U.S. Treasury Releases New Model Tax Treaty

The U.S. Treasury has released a revised model bilateral income tax treaty (the 2016 Model Treaty) which is a significant update to the 2006 model...

US Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Challenge to Salman Insider Trading Decision

The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear the challenge to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeal’s decision in United States v. Salman, a case that...

Canada’s Patent Regime Forecloses Civil Actions by Consumers in British Columbia

Canada’s patent laws are a complete code giving consumers no right to independent civil actions. This was the conclusion of the British Columbia...

OSC Reaches No-Contest Settlement with CI Investments

In a major development for securities law enforcement in Ontario, on February 10, 2016, the OSC announced its approval of a “no-contest”...

The Poseidon Adventure, Part II – Big Win for Bankers Confirmed On Appeal

The Ontario Court of Appeal has confirmed an important decision limiting the exposure of investment banks to secondary market misrepresentation class...

Compliance challenges with the BPS Procurement Directive

In recent years, Ontario’s public services sector has been troubled by a number of highly publicized procurement scandals.

Take Two: Aggregate Damages Award Upheld at Ontario Court of Appeal

In our previous blog post in 2014, we had reported the Ontario Superior Court in Ramdath v George Brown College had granted the first award of...

Fanshawe College v AU Optronics: Whether an Order Dismissing a Motion for Summary Judgement is a Final or Interlocutory Order

The recent decision of the Ontario Court of Appeal in Fanshawe College of Applied Arts and Technology v AU Optronics Corporation, 2015 ONCA 808,...

Alberta’s New Royalty Framework

On January 29, 2016, the Alberta government released the results of its Royalty Review Advisory Panel. Learn what it means for your business.