An attorney appointed to be counsel for a debtor in possession must first attest in a sworn affidavit that he or she does not represent any materially adverse interests to the estate or is not an interested party according to Section 327(a) of the Bankruptcy Code

On July 18, 2019, The Conference Board and Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP hosted a panel discussion on the 2019 proxy season highlights and trends, including the considerations companies...

Trademark owners once raced to protect their brands by registering .com domain names on the World Wide Web (Web2). It is with a sense of déjà vu that trademark owners are now facing a new threat of cybersquatting...

On October 9, 2018 the British Columbia Securities Commission (BCSC or Commission) found that it was in the public interest to make orders against a party.

In the summer and fall of 2022, several Ontario municipalities have passed by-laws imposing Community Benefits Charges ("CBCs") on new developments to pay for development-related capital costs...

It is not intuitive that an offer to manufacture a product made by a patent owner's own supplier could be a commercial offer for sale that would start the clock ticking on the one-year deadline for filing a patent application on an invention embodied in the product.

Active screening for COVID-19 is no longer required when visitors and caregivers are entering a facility.

The amendments contained in Bill C-30, Budget Implementation Act, 2021, No. 1, which permanently extend the maximum number of weeks available under employment insurance (EI) sickness benefits...

On October 19, 2022, the federal government announced that it is seeking public feedback regarding its plan to improve the collective bargaining process.

As we reported previously, paid infectious disease emergency leave ended on March 31, 2023.

On October 15, 2022, the federal government published a proposed Regulation Amending Certain Regulations Made Under the Canada Labour Code (Menstrual Products).

Under the new provisions, employees with 30 days of continuous employment are entitled to three days of paid medical leave of absence. Following that period, they may accrue one day...

The Ontario Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) is seeking feedback from temporary employment agencies (TEAs) in response to its new premium rate setting model, originally introduced in 2020.

The Ontario Divisional Court recently addressed the threshold required to establish a plausible methodology for measuring compensable loss on a class-wide basis.

The COVID-19 pandemic represents a considerable challenge with respect to the above objectives.

Just another summer as usual? In the largest transaction of a German company to date in Corona times, Siemens Healthineers agrees on the acquisition of U.S. cancer specialist Varian for approx.

Yesterday the Securities and Exchange Commission took two significant actions relating to the MD&A disclosures in annual and quarterly reports of public companies.

On June 4, the OCC published a proposal to update rules applicable to the activities and operations of national banks and Federal savings associations. The proposal would clarify and codify several long-standing...

OFAC received a number of comments on the RPPR amendments.

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