ArticleIs Your Employee Cheating on You? Principles of A ‘Work Triangle'When it is discovered that an employee has been working a second job, employers may often feel betrayed. CanadaEmployment and HRFasken
ArticleAppeal Underway In The Nuchatlaht's Aboriginal Title ClaimThe Nuchatlaht have recently appealed the trial decision in their Aboriginal title case. In April 2024, the Nuchatlaht were granted title to roughly 11 square kilometres on the northwestern part of Nootka Island.CanadaGovernment, Public SectorFasken
ArticleCommentaire sur la décision Station Mont-Tremblant c. Banville-Joncas – La qualification d'un contrat dans le cadre d'un projet d'hôtel de villégiature impliquant un syndicat de location : bail ou contrat de service?Ce commentaire se veut un résumé de la décision de la Cour d'appel concernant la nature d'un contrat de louage entre le promoteur d'un projet d'hôtel de villégiature et les propriétaires d'unités de condominium.CanadaMedia, Telecoms, IT, EntertainmentFasken (French)
ArticleCanadian Employers, Be Prepared: How Major Shifts In Immigration Policies Affect Your BusinessIn the last few months, Canada has experienced a significant shift in its immigration landscape, with the recent ending of public policies facilitating the hiring of foreign nationalsCanadaImmigrationFasken
ArticlePrivate Equity In The Cross-Hairs Of The Competition Regulator: Lessons Learned From Thoma BravoIn recent years, competition/antitrust enforcers around the world, including Canada, have taken a marked interest in private equity deals. As part of a broader global trend of tougher merger CanadaAntitrust/Competition LawFasken
ArticleThe Canadian Competition Tribunal's Jurisdiction: Broader Than You May ThinkThe Canadian Competition Tribunal recently dismissed a jurisdictional challenge by HarperCollins to the Commissioner of Competition's application for an order prohibiting the implementation...CanadaAntitrust/Competition LawFasken
ArticleA Harmonized Approach To Confidential Prospectus Pre-Filing ReviewsIn Canada, the prospectus review process generally begins on the filing by an issuer of its preliminary prospectus. A challenge that issuers sometimes face with this approach...CanadaCorporate/Commercial LawFasken
ArticleCommissioner Points To More Active Enforcement, Greater Transparency And Refined Approach To Efficiencies DefenceDuring his keynote speech at the Canadian Bar Association's Competition Law Spring Conference on May 7, 2019, the Commissioner of Competition discussed several important topics, including more active enforcement...CanadaCorporate/Commercial LawFasken
ArticleKik Interactive Excludes Canadians From Kin Token SaleKik had previously announced plans to sell up to U.S.$125 million of Kin tokens, including to Canadians.CanadaCorporate/Commercial LawFasken
ArticleOSC Staff Notice Comments On Fund Manager Oversight Of Related Party Service ProvidersThe Ontario Securities Commission released OSC Staff Notice 33-749 – Annual Summary Report for Dealers, Advisers and Investment Fund Managers on August 23, 2018 (OSC Staff Notice).CanadaCorporate/Commercial LawFasken
ArticlePower And Influence: New CBCA Registration Requirements For Private CompaniesParties potentially impacted by these consequences include shareholders, corporations, directors and officers.CanadaCorporate/Commercial LawFasken
ArticleReview Of SEC's Statement On Potentially Unlawful Online Platforms For Trading Digital AssetsOn March 7, 2018 the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) released a "Statement on Potentially Unlawful Online Platforms for Trading Digital Assets". CanadaCorporate/Commercial LawFasken
ArticleSecurities Regulators To IIROC: Get Tougher!The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) have demanded that the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC) boost business conduct compliance activities after the CSA noted serious deficiencies in multiple consecutive oversight reviews.CanadaCorporate/Commercial LawFasken
ArticleSeveral Issuers Using CSA's Local Blanket Relief From Reporting DeadlinesOn March 23, 2020, the Canadian Securities Administrators published local blanket orders for market participants that provide a 45-day extension for periodic filings normally required to be made by market participants ...CanadaCorporate/Commercial LawFasken
ArticleCRA Can Examine Items Seized During Criminal Investigation Before Validity Of Search Warrant ConfirmedThe Canada Revenue Agency ("CRA") can examine and make copies of items seized by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police ("RCMP") pursuant to search warrants issued during a criminal investigation...CanadaCriminal LawFasken
ArticleAre You Ready For Canada's Second Annual National Day For Truth And Reconciliation In Your Workplace?September 30 marks Canada's National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. Responding to Call to Action 80 of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada's (the "Commission")...CanadaEmployment and HRFasken
ArticleChanges To BC Workers Compensation Act And Impact On Mental Health ClaimsBill 23, the Workers Compensation Amendment Act, 2020 received royal assent on August 14, 2020. CanadaEmployment and HRFasken
ArticleGuarding Your Rights The Importance Of Inspector Certification During OHSA InspectionsSection 28 of the Occupational Health and Safety Act (‘OHSA') requires that inspectors are furnished with a certificate signed by or on behalf of the Minister designating them as inspectors and outlining any limitations.CanadaEmployment and HRFasken
ArticleMieux vaut tard que jamais : le Nouveau-Brunswick se prépare à ajouter à ses lois sur la SST des dispositions sur la violence et le harcèlement au travailSi elles sont adoptées, ces modifications entreraient en vigueur le 1er septembre 2018. CanadaEmployment and HRFasken (French)
ArticleNova Scotia Employer Acquitted In Westray Bill ProsecutionThe court heard the testimony of eleven prosecution witnesses.CanadaEmployment and HRFasken