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Federal budget will affect how lawyers recognize income – Legal Feeds

The Liberal government’s second federal budget, released on March 22, 2017, contains provisions that will change the way certain lawyers compute...

RBC, TD Bank investors to vote on giving bigger voice to smaller shareholders – Financial Post

A shareholder proposal included in the proxy circulars of Toronto-Dominion Bank and Royal Bank would change the threshold for nominating a director...

Liberal green light for Chinese takeover deal a turning point for Canada: experts — The Globe and Mail

Canada’s approval of a Chinese takeover deal originally blocked due to national security concerns could signal Prime Minister Trudeau’s...

Eli Lilly loses NAFTA challenge brought against Canada — Financial Post

Osler partner Nathaniel Lipkus says Eli Lilly’s (Lilly) argument that Canada violated NAFTA after Canadian courts ruled a pair of Lilly’s drug...

Ontario passes new law – Global Arbitration Review

A new international commercial arbitration act for Ontario came into force on March 22, 2017, which replaces the International Commercial Arbitration...

Mylan remporte la bataille au sujet du brevet relatif à une combinaison de médicaments contre l’arthrite– Legal Feeds

La Cour fédérale du Canada a récemment rendu la première décision mondiale portant sur la validité d’un brevet relatif à la formulation de...

OPTrust punches above its weight with private equity strategy — The PE Hub Network

Osler partner John Groenewegen says OPTrust’s strategy to expand its private equity program has “put them in a position they would not otherwise...

Passing the FinTech test — Canadian Lawyer

FinTech firms are subject to the same financial regulatory compliance issues as their traditional financial services counterparts, yet the existing...

Climate legislation is a work in progress full of risks energy companies can’t ignore — JWN Energy

Energy companies in Canada must be prepared for how the federal Liberal government’s Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change (the...

Focus: Change within firms driven by different factors – Law Times

Law firms are under increasing pressure to change the way they practise, often turning to technological innovations to improve efficiencies and...