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Court has no appetite to pierce corporate veil in restaurant lease decision

Corporate directors and officers may generally only be held personally liable for misconduct on the part of the corporation in limited circumstances...

Corporate governance: More engagement

Over the course of 2018, corporations and their boards of directors were increasingly asked to engage on a wider range of topics, both with...

The inclusion imperative: In 2018, building a better board means building a board that looks like Canada

Last October, when Statistics Canada published the results of the 2016 census, we learned that more than one in five Canadians—7.7 million...

Investor and regulator interests drive change in corporate governance and executive compensation

New and renewed investor focus on issues of board diversity and proxy access and an increasing interest in climate change disclosure accounted for...

TSX issues final rules for corporate governance website disclosure and disclosure of security-based compensation arrangements

The Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) has issued final amendments to the Company Manual relating to corporate governance website disclosure and disclosure...

Climate Change – Why boards need to be proactive

We highlight below a few of the reasons why climate change needs to be a recurring topic on the board agenda.

Shareholders divided on proxy access

A shareholder proposal requesting that the board of directors take steps to adopt a “proxy access” by-law was considered at the annual meetings...

Governance in 3D – Diversity, disclosure and director elections in 2016

Diversity disclosure practices were under the microscope following the first full year of mandated disclosure under securities laws regarding the...

Significant corporate governance changes in proposed amendments to the Canada Business Corporations Act

On September 28, 2016, the Canadian federal government introduced Bill C-25: An Act to amend the Canada Business Corporations Act et al. The proposed...

Significant corporate governance changes in proposed amendments to the Canada Business Corporations Act

The Canadian federal government recently introduced Bill C-25: An Act to amend the Canada Business Corporations Act et al. The proposed amendments...