: Bill n°61: An Act mainly to recover amounts paid unjustly by public bodies in relation to certain contracts in the construction industry.

In Barrick Gold Corporation v. Lopehandia (2004), 71 O.R. 3d 416 (Ont. C.A.), Justice Blair endorsed the view that the Internet is "potentially a medium of virtually limitless international defamation".

Today marks the beginning of the "Sunrise" period to opt out of the new .xxx domain name. ICANN, the not-for-profit corporation that manages the domain name system, has accepted .xxx as a new sponsored generic Top-Level Domain name (gTLD) to be operated by ICM Registry.

Wikipedia is a vast repository of knowledge and information that spans from the trivial to the practical, and includes everything in between.

In Kelowna B.C., Lloyd Guenther, who purchased a condo with his wife in 2003, was so frustrated with the Strata Council’s inaction in addressing water leaks on the owners enclosed balconies and the building envelope issues which he felt were caused by the enclosures, that he applied to the Supreme Court of B.C.

On June 3, 2011 the Ontario government released the so-called Integrated Accessibility Regulation under the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (the "AODA"), which was first enacted in 2005.

On November 15, 2013, the Supreme Court of Canada issued its decision in Alberta (Information and Privacy Commissioner) v. United Food and Commercial Workers, Local 401, 2013 SCC 62.

On November 24, 2011, the Federal Court of Appeal released its judgment in The Attorney General of Canada and The Commissioner of Patents v. Amazon.com, Inc., 2011 FCA 328.

On November 11, 2012, Canada signed a tax treaty with Hong Kong .

On August 13, 2011, Minister of Foreign Affairs John Baird announced the implementation of further trade and investment sanctions against Syria.

The Government of Quebec has adopted new Orders in Council lowering the threshold for which enterprises are required to obtain an authorization from the Autorité des marchés financiers (the "AMF") pursuant to an Act Respecting Contracting by Public Bodies (the "Act") in order to enter into certain contracts and subcontracts with public bodies and the City of Montreal.

On October 18, 2013, the Court of Appeal of Quebec1 reversed the Superior Court of Quebec’s decision2 in the Atocas de l’érable inc. case, quashing directive no. 06-01, used by the ministre du Développement durable, de l’Environnement, de la Faune et des Parcs (Minister of Sustainable Development, Environment, Wildlife and Parks) (the "MDDEFP") requiring promoters to compensate for the loss of wetlands as a condition for the issuance of a certificate of authorization under the Environment Qualit

On November 28, 2013, the Supreme Court of Canada rendered an important decision recognizing the right of the parties, under Quebec civil law, to rectify an agreement that gave rise to unintended tax consequences, with retroactive effect (Quebec (Agence du Revenu) v. Services Environnementaux AES inc., 2013 SCC 65).