On October 17, 2012, the British Financial Secretary to the Treasury, Greg Clark, delivered a written statement to Parliament regarding the Wheatley Review of LIBOR.

The Government of Canada announced in its 2014 federal budget that it intends to modernize the compositional standards for beer under the Food and Drug Regulations.

On June 7, 2018, the Senate passed Bill C-45, Canada's cannabis legalization bill, the Cannabis Act (Bill), but not before making a number of amendments.

As many professionals who follow Canadian anti-money laundering legislation are aware, on June 17 and June 30, 2017 respectively, new provisions of the Regulations under the Proceeds of Crime...

The suspension will be well received by businesses that have been struggling to understand and comply with the prescriptive requirements of this legislation.

After lengthy delays and extensive consultation, the Government of Canada announced today that most of Canada's Anti-Spam Legislation, including the rules surrounding sending commercial electronic messages, will come into force on July 1, 2014.

As noted in our March 2012 Blakes Bulletin, the federal government is proceeding with the necessary legislative amendments in order to lift the foreign ownership restrictions completely for all telecom carriers in Canada with less than a 10% share of the national telecommunications market.

Identifying the correct parties in a commercial real estate transaction may seem straightforward, but missteps at this stage can create real legal and commercial risk.

For many Torontonians, the cost of housing has consumed a growing percentage of their income. In an effort to address this, on November 9, 2021, Toronto City Council adopted amendments to its official plan and ...

On February 18, 2016, the Ontario Ministry of Finance published retroactive amendments to regulation 70/91 to the Land Transfer Tax Act (Ontario)...

Blakes is pleased to launch its fourth annual Canadian Cybersecurity Trends Study. Our study is divided into four sections, with each section examining a different component of the Canadian...

We are pleased to release the fifth edition of our Canadian Private Equity Deal Study, an exclusive and proprietary analysis of hundreds of Canadian private equity acquisitions and investments.

Developments in Canadian securities litigation reflect an increasingly exacting environment. Recent Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) guidance on the meaning of a material change,...

Looking ahead to 2025 in the area of pensions and employee benefits, several notable trends stand out. The following is a summary of the key trends for 2025. Pension De-risking Using Buy-in and Buy-out Annuities.

Accommodation under human rights law is a fundamental responsibility for Canadian employers. As the types of requests continue to evolve, it is important to understand both the legal requirements...

The Canadian regulatory landscape presents a dynamic mix of regulatory, policy and governance updates that demand careful attention from Canadian pension plan sponsors and administrators.

Businesses are increasingly adopting biometric technologies for a wide range of uses, from controlling access to digital and physical spaces and verifying identity online, to detecting customer sentiments and estimating user ages on social media sites...

Allocating liability for data breaches in technology contracts is a growing concern for Canadian businesses. Blakes recently launched the first edition of the Canadian Data Liability Study...

Recent trends in Canadian real estate transactions reveal evolving negotiation practices and shifting approaches...

If you are an investor, developer or lender in a joint venture that is proposing to finance the property that is the subject of the joint venture, it is important to protect your interests...