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Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Alberta Securities Commission Releases Reasons for Cease-Trading Retroactive Poison Pill

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On July 22, 2025, the Alberta Securities Commission (ASC) released reasons for its decision to cease-trade a shareholder rights plan of Greenfire Resources Ltd. The rights plan had been adopted in response to the announcement...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Delaware Court of Chancery Addresses Fiduciary Duty Claims in the Direct Listing Context

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On February 1, 2024, Chancellor Kathaleen St. J. McCormick of the Delaware Court of Chancery issued a decision refusing to dismiss stockholder claims against directors and officers of Coinbase Global, Inc. over their sales of...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

[Webinar] 5th Annual Corporate & Securities Counsel Public Company Forum - December 12th, 11:00 am - 3:00 pm CST

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Please join us for our 5th Annual Corporate & Securities Counsel Public Company Forum. This virtual half-day program will feature panel discussions focused on timely and practical guidance related to the latest developments...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

5 Things Corporate Boards Need to Know About Generative AI Risk Management

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The use of artificial intelligence (AI) is booming. Investors and companies are pouring cash into the space, and particularly into generative AI (GAI), to seize their share of the market which McKinsey reports could add up to...more

Freeman Law

Changes to Corporate Capital in Equity Financing Transactions, Part II.

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How Are Fiduciary Duties Applicable to Decisions Authorizing Changes to Corporate Capital? The first post in this series analyzed whether shareholders may seek remedies in the context of charter amendments to facilitate...more

Barnea Jaffa Lande & Co.

Guide to the ESGI

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The ESG Index (ESGI) represents the three key spheres that encompass responsible investments (or “green investments”)—Environmental, Social, and Governance. The responsible investments market has been rapidly gaining momentum...more

Cooley LLP

Blog: How Did Corporate Boards Become Afflicted With Economic ADHD?

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The author, the Executive Director of the Investor Responsibility Research Center Institute, begins with the evidence that the disease has taken hold: he first notes an academic study showing that “three quarters of senior...more

Bennett Jones LLP

Preparing for the Unsolicited Bid

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Market volatility, the recent decline in commodity prices, or in some circumstances a combination of these factors, has resulted in a significant decline in the trading prices of many Canadian public companies relative to...more

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