Osler Updates Osler Updates

Here you can find focused and timely commentary on significant legal developments of relevance to your business.
View all Updates

Home Insights Osler Updates

Featured Insights

Latest Thinking

Featured Osler Updates July 6, 2026

B.C.’s new compliance and enforcement agency reshapes natural resource oversight

Natural resource operators may face a more centralized enforcement environment.

Read more
B.C.’s new compliance and enforcement agency reshapes natural resource oversight
Featured Osler Updates June 25, 2026

Skinny drug labels and induced infringement: court decision creates divergence between U.S. and Canadian law

A recent U.S. Supreme Court decision solidifies U.S. case law on “skinny labelling”.

Read more
Featured Osler Updates June 30, 2026

Alberta’s data centre regulations: guidance on power generation for large load facilities

Insights into the new framework intended to support data centre investment while addressing challenges associated with increased electricity demand.

Read more

Filters (0)

Results

Latest Osler Updates

Osler Update January 11, 2023

Our impressions of the year’s most important developments

In 2022, we mark a significant milestone: after two editions of our Legal Year in Review summarizing legal and business developments heavily focused...

Read more
Osler Update January 11, 2023

The freight train of privacy legislative reform keeps rolling

Over the past year, legislative reform has continued to be the focal point in the highly dynamic Canadian privacy arena.

Read more
Osler Update January 11, 2023

Top Canadian public M&A legal developments in 2022

The pace of Canadian M&A activity slowed in 2022 relative to record deal activity levels in 2021. I

Read more
Top Canadian public M&A legal developments in 2022
Osler Update January 11, 2023

Big changes to competition and foreign investment law and policy in Canada

Canada’s approach to competition and foreign investment law and policy underwent significant change in 2022.

Read more
Osler Update January 11, 2023

Québec makes sweeping changes to its French language laws

On May 24, 2022, the Québec National Assembly, the provincial legislature, adopted Bill 96, An Act respecting French, the official and common...

Read more
Osler Update January 11, 2023

Canadian privacy class actions evolve beyond traditional data breaches

The Court’s decision is a significant vindication of the rights of database defendants.

Read more
Osler Update January 11, 2023

The perils of evidentiary ‘Jenga towers’ in securities class actions

In a series of securities class action decisions issued in 2022, Ontario courts provided useful guidance on elements of the statutory cause of action...

Read more
The perils of evidentiary ‘Jenga towers’ in securities class actions
Osler Update January 11, 2023

No exit: Force majeure and economic risk allocation during COVID-19

When COVID-19 was declared a global pandemic and various government restrictions were imposed...

Read more
Osler Update January 11, 2023

Tax avoidance in Canada and the future of the GAAR

The Canadian Income Tax Act (Tax Act) contains a general anti-avoidance rule (GAAR) which can negate tax benefits arising from “abusive” tax...

Read more
Tax avoidance in Canada and the future of the GAAR
Osler Update January 11, 2023

Reverse vesting orders: Popular in Canada and going international?

Since we last discussed the then-novel restructuring mechanism known as the reverse vesting order (RVO) in 2020...

Read more
Reverse vesting orders: Popular in Canada and going international?

SUBSCRIBE

Stay Informed

Subscribe to Osler Insights to stay informed on issues impacting your business

Subscribe

Osler is a leading business law firm practising internationally from offices across Canada and in New York. Our clients include industry and business leaders in all segments of the market and at various stages in the growth of their businesses. We have built our reputation on our commitment to our clients' success and the experience, expertise and collaborative approach for which we are recognized. We believe that our success is a reflection of our clients' success.