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Osler’s Jennifer Fairfax helps clients navigate increased scrutiny of environmental regulators

Osler’s Jennifer Fairfax works with her national team to provide complementary legal expertise to help clients navigate the increasing complex...

Best practices in environmental incident response

Regulatory scrutiny around environmental offences is on the rise, underlining the importance of preparing a thorough incident response plan ahead of...

Against votes for directors, new timing on shareholder proposals and other CBCA changes now in effect

Recent amendments to the Canada Business Corporations Act and the Canada Business Corporate Regulations, 2001 are discussed by Osler lawyers in an...

Crypto bankruptcies and how Canada’s regulatory regime can help protect Canadian investors

The collapse of the crypto market between May and July of this year created a crisis of confidence following heavy investment losses and the high...

Canadian crypto update – undertakings required for crypto asset platforms seeking registration in Canada

Public undertakings will now be required of crypto asset trading platforms seeking registration. Osler lawyers provide more detail and discuss the...

The chilling effect of crypto winter on directors and officers

Osler lawyers discuss the potential personal liability of directors and officers who steward digital asset companies when these companies are faced...

Increasing complexity of regulation in financial services drives dynamic practice

Increasing complexity of financial services driving evolution of practice for Osler’s Elizabeth Sale, partner, Banking and Financial Services

SEC’s prescriptive climate disclosure proposal could impose new ESG obligations on Canadian inter-listed issuers

On March 21, 2022, the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued a proposed rule for the enhancement and standardization of...

International Sustainability Standards Board releases draft sustainability and climate change disclosure proposals for public comment

The International Sustainability Standards Board has issued proposed global standards for sustainability- and climate-related disclosure for public...