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Since their appearance about 30 years ago, shareholder rights plans – so-called poison pills, or pills – have been the subject of much debate.

Employers have become wary of these fun little devices because they have the potential to create big privacy problems on the job.

The SEC is seeking comments by October 6 on its proposed new rules under the Investment Advisory Act of 1940, as amended (IAA). If adopted, these rules would significantly curtail certain "pay to play" practices by investment advisers.

David Vaillancourt, Affleck Greene McMurtry LLP, to moderate the CBA National Competition Law Section – Reviewable Matters / Unilateral Conduct Committee’s panel presentation.

Our podcast, Torys in 10, features quick, candid conversations with our lawyers on issues affecting your business: critical changes in the law, deal trends, market and industry developments and more.

In 2020, the Federal Court ruled in Choueifaty that the "problem-solution approach" of the Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) to assessing whether computer-enabled subject...

The Western Climate Initiative (WCI) recently provided additional details on the expected start date of its proposed cap-and-trade system for greenhouse gases (GHGs), which was originally slated to take effect on January 1, 2012.

On October 3, 2008, President Bush signed into law the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008, the much-publicized bailout or rescue law.

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted major changes to the U.S. proxy rules on August 25, 2010, which will facilitate the shareholders’ exercise of their rights under state law to nominate and elect directors to public company boards of directors.

Perhaps the most significant new and evolving development in outsourcing is competitive procurement. More and more customers are approaching the process of choosing an outsourcing service provider through a competitive bidding process with the use of more effective RFPs and a more disciplined process governing responses.

The Ontario Court of Appeal has affirmed the "business judgment rule" in the context of management’s financial forecasts in an IPO prospectus. In Kerr v. Danier Leather Inc., the Court found that a forecast made by senior management is an exercise in business judgment and that courts should not second-guess management’s opinions as long as they fall within a "range of reasonableness".

Key investment-protection features in the 3,000 investment treaties that bind much of the world are under attack, and no one seems to be taking the necessary steps to protect these important features.

New York has joined a number of other states that have enacted plant-closing laws. The New York statute is far more expansive than the federal Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (Federal Act), and will require many New York employers to provide substantially longer notice to employees who will be affected by workforce restructurings and reductions.

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) published its final regulations under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) on November 17,2008.

On October 30, 2008, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) released the much-anticipated decision of In Re Bilski, a case that many thought would sound the death knell for business method patents.

On June 22, 2011, the Securities and Exchange Commission adopted new rules and amendments (the "Final Rules") under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended (the Advisers Act), that implement various provisions of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (the Dodd-Frank Act).

In the United States, the methods of enforcing a judgment are not available to prevailing parties in an arbitration until the arbitration award is confirmed by a court – thereby converting it into an enforceable judgment.