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Governance Insights: A Review of Shareholder Activism in Canada for 2024: Key Decisions and Trends to Watch for in 2025

Despite a strong start to the year, activist activity in Canada in 2024 tapered to pre-pandemic levels. This reversion to more historic annual totals follows a notable resurgence of shareholder demands directed at Canadian...more

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Setting the Stage: CSA Prepare for Canada’s Business Conduct Regime for OTC Derivatives Dealers and Advisers

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The Canadian Securities Administrators (“CSA”) have released a few updates this summer regarding National Instrument 93-101 Derivatives: Business Conduct and its companion policy (collectively, the “Business Conduct Rule”)....more

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BCSC Provides New Guidance on “Acting Jointly or in Concert” for Proxy Contests

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In its recent decision in NorthWest Copper Corp., 2023 BCSECCOM 602, the British Columbia Securities Commission (“BCSC”) provided new guidance on the interpretation of “acting jointly or in concert” in the context of a proxy...more

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BCSC Guidance on Joint Actors in Proxy Contests and Early Warning Disclosure Requirements

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On December 22, 2023, the British Columbia Securities Commission (the BCSC) rendered a decision in NorthWest Copper Corp. (Re) clarifying when parties are considered to be “acting jointly or in concert” and the appropriate...more

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Coming in 2024: Canadian Business Conduct Regime for OTC Derivatives Dealers and Advisers

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The securities regulatory authorities in all Canadian jurisdictions other than British Columbia recently published in final form Multilateral Instrument 93-101 Derivatives: Business Conduct (“MI 93-101”) and its companion...more

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The British Columbia Securities Commission Implements a New Whistleblower Program

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On November 7, 2023, the British Columbia Securities Commission (the BCSC) implemented a Whistleblower Program (the BCSC Program), under BC Policy 15-604 (the Policy) to encourage individuals to voluntarily provide...more

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BCSC Launches Whistleblower Program with Financial Awards

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On November 7, 2023, the British Columbia Securities Commission (“BCSC”) launched a whistleblower program designed to provide financial awards for qualified tips about investment fraud and other serious types of market...more

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The British Columbia Securities Commission Obtains Significant New Enforcement Powers

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The British Columbia Securities Commission (BCSC) can now impose market bans and financial penalties of up to $1 million for the failure or refusal to attend an investigative interview or for the failure or refusal to comply...more

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British Columbia Court of Appeal Rules that Bankruptcy Does Not Erase Monetary Securities Penalties

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Canada’s insolvency regime provides a “fresh start” policy for honest but unfortunate debtors. The policy relieves Canadians from excessive debts through bankruptcy, except in certain instances such as where a debt arises...more

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Blockchain Week in Review - November 2019

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U.S. Developments - Litigation - New York Resident Indicted for Duping Investors with Fake ICO Scam - On November 6, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York announced a wire fraud charge...more

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Mind the Gap: Regulatory Frameworks Fintech Companies Can Use Right Now

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Financial technology is changing how money changes hands, and fintech is evolving faster than the law. The rapid and recent advent of financial technology has left regulators playing catch up, with the current rules being...more

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