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A Review of New Whistleblower Protections Under Ontario’s Securities Act

In connection with the establishment of the Ontario Securities Commission’s new Whistleblower Program in July 2016, which includes monetary...

Fanshawe College of Applied Arts and Technology v. Au Optronics Corporation: Consolidating Class Action Appeals While Refusing to Strike Portions of a Factum

Fanshawe College of Applied Arts and Technology v. Au Optronics Corporation, is a short endorsement of the Ontario Court of Appeal that addressed two...

Three Scotia Dealers Reach No-Contest Settlement with OSC

On July 29, 2016, the Ontario Securities Commission approved a no-contest settlement agreement with three Bank of Nova Scotia dealers in connection...

BC Court Refuses to Certify Smart Meter Radio Emissions Class Action

The BC Supreme Court’s recent refusal to certify a class action in Davis v British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority re-affirms that although the...

Fighting On Many Fronts: Court Allows Individual Action To Proceed Alongside Class Actions

In Crider v Nguyen, 2016 ONSC 4400, Justice Perell of the Ontario Superior Court recently dismissed a motion by Zimmer, the manufacturer of a hip...

Ontario’s Bill 210: A Sweeping Expansion of LHIN Powers over Health Service Providers

Ontario’s Bill 210, the Patients First Act, 2016 passed first reading on June 2, 2016 and, if enacted as drafted, will significantly expand the...

Initial Board of Directors and New Implementation Timelines Announced for Canada’s Securities Regulatory Regime

In an important step towards implementing Canada’s Cooperative Capital Markets Regime, the participating jurisdictions have made the long awaited...

Contested private placements under new take-over bid regime: Securities regulators reject Hecla challenge of Dolly Varden private placement

Canadian securities regulators have declined to cease trade a private placement of equity securities by a target company implemented following the...

SS v. Nova Scotia (Community Services): Nova Scotia Court of Appeal Asked to Reconstitute Appeal under the Judicature Act

In a relatively rare request, the Nova Scotia Court of Appeal was recently asked to reconstitute an appeal under the Judicature Act that the...

Defendants Sidelined in Third Party Funding Motion

Justice Perell’s July 7, 2016 decision in Berg v. Canadian Hockey League is the most recent development in the evolving law surrounding the role of...