A liability claim often arises where a borrower believes a lender failed to honour an agreement to lend under a commitment letter or an oral commitment to extend credit.

Limited partnerships (LPs) are a flexible form of business entity commonly used in complex transactions.

The Alberta Court of Appeal affirmed an arbitral award upholding the termination of a probationary employee with Asperger's syndrome in Telecommunications Workers Union v Telus Communications Inc.

In a recent case, a 66-year old employee was dismissed from his employment. For a total of nine years, this employee held the same job title, performed the same responsibilities, and was remunerated in the same way.

Office Halloween parties and costume contests are a fun way to celebrate this time of year.

When working with independent contractors or the self-employed, companies should be aware that the Human Rights Code protections may still apply.

Can hospitals implement policies that require nurses to get a flu shot or wear a mask? An Arbitrator in Ontario says no.

How far does a wrongfully dismissed employee have to go to mitigate his or her losses?

Enforcing a settlement against an employer who did not know and could not have known that their employee was abusing his position with them would have constituted a clear risk of injustice.

Under the Ontario Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA), there have been a number of noise regulations for specific industries, but there had not been comprehensive noise regulations.

As reported in our post on April 21st, the federal budget speech released last April either announced or provided updates on a number of regulatory initiates relating to the federal financial services sector.

The Regulations Amending the Food and Drug Regulations (Labelling, Packaging and Brand Names of Drugs for Human Use) – more commonly known as the "Plain Language Labelling amendments" – came into force on June 13, 2015.

Effective August 1, 2015, the electronic travel authorization program will be implemented in Canada.

Health Canada introduced the regulatory amendments in July 2014 as part of its Regulatory Transparency and Openness Framework and its commitment to make information more readily available to Canadians.

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MergerMarket Group recently published a research report that presents the expectations of 50 industry experts based in the US and Canada on North American mid-market M&A activity.

Executives around the world have a strong appetite to pursue acquisitions, the highest in six years, according to Ernst & Young's Global Capital Confidence Barometer (the Report), released at the end of October.

Global M&A continues to rise with over $2.19 trillion recorded in the first half of 2015, according to Dealogic data.

The global pharmaceutical sector has been rocked by several significant mergers and acquisitions in 2015...

Overall, there were 16,588 reported deals in the second half of 2014 worldwide, worth roughly $3.2 trillion; this surpasses the previous record, in the second half of 2007, of 16,060 transactions, worth roughly $3.7 trillion.