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
Le 25 mars 2025, le ministre des Finances du Québec, Eric Girard, a déposé le budget 2025-2026 du Québec (le « budget 2025-2026 »). Intitulé Pour un Québec fort, ce budget est axé sur des investissements ayant pour but...more
Private equity (PE) firms play a critical role in revitalizing struggling businesses by providing, among other things, financial support and operational expertise. PE transactions are often driven by a combination of...more
Effective January 1, 2024, Canada introduced detailed rules into the Income Tax Act (Canada) to facilitate and encourage employee ownership of small and medium sized Canadian businesses through the creation of employee...more
Canadians who emigrate to the United States or elsewhere face many decisions and considerations associated with departure, but careful tax planning should not be an afterthought. When an individual ceases to be resident in...more
On January 31, 2025, the Minister of Finance (Canada) announced that the proposed increase in the capital gains inclusion rate from one-half to two-thirds, previously intended to be effective for dispositions occurring on or...more
On January 6, 2025, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced his resignation as prime minister and the prorogation of Parliament until March 24, 2025. At the federal level, prorogation is an act by the Governor General,...more
Canada’s Digital Services Tax Act was enacted on June 20, 2024 and came into effect by Order in Council on June 28, 2024. The new legislation imposes a digital services tax of 3% on digital services revenue exceeding...more
Incentivizing employees is a critical component of most business strategies. Employers may implement arrangements for deferred cash bonuses, often subject to the satisfaction of certain criteria. From a tax perspective, the...more
La Cour suprême du Canada (la « CSC ») a récemment rendu d’importantes décisions dans deux différends qui portaient sur des questions de fiscalité internationale. Dans l’affaire Canada c. Alta Energy Luxembourg S.A.R.L., 2021...more
The Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) recently released two important decisions relating to international tax issues. The SCC provided meaningful guidance on the interpretation of one of Canada’s bilateral tax treaties and the...more
The Duke of Westminster Principle Still Lives On for Tax Planning - On November 26, 2021, the Supreme Court of Canada released its decision and reasons in Her Majesty the Queen and Alta Energy Luxembourg S.A.R.L., 2021 SCC...more
In The Bank of Nova Scotia v The Queen, the Tax Court of Canada (TCC) considered how to calculate arrears interest on an audit adjustment that is offset by a loss carryback. ...more
On June 29, 2021, Bill C-208 was granted Royal Assent and became law in Canada. Bill C-208 amended the Income Tax Act (Canada) (the “Act”) to provide tax relief to families wishing to transfer shares of small business...more
The Spanish Supreme Court has recently issued a judgment concluding that a Canadian pension qualifies for the same tax treatment as Spanish pension funds and is therefore entitled to obtain the refund of the withholding tax...more
En raison de la situation sans précédent causée par la pandémie mondiale cette année, le gouvernement fédéral a reporté la présentation du budget qui devait avoir lieu en mars 2020. Le gouvernement a plutôt consacré, à juste...more
With the onset of this year’s unprecedented global pandemic, the federal government postponed the budget previously scheduled for March 2020. The government’s attention understandably shifted to the enactment of emergency...more