What businesses should watch for from the SCC in 2020

In 2019, the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) heard and/or granted leave to appeal in a number of cases that could have a significant impact on Canadian...

Chevron: High threshold for piercing corporate veil affirmed

The Ontario Court of Appeal’s decision in Chevron Corporation v Yaiguaje et al confirmed the very high test under Canadian law for disregarding the...

Data breaches and law reform capture international attention in 2019

Organizations faced a continuing crescendo of complex privacy and data governance issues through 2019, making it another highly eventful year in...

Technology highlights: AI, financial services, PropTech and blockchain

Over the past year, the trends we wrote about in 2018 have continued. We have also seen the development and adoption of new technologies in...

Alberta Court of Appeal finds Alberta local beer preferences unconstitutional

On December 2, 2019, the Alberta Court of Appeal issued a decision rendering unconstitutional portions of Alberta government mark-ups charged on the...

Ontario introduces significant changes to class actions

On December 9, 2019, the Ontario government introduced amendments to Ontario class action legislation that will make it easier for courts and...

Ontario government releases fall economic statement: Modernizing financial services

On November 6, 2019, the Ontario government released its fall economic statement, 2019 Ontario Economic Outlook and Fiscal Review: A Plan to Build...

SEC proposes amendments to proxy rules applying to proxy advisory firms

In November 2019, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued proposed amendments to its proxy rules to regulate certain of the...

Court of Appeal for Ontario articulates limits on jurisdiction to ‘pull up’ an appeal

The Court of Appeal for Ontario recently released brief reasons which provide essential guidance regarding the limits of the Court’s ability to...

Osler submission to OECD advocates for narrow application of Global Anti-Base Erosion Proposal

Osler has made a submission to the OECD advocating that the GloBE Proposal should be applied narrowly, and should only proceed once a strong...