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
Hot Topics in International Trade - Tariff Mitigation Strategies
Everything Compliance, Shout Outs and Rants: Episode 151, The What is Illegal DEI 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
Five Questions, Five Answers: The Voice of Canadian Automotive Parts Manufacturers
The Great Green North: A Discussion on Canada’s Environmental Regulations
Institutional Shareholder Services (“ISS”) and Glass Lewis have published their Canadian benchmark policy guidelines for the 2025 proxy season. Key updates focus on the board’s oversight of artificial intelligence (“AI”),...more
In preparation for the upcoming 2025 proxy season, issuers should familiarize themselves with the updated Canadian proxy voting guidelines recently published by Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. (ISS) and Glass, Lewis &...more
To help you stay on top of the latest news, our AI practice group has compiled a roundup of the developments we are following....more
On November 4, 2024, ISS Governance (ISS) announced the scheduled November 11, 2024, opening of its peer group submission window for U.S. and Canadian corporations with annual meetings slated to be held between February 1,...more
Le 16 avril 2024, le gouvernement fédéral a déposé son budget de 2024 (le « Budget 2024 »), lequel renferme un certain nombre de dispositions concernant les régimes de retraite, les avantages sociaux et la rémunération des...more
On April 16, 2024, the federal government tabled its 2024 budget (2024 Budget), which included a number of provisions related to pensions, benefits and executive compensation. Here is an overview of such key provisions in...more
Glass, Lewis & Co (Glass Lewis) and Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) have each released updates to their Canadian proxy voting guidelines for the 2024 proxy season. The Glass Lewis updates apply to shareholder...more
Imagine a Canadian company adopts a deferred share unit plan (DSU Plan) for its directors. At the time the plan is adopted, the company does not have the plan reviewed by U.S. counsel, because none of their directors reside...more
On November 6, 2023, Institutional Shareholder Services, Inc. (ISS) announced the scheduled November 20 opening of its peer group submission window for U.S. and Canadian companies with annual meetings slated to be held...more
The Royal Bank of Canada announced that this year it will begin incorporating ESG considerations into incentive compensation plans for the bank’s CEO and other top executives. In particular, the bank plans to take ESG...more
Le 28 mars 2023, le gouvernement fédéral a déposé son budget de 2023 (le « Budget 2023 »), lequel comporte un certain nombre de mesures concernant les régimes de retraite, les avantages sociaux et la rémunération des hauts...more
On March 28, 2023, the federal government tabled its 2023 budget (2023 Budget), which included a number of provisions related to pensions, benefits and executive compensation, as summarized below. Here is an overview of...more
Dans le contexte des opérations transfrontalières de capital-investissement, de nombreux enjeux propres au Canada se posent quant à la rémunération des hauts dirigeants et à l’emploi. Plusieurs de ces enjeux sont liés au...more
Voici le 31e numéro de l’Infolettre sur les régimes de retraite de Blakes. La présente infolettre donne un aperçu des faits récents en jurisprudence qui ont une incidence sur les régimes de retraite. Veuillez noter cependant...more
Welcome to the 31st issue of the Blakes Pensions Newsletter. This newsletter provides a summary of recent jurisprudential developments that affect pensions and is not intended to be legal advice....more
On October 18, 2021, the Ontario Court of Appeal released its decision in Battiston v Microsoft Canada Inc., 2021 ONCA 727, in which it overturned the trial court's finding that termination provisions in a stock award...more
Le 19 avril 2021, le gouvernement fédéral a déposé son budget de 2021 (le « Budget 2021 »), lequel renferme un certain nombre de dispositions concernant les régimes de retraite, les avantages sociaux et la rémunération des...more
On April 19, 2021, the federal government tabled its 2021 budget (2021 Budget), which included a number of provisions related to pensions, benefits and executive compensation, as summarized below. Here is an overview of...more
Dans un rapport publié récemment et intitulé 360º Governance: Where Are The Directors In A World In Crisis? (en anglais seulement) (le « rapport »), Peter Dey et Sarah Kaplan se penchent sur les pratiques modernes de bonne...more
With the release of a report entitled “360º Governance: Where Are The Directors In A World In Crisis?” (Report), Peter Dey and Sarah Kaplan examine modern good governance from a practical and scholarly standpoint,...more
Welcome to the 29th issue of the Blakes Pensions, Benefits & Executive Compensation Newsletter. This newsletter provides a summary of recent jurisprudential developments that affect pensions, benefits and executive...more
Institutional Shareholder Services ("ISS") and Glass, Lewis & Co ("Glass Lewis") have both released their updates to their respective Canadian proxy voting guidelines for the 2020 proxy season. The ISS updates apply to...more
In preparation for the upcoming proxy season, issuers should familiarize themselves with the Canadian proxy voting guidelines recently published by Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. (ISS) and Glass Lewis & Co. (Glass...more
Each year in January, the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) publishes a report on the compensation of the 100 highest-paid chief executive officers (CEOs) of companies on Canada’s S&P/TSX Composite Index, and...more
Institutional Shareholder Services ("ISS") and Glass, Lewis & Co ("Glass Lewis") have both released their updates to their respective Canadian proxy voting guidelines for the 2019 proxy season. The ISS updates apply to...more