- Jun 22, 2015
On March 31, 2015, Canadian securities regulators published proposed changes to Canada’s harmonized take-over bid rules that will significantly alter the way in which unsolicited or hostile take-over ...
- Jun 22, 2015
Over the past few years, we have continued to see a substantial amount of interaction between the shareholders and boards of directors of North American companies. With various strategies at their ...
- Jun 22, 2015
Long-dismissed by market participants as an ineffective remedy available to shareholders, the exercise of dissent rights is seeing a resurgence in the US as sophisticated investors participate in ...
- Jun 22, 2015
The first reported case of corporate foreign corruption dates back to the 16th century, when the British East India Company bribed Mogul rulers with “rare treasures, including paintings, carvings and ...
- Jun 22, 2015
In Bhasin v. Hrynew, the Supreme Court of Canada recognized a new general duty of honesty in contractual performance. Writing for the unanimous Court, Justice Cromwell stated that the new duty falls ...
- Jun 22, 2015
Outsourcing, the strategic use of outside service providers to perform non-core business activities, is now extending far beyond its roots in the data centre to encompass increasingly diverse ...
- Jun 22, 2015
On April 2, 2014, the National Energy Board (NEB) determined that only 400 intervention applications out of a total of 2,118 participation applications reviewed for the Trans Mountain Pipeline ...
- Jun 22, 2015
IOO the time has come for Canadian securities regulators and stock exchanges to revisit the application of securities laws and policies to the use of electronic communications for the disclosure of ...