In what may be considered a particularly rare occasion, the Ontario Court of Appeal has addressed an employment law issue in the context of Go-Kart racing.

On December 24, 2013 Blockchain.info announced its acquisition of ZeroBlock, a cash transaction conducted entirely using digital currency, bitcoin.

Increasing investor confidence is fuelling small-cap M&A activity in the power and utilities (P&U) sector, EY reports. The EY Capital Confidence Barometer Report predicts that nearly three quarters of deals taking place over the course of the next 12 months will have values below USD $250 million, and that the P&U sector will see more M&A activity than it has in the past two years.

The Federal Court issued a Notice to the Parties and the Profession dated June 24, 2015 (the "Notice") containing its initial recommendations for achieving increased proportionality in proceedings before the Court.

On September 25, 2013, the Competition Bureau released its revised "Frequently Asked Questions" (FAQs) in relation to its Immunity and Leniency Programs, which create incentives for firms and individuals to report unlawful conduct and cooperate with the bureau in its criminal investigations.

The Government of Ontario has recently introduced proposed amendments to collection agency, consumer protection and payday loan legislation.

The Canadian Securities Administrators have announced that they intend to publish for comment significant amendments to the Canadian take-over bid regime.

As reported in KPMG's 2015 report on trends driving the insurance M&A landscape, strong balance sheets and continued confidence resulted in a steady flow of targeted mergers and acquisitions over the past year.

Global tech start-ups had one of their biggest deal-making years in 2014.

The most obvious benefit of using a locked box structure is that it provides certainty of price for both buyer and seller at the time of signing.

According to the Q1 2014 trend report on Global Pharma, Medical & Biotech (PMB) published by MergerMarket earlier this month, PMB M&A activity totaled US $63.4 billion globally in Q1 2014, representing the second highest quarter in the sector since Q4 2010.

Ontario is experiencing a slight uptick of merger activity in its electricity distribution utilities market.

Historically, pharma megamergers have been critical for the long-term sustainability of acquirors.

The threshold for certain pre-closing net benefit reviews under the Investment Canada Act (ICA) and the threshold for a pre-closing merger notification under the Competition Act have been increased for 2016.

The countdown is on. The main provisions of Canada's new anti-spam law will come into effect on July 1, 2014.

The volume of global M&A activity since the beginning of the year surpassed the volume for the same period in 2013 by nearly 60%.

In asset purchase transactions involving the sale of accounts receivable, questions often arise about whether a registration under the applicable provincial Personal Property Security Act (PPSA) will be necessary

Data and privacy breaches have garnered much media attention as of late and the list of companies that have experienced a breach is mounting.

The recent Alberta Court of Queen's Bench decision in Talisman Energy Inc v Flo-Dynamics Systems Inc. confirms that privilege is not absolute in whistleblower investigations.

Case law from courts in the rest of Canada and in the United States relating to solicitor-client privilege may be relevant in Quebec.