Unduly aggressive or unmeritorious claims can lead to significant costs consequences, as the recent $1.2-million substantial indemnity costs order in …
$1.2-million substantial indemnity costs order is cautionary tale for class counsel
Climate change from the corporate perspective: the CSA’s proposed climate-related disclosure requirements
Amid increasing focus on companies’ environmental, social and governance (ESG) impacts, the Canadian Securities Administrators have proposed a n…
Appealing a commercial arbitration decision: the B.C. Court of Appeal confirms a restrained approach
Arbitration and alternative dispute resolutions, already popular mechanisms for efficient and confidential dispute resolution, have only grown in popu…
To defend or not to defend: the flexibility of the doctrine of abuse of process in duplicative class action proceedings
Parallel class actions in Ontario and Québec did not constitute an abuse of process and can proceed, the Ontario Divisional Court recently ruled. Osle…
The Pandora Papers: associated risks and the rising importance of beneficial ownership
On October 3, 2021, the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (the ICIJ) leaked the “Pandora Papers” – a collection …
Court of Appeal judge calls for reform of final-interlocutory distinction
We have written before in this blog where a judge of the Court of Appeal for Ontario has called for legislative reform of the statutory appeal routes …
Generating (and selling) emission offsets from forest activities in Canada
Canada is now one of several countries aiming to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions within the next 30 years. To reach this objective, Ca…
Fueling a cleaner future: clean fuel standard rules and opportunities
Canada is expected to bring a Clean Fuel Standard into law in the very near future. Osler’s Sander Duncanson and Maeve O’Neill Sanger disc…
The international effort to establish a global regulatory framework for stablecoins continues
How best to regulate crypto currency and other coin innovations continues to be a challenge. In their blog, Osler authors Lawrence E. Ritchie, Lori St…
Weeding out unmeritorious class actions early: section 4.1 of the amended Class Proceedings Act, 1992 comes to the rescue
A recent Ontario Superior Court of Justice decision is the first to interpret section 4.1 of the amended Class Proceedings Act, 1992 regarding …
