Competition/Antitrust Competition/Antitrust

More incentives needed for emerging businesses – Law Times

In April 2018, the federal government announced a five-year strategy for promoting and protecting intellectual property in Canada. Osler partner...

Laws to improve prompt payment about to take effect – Law Times

A recent article in Law Times looks at the reforms being made to the construction law in Ontario that will create a prompt payment regime, require...

Benefits of technology worth the risk in M&A: panel – The Lawyer’s Daily

The Canadian Corporate Counsel Association National Conference and In-House Counsel Worldwide Summit were held in Toronto from April 19 to May 1 and...

Provincial election means energy sector uncertainty — Law Times

The upcoming Ontario provincial election is creating uncertainty for the province’s energy sector, according to an article in Law Times. Osler...

Mark Trachuk takes on new GC role at Entertainment One

Mark Trachuk, one of our senior Corporate partners in the Toronto office, will be retiring from the Firm to assume the position of General Counsel...

Responding to changing litigation demands – Canadian Lawyer

More and more, litigators in private practice are noticing a trend of larger clients keeping less complicated litigation matters in-house in an...

Odds stack up in favour of a Gateway sale as Catalyst negotiates with U.S. casinos – The Globe and Mail

A recent article in The Globe and Mail by journalists Andrew Willis and Jeffrey Jones discusses Catalyst Capital Group Inc.’s ongoing efforts to...

Federal government looks to overhaul parts of CASL – Canadian Lawyer

The Ministry of Innovation, Science and Economic Development has pledged to change Canada's Anti-Spam Legislation, according to a recent article in...

High society: Canada braces for cannabis M&A boom — The Lawyer

In a comprehensive report from the UK’s leading industry journal, The Lawyer, on the state of Canada’s burgeoning cannabis industry, Osler...

Exclusive: China’s HNA Group seeks up to $1.5 billion in new fund – document – Thompson Reuters

HNA Aviation and Tourism Group – a unit of Chinese conglomerate HNA Group – is aiming to raise up to $1.5 billion by the end of 2018 in a new...