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Featured Osler Updates November 4, 2025

Federal budget briefing 2025

Budget 2025 includes modest tax proposals for businesses and individuals, plus long-awaited amendments to the transfer pricing regime.

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Federal budget briefing 2025
Featured Osler Updates December 8, 2025

Québec’s Bill 10: new rules for subscriptions and ticket resale practices – what businesses need to know

The proposals would create a new legal framework for businesses in these sectors, amplifying risk in class action matters and regulatory scrutiny.

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Featured Osler Updates November 27, 2025

German and U.K. courts diverge on whether AI models infringe copyright  

When it comes to AI and copyright, recent rulings show there is no global consensus on whether training models infringe.

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Osler Update December 11, 2023

Looking forward on clawbacks

New listing standards from the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq Stock Market came into effect this year, requiring companies to adopt policies...

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Looking forward on clawbacks
Osler Update December 11, 2023

A new era for the Canadian GAAR

Canada’s general anti-avoidance rule (GAAR) operates to negate tax benefits arising from “abusive” tax avoidance transactions.

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A new era for the Canadian GAAR
Osler Update December 11, 2023

Transfer pricing proposals infuse Canada’s tax laws with OECD concepts

Canada’s transfer pricing rules ensure that, for Canadian income tax purposes, the pricing of non-arm’s length cross-border transactions adheres...

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Transfer pricing proposals infuse Canada’s tax laws with OECD concepts
Osler Update December 11, 2023

Private to public and back again

Canadian initial public offering (IPO) activity boomed from 2018 to 2021, with transaction volumes peaking in 2021.

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Private to public and back again
Osler Update December 11, 2023

Private equity: developments in subscription line lending

In recent years, subscription line facilities have become a well-accepted tool used by private equity sponsors to manage their liquidity, reduce and...

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Private equity: developments in subscription line lending
Osler Update December 11, 2023

The wave of privacy and data legislation reform will continue in 2024

There are clear signals that privacy and artificial intelligence (AI) will continue to be focal points in the highly dynamic Canadian privacy arena...

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The wave of privacy and data legislation reform will continue in 2024
Osler Update December 11, 2023

Online streaming and news laws advance federal government’s digital agenda

The OSA requires platforms to pay for and promote Canadian content, while the ONA introduces a mandatory bargaining framework requiring platforms to...

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Online streaming and news laws advance federal government’s digital agenda
Osler Update December 5, 2023

Alberta introduces new ‘streamlined trial’ process, replacing summary trials

Last month, Alberta amended its Rules of Court to introduce a new “streamlined trial” process. We look at what’s behind the change, how it...

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Osler Update December 4, 2023

Revised EIFEL legislation in implementation bill

The Canadian federal government introduced an implementation bill and related explanatory notes on November 30, 2023, that includes the revised EIFEL...

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Revised EIFEL legislation in implementation bill
Osler Update December 4, 2023

Implementation bill for variety of Canadian tax measures introduced

The Canadian government introduced an implementation bill and related explanatory notes on November 30, 2023, for several tax measures, including the...

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Implementation bill for variety of Canadian tax measures introduced