2023 Osler Legal Outlook

Legal Outlook

Osler Legal Outlook offers insightful perspectives from the legal experts at Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP on the most critical and evolving legal issues facing Canadian businesses today and the implications for those businesses moving into 2024 and beyond. Explore the 24 informative topics covered in this year’s publication and be better prepared for the year ahead.

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INTRODUCTION

Presenting our Legal Outlook

EV SUPPLY CHAIN

Canada emerging as a powerhouse in the global EV supply chain

AI POLICY

AI governance: navigating the path ahead

ESG

A tempest of change: impact of climate-related litigation and regulation

ENERGY TRANSITION

Proposed clean electricity regulations: is Canada staying in its lane?

ENERGY TRANSITION

Energy transition ushers in compensation claims for shifting land use plans

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

Impact of transparency register requirements on financial sponsors

FINANCIAL SERVICES REGULATORY

Managing risks and meeting the future: financial services regulatory trends

COMPETITION LAW

Ch-ch-changes: navigating the shifting tides of Canadian competition law

FOREIGN INVESTMENT

Strengthening Canada’s national security review regime

INTERNATIONAL TRADE

Supply chains, ‘friend-shoring’ and cooperation with allies

GOVERNMENT INVESTIGATIONS AND WHITE-COLLAR DEFENCE

White-collar enforcement will continue to take shape in 2024

CAPITAL MARKETS ENFORCEMENT

Capital markets enforcement: innovative, and controversial, new directions

DIGITAL ASSETS & BLOCKCHAIN

Digital assets and blockchain: the year of maturation

CLASS ACTIONS

What if you face a class action even though no one was harmed?

LITIGATION

A robust protection: maintaining solicitor-client privilege

EMPLOYMENT & LABOUR

Navigating the future of remote work

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

Corporate governance focuses on the who, what and how

EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

Looking forward on clawbacks

TAX DISPUTES

A new era for the Canadian GAAR

TRANSFER PRICING

Transfer pricing proposals infuse Canada’s tax laws with OECD concepts

MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS

Private to public and back again

PRIVATE EQUITY

Private equity: developments in subscription line lending

PRIVACY

The wave of privacy and data legislation reform will continue in 2024

PLATFORM REGULATION Online streaming and news laws advance federal government’s digital agenda