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Delaware Chancery Court Relies on Ontario Decision on Confidentiality Agreements to Block a $5.3 billion Hostile Bid

Although this decision is being appealed, Chancellor Strine’s analysis and citation of Certicom will no doubt be relied upon by those seeking to apply its principles in future commercial and M&A disputes.

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Superior Court of Québec Refuses to Apply Indalex

On April 20, 2012, the Superior Court of Québec held that the main legal principles arising out of Indalex cannot be applied in Québec. Stakeholders in the restructuring community will be closely watching the Supreme Court’s decision in Indalex for hints as to its consequences in Québec.

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Vale (formerly Inco) in a class action trial brought by residents of the City of Port Colborne. Leave to appeal denied by the Supreme Court of Canada.
URS Corporation in its $1.5 billion proposed acquisition of Flint Energy Services Ltd.
Nexen Inc. in the sale of a 40% working interest in shale gas assets in the Horn River, Cordova and Liard basins in northeast British Columbia to a consortium led by INPEX Gas British Columbia Ltd. and in the creation of a strategic partnership to develop those shale gas assets.
TELUS, in its acquisition of Wolf Medical Systems Corporation, a cloud-based Electronic Medical Record (EMR) provider.
Winsway Coking Coal Holdings Ltd. and Marubeni Corporation in their proposed $1 billion acquisition of Grande Cache Coal Corp.
Sterling Partners in its $590 million acquisition of MOSAID Technologies Inc.

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