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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.

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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”.

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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.

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Osler Update December 8, 2020

Reducing the regulatory burden: Positive changes in corporate and securities law

There were a number of significant developments in the corporate and securities landscape in Canada in 2020 arising from regulatory amendments,...

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Osler Update December 8, 2020

U.S. securities law developments in 2020

In 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) continued to focus on streamlining and modernizing disclosure requirements and expanding access...

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Osler Update December 8, 2020

The rules they are a-changin’: Corporate governance developments in 2020

The unprecedented upheaval in the personal and work lives of Canadians and people worldwide resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic has not slowed down...

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Osler Update December 8, 2020

A year of upheavals and dashed expectations: Executive compensation developments in 2020

Executive compensation plans were upended in 2020 as a result of the dramatic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on business plans and the extraordinary...

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Osler Update December 8, 2020

All that glitters – 2020 mining review

Despite all of the uncertainties of the global pandemic (or perhaps because of them), 2020 saw a resurgence in the mining industry.

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Osler Update December 8, 2020

Novel hybrid debt issuances by Canadian banks

Hybrid debt is debt with embedded equity features that are added to meet requirements imposed by a regulator, rating agency or some other third party...

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Osler Update December 8, 2020

Representations and warranties insurance – An increasingly important tool for Canadian dealmakers

In 2020, representations and warranties insurance (RWI) continued to play an increasingly significant role in the Canadian private M&A market.

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Representations and warranties insurance – An increasingly important tool for Canadian dealmakers
Osler Update December 8, 2020

Force majeure clauses: Contractual risk allocation and the COVID-19 pandemic

Owing to the COVID-19 pandemic, the force majeure clause has entered what will hopefully be its only heyday.

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Osler Update December 8, 2020

Evolving capital markets regulatory enforcement

Even prior to the impacts of COVID-19, change was on the horizon for capital markets enforcement in 2020.

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Osler Update December 8, 2020

Notable developments in insolvency law: Flexible tools for challenging times

Along with a tense election south of the border, 2020 brought COVID-19 and its attendant devastating loss of life and far-ranging economic...

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Notable developments in insolvency law: Flexible tools for challenging times