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Ontario Capital Markets Tribunal sanctions TeknoScan Systems Inc. and three of its executives for misleading disclosure

A recent Capital Markets Tribunal decision imposed significant consequences after finding fraud based on disclosure omissions.

OSC adopts new framework to distribute funds from disgorgement orders to harmed investors

We review the new regime and its potential implications for both investors and the regulator.

Further updates regarding the U.S. pro-crypto policy shift

A clear shift in U.S. crypto priorities suggests substantial change, potentially leading to regulatory clarity and crypto-specific legislation.

Using artificial intelligence in arbitration: the Silicon Valley Arbitration and Mediation Center’s guidelines

The Silicon Valley Arbitration and Mediation Center has published a principle-based framework for the use of AI tools in arbitration.

Changes of enforcement leadership raise questions about new priorities

Amid recent departures from top enforcement jobs, personalities and personal agendas can affect regulators’ strategies and enforcement priorities.

Brar: contempt proceedings against uncooperative witnesses by the B.C. Securities Commission are constitutional

The British Columbia Court of Appeal has affirmed that the power of the province’s Securities Commission to compel evidence from witnesses and,...

Yatar: circumscribed right of appeal does not preclude judicial review

The Supreme Court of Canada’s recent decision in Yatar v. TD Insurance Meloche Monnex clarifies that a limited right of appeal does not...

The stigma associated with crypto is largely unwarranted

A struggle to fit cryptocurrency into existing regulatory regimes has contributed to some public perception that crypto is disproportionately used in...

Court refuses to enforce ‘all-but-inaccessible’ arbitration agreement for crypto trading platform

A recent Ontario Superior Court decision found an arbitration agreement embedded in a standard form “click” contract to be unconscionable...

CSA and CIRO review comments but come to no conclusion (yet) on short selling regulatory regime

The Canadian Securities Administrators and the Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization have released stakeholder comments and responses solicited...