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Ontario Securities Commission awards over half a million dollars to three whistleblowers

Following a trend of rising whistleblower tips and awards, the Ontario Securities Commission (the “OSC”) recently sent another strong...

Ninth Circuit holds that whistleblower allegations qualify as corrective disclosure in securities class action

In re Bofl Holding, Inc. Securities Litigation, a decision released on October 8, 2020, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (the...

Part 2 of 2: Less than 2 months for employers to prepare for the new Federal Regulations on Workplace Harassment and Violence – Changes effective January 1, 2021

As explained in Part 1 of this series, the federal government’s new Workplace Harassment and Violence Prevention Regulations (the Regulations)...

IIROC Rules: Respondent use of complainant interview in related proceeding is in the public interest

In Re Malic, 2020 IIROC 37, a decision released on October 6, 2020, the IIROC Hearing Panel (Alberta District) (the “Hearing Panel”)...

SEC enhances its whistleblower program to further incentivize tips

In what is described as an attempt to provide more clarity to whistleblowers and increase efficiency and transparency, on September 23, 2020, the...

Who decides whether responding to summons would violate employment contract? The OSC says ‘not us’

Enforcement Staff of Canadian capital markets regulators have broad powers to compel the attendance of witnesses and to require those witnesses to...

Osler comments on Capital Markets Modernization Taskforce consultation report

On September 7, 2020, in a comprehensive letter to the Government of Ontario Capital Markets Modernization Taskforce, we expressed our views on the...

DOJ Opinion Procedure Release offers guidance for contracting with public bodies

Guidance from law enforcement and regulators on their priorities and expectations is a valuable tool for managing risk for businesses and...

IIROC and MFDA each offer proposals with competing visions for the future of SROs in Canada

Canada is one of the few major jurisdictions to utilize self-regulatory organizations (“SROs”) in its capital markets regulatory regime....