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Supreme Court of Canada to Decide Scope of “Material Change” With Far-Reaching Consequences for Securities Class Actions

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The Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) is set to issue its decision in Lundin Mining Corporation v Dov Markowich (Markowich). This highly anticipated SCC decision regarding disclosure obligations could alter the landscape for...more

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Ontario Court of Appeal Provides Further Guidance on the Leave Test for Securities Misrepresentation Claims

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The test for leave to bring a secondary market securities misrepresentation claim under section 138.3 of the Ontario Securities Act (OSA) has been the source of much confusion and conflicting jurisprudence. In a series of...more

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CIBC v. Green: The Supreme Court of Canada Clarifies Key Provisions of the Ontario Securities Act and the Ontario Class...

A recent decision by the Supreme Court of Canada offers both clarity and further questions on the timing of secondary market misrepresentation claims brought under the Ontario Securities Act (the “Securities Act”). While we...more

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Recent Decision Clarifies Availability of Defences at the Leave Stage in Statutory Securities Class Actions

The Ontario Superior Court of Justice’s (Court) recent decision in Rahimi v. SouthGobi Resources (Rahimi) confirms that courts will consider and evaluate defences at the leave stage of a statutory secondary market disclosure...more

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