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OSC Staff Identify Compliance Issues with Insider Reporting

On February 18, 2016, the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) staff released a report detailing their findings of a significant level of material...

OSC staff identify compliance issues with insider reporting

The Ontario Securities Commission staff released a report detailing their findings of a significant level of material reporting deficiencies in...

Hoang v Mann Engineering Ltd.: Court of Appeal Invokes Rule 2.1 to Dismiss Frivolous Motion

The Ontario Court of Appeal in Hoang v Mann Engineering Ltd.,  2015 ONCA 838 used Rule 2.1 to dismiss the appellant’s frivolous motion. While the...

Class Action Law Firm Breaches Carriage Order in Volkswagen Litigation

As anticipated, the multiplicity of class actions commenced in Canada in the Volkswagen Litigation has given rise to carriage wars across the...

R v Jackson: Ontario Court of Appeal hears Moot Appeal regarding Disclosure Application

In R v Jackson, the Ontario Court of Appeal made an order quashing a disclosure order made in the context of a impaired driving case. After receiving...

Peavine Metis Settlement v Whitehead: When can a Non-Party to a Proceeding Bring an Appeal?

In its decision in Peavine Metis Settlement v Whitehead, the Alberta Court of Appeal provided guidance on when a non-party to a proceeding can be...

New Finance Minister Backs Plan for Cooperative National Securities Regulator

The newly appointed Minister of Finance recently affirmed the federal government’s support of a cooperative national securities regulator. Minister...

New Take-Over Bid Regime

The Canadian Securities Administrators have published fundamental amendments to the take-over bid regime that are expected to come into force on May...

CSA Adopt Incremental Amendments to Early Warning Regime – Reporting Threshold Stays at 10%

The Canadian Securities Administrators have adopted amendments to the “early warning” reporting regime (the Amendments) that are expected to...

Avoiding Settlement Stumbling Blocks: Boilerplate Language Not Sufficient

The latest class action settlement approval in Leslie v Agnico-Eagle Mines warns that courts may be willing to intervene to ensure a more adversarial...