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European Union bail-in rules: Implications for Canadian lenders and borrowers

The European Bank Recovery and Resolution Directive 2014/59 came into force on January 1, 2016. Osler partner Joyce Bernasek outlines the key...

New international commercial arbitration regime takes effect in Ontario

On March 22, 2017, a new international commercial arbitration act for Ontario came into force. The International Commercial Arbitration Act, 2017...

Federal consumer code for banks — proposed Bank Act amendments

On October 25, 2016, the Canadian federal government introduced Bill C-29, Budget Implementation Act, 2016, No. 2 (the Bill). If enacted, the Bill...

Insider trading: a first spring loading case in Québec

On August 16, the Tribunal administratif des marchés financiers, formerly the Bureau de décision et de révision, rendered a decision in which it...

Update on Canada’s Bail-in Regime

The Canadian Federal Government introduced legislation to implement a bank recapitalization or “bail-in” regime for domestic systemically...