Written “hearings” as an alternative format during the COVID-19 emergency

As summarized in our periodically-updated post regarding appellate courts’ responses to COVID-19, certain courts are using written...

Corruption risk and the COVID-19 pandemic: Ensuring compliance in the era of the “new normal”

The COVID-19 pandemic increases risk for businesses operating in a new and uncertain economic context. While regulators have eased certain...

Ontario introduces significant amendments to the Pesticides Act and the Pesticides Regulation

The Ontario government has passed significant amendments to the Pesticides Act and the Pesticides Regulation

Le risque de corruption et la pandémie COVID-19 : assurer la conformité à l’ère de la « nouvelle normalité »

La pandémie de COVID-19 augmente le risque pour les entreprises qui opèrent dans un contexte économique nouveau et incertain.

Les « audiences » écrites comme alternative pendant l’urgence COVID-19

Comme résumé dans notre publication périodiquement mise à jour concernant les réponses des tribunaux d'appel face à la COVID-19, certains...

Capital markets regulator embracing renewal in the shadow of “unprecedented change”

Canada’s largest provincial capital markets regulator, the Ontario Securities Commission (the “OSC”),  while offering needed...

Ontario Appeal Court addresses the definition of a “security”: if it looks, walks and quacks like a duck, it MAY be a duck

In a decision released March 16, 2020 that may have implications for the regulatory treatment of certain financial instruments in...

Opportunity knocks: Federal government launches Alberta-specific wind and solar procurement process

On April 15, 2020, the federal government (Canada) issued a request for information (RFI) in connection with a new public procurement of wind and...

Bankruptcy discharge not an option for securities law violators B.C. Court rules

On April 15, 2020, the British Columbia Supreme Court denied an application by a married couple previously found to have contravened B.C. securities...