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
The Toronto Stock Exchange (“TSX”) has published for comment proposed amendments (the “Proposed Amendments”) to Part III - Original Listing Requirements and Part V - Special Requirements for Non-Exempt Issuers (“Part V”) of...more
Introduction - Les prêts de capital de risque jouent un rôle de premier plan sur le marché canadien du capital de risque, et la taille du marché des prêts de capital de risque continue de croître....more
The Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization (“CIRO”) has published for comment Phase 4 of its rule consolidation project (the “Rule Consolidation Project”). Phase 4 involves the adoption of rules relating to managing...more
The Bre-X mining scandal of the 1990s is one of history’s most infamous corporate fraud cases. Bre-X Minerals Ltd., a small Canadian company, falsely reported one of the largest gold deposits ever discovered in Indonesia,...more
The Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization (“CIRO”) recently published for comment proposals relating to Phase 3 of its rule consolidation project (the “Rule Consolidation Project”) as well as a new integrated fee model...more
In Drywall Acoustic Lathing and Insulation (Pension Fund, Local 675) v. Barrick Gold Corporation, 2024 ONCA 105, the Ontario Court of Appeal affirmed the lower court’s decision denying in part the motion for leave to commence...more
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
The Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization (“CIRO”) recently published for comment proposals relating to Phase 2 of its rule consolidation project (the “Rule Consolidation Project”), which is designed to bring together...more
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
The Investment Funds and Structured Products Branch (“IFSP”) of the Ontario Securities Commission (“OSC”) released its Summary Report for Investment Fund and Structured Product Issuers for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2023...more
On September 21, 2023, the Canadian Securities Administrators (“CSA”) announced proposed amendments to National Instrument 44-102 Shelf Distributions (“NI 44-102”) relating to well-known seasoned issuers ("WKSIs")as well as...more
The Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) has released its 2023-24 draft Statement of Priorities, in which the OSC furthers previous goals, but with renewed focus on emerging trends and drivers of change – including financial...more
Amendments to swap data reporting rules are expected to be implemented by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) in December 2022. The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) have issued guidance to market...more
Seasoned reporting issuers with equity securities listed on a Canadian stock exchange will have the ability to raise capital (up to the greater of $5 million and 10% of their market capitalization (to a maximum of $10...more
Amendments to the Canada Business Corporations Act (CBCA) that impose majority voting requirements, annual director terms, a prohibition on slate voting and a change to the period during which shareholders must deliver...more
Proposed amendments are intended to reduce regulatory burden by aligning over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives data reporting requirements with international standards developed by the Committee on Payments and Market...more
On March 1, 2022, the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) made an order extending the blanket relief issued in February 2021 that provides an exemption from underwriting conflicts disclosure requirements for foreign private...more
Beginning in 2022, well-known seasoned issuers (WKSIs) will be exempt from certain base shelf prospectus filing requirements, including the requirement to file a preliminary base shelf prospectus, in accordance with...more
On March 25, 2021, the Alberta Securities Commission (ASC) proposed two new prospectus exemptions to promote investment opportunities for small businesses in Alberta, and is seeking written submissions with respect to the...more
Facebook has agreed to pay $550 million to resolve a class-action lawsuit claiming that Zuck & Co.’s use of facial recognition technology violated Illinois’ biometric privacy law. Though the settlement is little more than “a...more
On August 11, 2019, Quebec’s financial markets administrative tribunal (TAMF), by a majority decision, invoked its public interest jurisdiction to cease trade Mach Group Inc.’s offer (Mach Offer) to acquire 19.5 per cent of...more
After a brutal Tuesday, the White House tried to take advantage of yesterday’s market day off to run some damage control “and ease concerns that [the] trade truce with China was already floundering.” I suspect we’ll find out...more
Wall Street apparently views a divided Congress as a good thing (think less chance of tighter regulation), and it celebrated by pushing the Dow up 500 points and jumping back into tech stocks....more
Markets took a beating yesterday, with investors apparently put off by tech stocks, tensions with China, a recent jump in interest rates and government bond yields, and a tightening Fed monetary policy....more
To no one’s surprise, the Fed followed through with its months of promises and raised its benchmark interest rate by 25 basis points yesterday. The FOMC also indicated that it’s planning to raise rates again in December....more