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Canada’s expanded, sector-specific sanctions on Belarus

Last month, Canada announced expanded, sector-specific sanctions on Belarus in response to ongoing concerns with the country’s 2020 presidential...

OECD/G20 Inclusive Framework reaches high-level agreement on two-pillar approach to international tax reform

In their Osler Update, authors Patrick Marley, Peter Macdonald, Kaitlin Gray and Taylor Cao comment on the statement by the OECD/G20 Inclusive...

Canada and EU announce critical minerals alliance

In their Osler Update, authors Sadie-Rae Werner, D’Arcy White, Gajan Sathananthan and Alan Kenigsberg comment on the new strategic partnership...

U.S. Court dismissal of Helms-Burton lawsuit suggests tough jurisdictional road ahead for plaintiffs

On April 27, 2021, the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida rendered a decision pursuant to the Cuban Liberty and...

Federal government issues updated guidelines on national security review of foreign investments

On March 24, 2021, the Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry released a statement accompanying an updated version of the Guidelines on the...

Canada joins the U.S., E.U. and U.K. in sanctioning Chinese officials over the treatment of Uyghur Muslims

On March 22, 2021, the Canadian government announced that it would be imposing sanctions on four officials and a state-run organization in the...

Canadian courts are interpreting supplementary pharmaceutical patent protection more broadly than their EU counterparts

In the first two Canadian Federal Court decisions to interpret the scope of CSPs, the Court ruled in favour of broad CSP protection where similar...

United Mexican States v. Burr reinforces hesitance of Canadian courts to overturn decisions of international tribunals

In this international trade brief, we discuss the implications of United Mexican States v. Burr, 2020 ONSC 2376, a recent decision regarding an...

In the face of global change, international arbitration proves its flexibility

Arbitral institutions globally have responded with updates and practice guides to clarify and streamline their rules and procedures in order to...

The post-Brexit Transitional Trade Agreement – What to expect post-CETA

In this international trade brief, we explore what parties engaging in Canada-UK trade should expect now that Brexit has officially come into force.