ArticleMichael Osborne To Speak At CBA Fall Conference – Sept. 18Michael Osborne to be a panelist on the proposed cross-border price discrimination legislation at the National Competition Law Section’s Fall Conference.CanadaAntitrust/Competition LawAffleck Greene McMurtry LLP
ArticleSixth Auto Parts Fine Bring Total To Over $51 millionDENSO Corporation pleaded guilty to three counts of bid-rigging under the Competition Act and was fined $2.45 million, the Competition Bureau announced.CanadaAntitrust/Competition LawAffleck Greene McMurtry LLP
ArticleTVA’s Acquisition Of Transcontinental Magazines ApprovedTVA Group’s proposed acquisition of Transcontinental’s consumer magazine portfolio was recently cleared by the Competition Bureau. CanadaAntitrust/Competition LawAffleck Greene McMurtry LLP
ArticleTranscontinental Agrees to Sell 34 Community NewspapersTranscontinental Inc. has agreed to sell 34 out of the 74 weekly newspapers it is buying from Quebcor Media Inc.CanadaCorporate/Commercial LawAffleck Greene McMurtry LLP
ArticleCBA’s Anti-Corruption Team Recommends Policy Changes To PWGSCItems addressed in the letter include due process and transparency, unified integrity measures, debarment, government leniency programs, and equitable application of rule of law, among other recommendations.CanadaCriminal LawAffleck Greene McMurtry LLP
ArticleLimitation Periods Still Matter In Broker/Dealer Cases, Appeal ShowsBy May 2009, the plaintiff knew she had suffered a loss from the rep's conduct, but waited until January 2012 to issue her Statement of Claim.CanadaFinance and BankingAffleck Greene McMurtry LLP
ArticleClass Action Against The Beer Store DismissedThe Ontario Superior Court of Justice dismissed a $1.4 billion class action against The Beer Store, a chain of stores owned by 30 Ontario-based brewersCanadaLitigation, Mediation & ArbitrationAffleck Greene McMurtry LLP
ArticleSupreme Court Denies Leave To Appeal From Foreign Arbitral Award Enforcement DecisionThe Supreme Court of Canada has refused to grant leave to appeal from the Sociedade-de-formento decision.CanadaLitigation, Mediation & ArbitrationAffleck Greene McMurtry LLP
VideoChristopher Somerville Interviewed On Law Times TV: What happens When Social Media And Securities Law Intersect? (Video)Christopher Somerville, Associate at Affleck Greene McMurtry LLP, was interviewed for Law Times TV feature: What happens when social media and securities law intersect?, August 21, 2017.CanadaMedia, Telecoms, IT, EntertainmentAffleck Greene McMurtry LLP
ArticleCASL Crunch: Kellogg's Pays $60kKellogg's has agreed to pay $60,000 and undertook to ensure that it, and its third party email marketers, comply with Canada's Anti-Spam Law (CASL).CanadaPrivacyAffleck Greene McMurtry LLP
ArticleIs The Defense Bar Losing The "Securities Class Action War?"Douglas Greene, one of the United States' most well-known securities litigators – on either side of the bar – recently wrote a four-part treatise ...United StatesLitigation, Mediation & ArbitrationMintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.
ArticleKen Dekker: Professionalism Practices and Pitfalls When Acting for a Privately Held CompanyKenneth A. Dekker, partner at Affleck Greene McMurtry LLP (AGM), will be speaking at the Law Society of Ontario's accredited program on Wednesday, September 18, 2019.CanadaCorporate/Commercial LawAffleck Greene McMurtry LLP
ArticleCompetition Bureau Seeks Intel On Anti-Competitive Conduct In The Digital EconomyAll information provided to the Bureau will be kept confidential and interested parties have until November 30, 2019 to provide input to the Bureau. CanadaAntitrust/Competition LawAffleck Greene McMurtry LLP
ArticleCompetition Bureau Signs MOU With Competition Commission Of IndiaThe Competition Bureau has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Competition Commission of India.CanadaAntitrust/Competition LawAffleck Greene McMurtry LLP
ArticleSale Of 14 Transcontinental Community Newspapers ApprovedThe Competition Bureau has approved the sale of 14 Transcontinental Media community newspapers. CanadaAntitrust/Competition LawAffleck Greene McMurtry LLP
ArticlePlaintiffs Take Note: Ontario Limitation Periods Have Re-Started!On March 20, 2020, the Ontario government passed an Emergency Order to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic. The Emergency Order not only suspended all provincial limitation periods...CanadaCoronavirus (COVID-19)Affleck Greene McMurtry LLP
ArticleIIROC And MFDA To Be Merged Into Single Self-Regulatory OrganizationEarlier this week, the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) announced that Canada's two pre-eminent investment industry self-regulatory organizations will be merged into a single regulatory organization (SRO).CanadaCorporate/Commercial LawAffleck Greene McMurtry LLP
ArticleFirst Circuit Clarifies Rights Of Co-Author Of Joint Derivative Work To Make Further DerivativesIn a squabble between two psychologists over rights to books about "explosive" children, the First Circuit weighed in this summer with an opinion holding that a work of authorship...United StatesFinance and BankingFoley Hoag LLP
ArticlePeter Greene Wins Hedge Fund Alert's Industry Assets Forecast With AUM Growth PredictionPeter Greene, co-head of Schulte's Investment Management Group, accurately predicted a 10% rise in hedge fund industry assets for 2024, winning Hedge Fund Alert's annual forecast contest.United StatesFinance and BankingMcDermott Will & Schulte
ArticlePartner Whitney Lay Greene Discusses Medical Litigation Funding In The December Edition Of For The DefenseThe December 2020 edition of For The Defense has published Partner Whitney Lay Greene's article on Medical Litigation Funding.United StatesLitigation, Mediation & ArbitrationDrew Eckl & Farnham, LLP