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CSA issues guidance that securities legislation likely applies to custodial cryptoasset trading platforms

On January 16, 2020, the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) released CSA Staff Notice 21-327 Guidance on the Application of...

Turning the Page? SNC Pleads Guilty to Fraud Relating to Libya Work; Former Executive Sentenced for Fraud, Corruption

On December 18, 2019 a division of SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. pleaded guilty to fraud  in relation to the company’s activities in Libya, to...

Provincial payer quashes attempted drug evergreening strategy

In a recent Alberta Court of Queen’s Bench decision, the Court considered the reasonableness of an approach taken by the Alberta Minister of Health...

Let’s be “mutually exclusive” – Alternative procedures in the preferable procedure analysis

In the recently released decision Whitehouse v. BDO Canada LLP, Justice Perell rejected the Defendant’s arguments regarding the preferable...

Supreme Court of Canada reshapes standards of review for administrative appeals

In Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration) v. Vavilov, the Supreme Court of Canada recently determined that the appellate standards of...

Supreme Court Majority alters framework for judicial reviews and statutory appeals

On December 19, 2019, the SCC issued its decisions in Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration) v. Vavilov and Bell Canada v. Canada (Attorney...

2019 Legal Year in Review – Introduction

Our observations about some of the most significant legal developments affecting Canadian business over the past year and their implications for 2019...

Amendments to Ontario’s Pension Benefits Act include changes related to missing members, electronic communications and JSPPs

Wide-ranging amendments to Ontario’s Pension Benefits Act (PBA) came into force on December 10, 2019 when the Better for People, Smarter for...

Annual Exempt Trade Reports for investment fund distributions in Canada due January 30, 2020

This is a reminder that Exempt Trade Reports must be filed on Form 45-106F1 for all investment funds sold to Canadian purchasers on a private...