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The explosion of interest in hydraulic fracturing to source natural gas and oil is a conundrum for various governments.

In this issue, we provide an update to the Jivraj case which has caused so much concern in the London arbitration market. A unique perspective on the arbitration process is provided in our discussion of a survey by Queen Mary College – "Choices in Arbitration". We also look at the new UNCITRAL rules which recently came into force, and at TheCityUK’s report on dispute resolution in London.

Australia’s Board of Taxation released a Discussion Paper on 13 October 2010 as a first step in its Review of the Taxation Treatment of Islamic Finance Products.

Summary of the Qld government COVID-19 stimulus package.

Massive infrastructure projects and a renewed push towards privatisation are key areas of business focus in the budget.

The government of British Columbia is seeking public input on a regulation under the pending Franchises Act, a new piece of franchise legislation that will affect the rights and obligations of parties to franchise agreements.

On March 31, 2015, the CSA published proposed amendments to Canada's take-over bid regime.

In 2014, the Supreme Court of Canada delivered a seminal decision, Bhasin v Hrynew (Bhasin), on common law duties of contractual performance.

Early stage companies face an uphill climb in growing their business and ensuring their viability going forward.

On April 9, 2015, the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) announced significant changes to the disclosure requirements applicable to venture issuers (the Amendments).

Encountering the phrases, "best efforts", "reasonable efforts" and "commercially reasonable efforts" in commercial contracts sans definition leaves enough latitude for interpretation to cause uncertainty.

Two recent initiatives of the Canadian securities regulators address the need for reporting issuers to raise capital from existing shareholders cost-effectively.

Staff of the Compliance and Registrant Regulation Branch of the Ontario Securities Commission recently released the findings of its largest-ever targeted review of portfolio managers and exempt market dealers.

In part 1 of this series, I discussed the importance of setting a good legal groundwork for an early-stage company, focusing on the areas of intellectual property, capital raising and employee relations.

A typical "fiduciary out" clause gives the board of directors of a target company the ability to consider, and if applicable accept, an unsolicited competing bid that the board has determined is more favourable than the incumbent transaction.

For a long time, there hasn’t been any debate about an employer’s right to use temporary suspension without pay as a disciplinary measure.

As an incentive to encourage employee loyalty, many employers offer deferred compensation to employees: stock options, restricted share units and the like.