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Regulatory Ramblings: Episode 72 - Cultural Roots, Belonging, and the Fear of Change: What’s Next for Inclusion?
Daily Compliance News: June 24, 2025, The Questions, Questions, and More Questions Edition
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Everything Compliance, Shout Outs and Rants: Episode 151, The What is Illegal DEI Edition
Daily Compliance News: March 7, 2025, The No Jail Time Edition
Adapting to Tariffs and Other Trade Policy Shifts Under the Trump Administration
A Brief Primer on Tariffs Under the Trump Administration
Protect, Prepare, Prevail: Navigating a Complex Cybersecurity World
Private M&A 2024: Key Trends and Forecasts
Patent Considerations in View of the Nearshoring Trends to the Americas
Examining E-Discovery in Competition Law
No Password Required: Education Lead at Semgrep and Former Czar for Canada’s Election Security
Shifting Dynamics in Private Equity
4 Key Takeaways | Major U.S. Supreme Court Trademark & Copyright Decisions
Hidden Traffic : New Human Trafficking and Child Labor Regulation in Canada with Sean Stephenson
[Podcast] Catching Up on Canadian Environmental Regulation
[Podcast] USMCA in Review, with C.J. Mahoney, Former Deputy U.S. Trade Representative
Episode 4 - USMCA and the trade relationship between the U.S.A, Mexico, & China
Five Questions, Five Answers: Electric Mobility Canada on Its Promises for a Cleaner Economy
In this Edition - What founders and startups need to know about employment law to protect their interests as a company matures....more
Introduction - Venture debt plays a prominent role in the Canadian venture capital market, and the size of the venture debt market continues to expand. According to the Canadian Venture Capital and Private Equity...more
Les Autorités canadiennes en valeurs mobilières (les « ACVM ») ont publié l’Avis 11-348 du personnel des ACVM et de consultation – Applicabilité du droit canadien des valeurs mobilières à l’utilisation des systèmes...more
The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) has released CSA Staff Notice and Consultation 11-348 – Applicability of Canadian Securities Laws and the Use of Artificial Intelligence Systems in Capital Markets (Notice),...more
In recent years, growing attention and effort has been placed on studying Indigenous economies in Canada with the aim of closing gaps in business, project, community and housing financing, ultimately closing the...more
Private M&A in Canada had another defining year in 2024, including increased regulatory scrutiny, significant activity in certain sectors and the rise of private capital. In the latest episode of our podcast, Blakes Partners...more
U.S. emerging growth companies face many challenges in today’s dynamic capital market when considering going public. One historic obstacle has been the limited number of national exchanges available, with companies usually...more
Cross-border mergers and acquisitions (“M&A”) unlock growth, diversification, and a stronger global stance for businesses. These strategic moves enable firms from different nations to blend resources, making way into new...more
With the return of private equity activity to pre-pandemic levels in Canada, there has been a distinct shift in the way parties approach deal terms. Blakes Partners Rory ffrench and Rianna Ritchie walk us through some of the...more
A Q&A guide to private equity law in Canada. The Q&A gives a high level overview of the key practical issues including the level of activity and recent trends in the market; investment incentives for institutional and...more
Canadian dealmakers are betting on large overseas purchases as market confidence returns - Canadian dealmakers have become a major presence beyond their borders, conducting a total of 361 outbound deals worth a total of...more
The Corporate Finance division of the Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF) recently released its third annual Summary of Oversight and Regulatory Activities (Report). Along with an overview of Quebec’s capital markets, the...more
The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) recently published reforms to enhance the client-registrant relationship (Client Focused Reforms). The Client Focused Reforms amend National Instrument 31-103 Registration...more
On May 2, 2019, the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) announced that it is seeking comments in respect of a proposed streamlined and integrated national information and filing system for capital market participants...more
On November 29, 2018, the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) released CSA Staff Notice 51-356 Problematic promotional activities by issuers (Staff Notice), which cautions companies to avoid disclosure and promotional...more
On September 6, 2018, the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) published a Notice and Request for Comment (the "Notice") regarding Proposed National Instrument 52-112 Non-GAAP and Other Financial Measures Disclosure (the...more
The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) recently issued a request for comment on proposed National Instrument 52-112 Non-GAAP and Other Financial Measures Disclosure (Proposed Instrument), which would provide binding...more
The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) announced they will amend National Instrument 45-102 – Resale Restrictions (NI 45-102) and Companion Policy to NI 45-102 (45-102CP) (Amendments) to provide for a new prospectus...more
Canadian Capital Markets - As changes in the regulatory regime open up significant opportunities in the cannabis sector, industry players will be seeking access to capital to fund growth, and investors will be looking...more
The Chinese stock market crash and world- wide effect on stock markets around the World has created a crisis with day to day developments. The World Stock market crash stated on August 24, 2015 and went through to August...more