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Corporate litigation update – shareholder rights under corporate statutes in Q1 2024

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By Stephen Taylor & David Seevaratnam on April 12, 2024
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This blog post is the first of a new series looking at recent developments in Canadian corporate litigation, with a slight bias towards Ontario. The goal is to provide regular updates on court decisions that are of interest to the…

Diversity on Canadian boards: key trends and potential changes to disclosure requirements

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By Lauren Archibald on April 1, 2024
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Over the last decade, there has been a notable increase in the number of women on boards and in executive officer positions across Canadian issuers. This progress is reflected in the Canadian Securities Administrators’ (CSA) annual review of…

B.C. Securities Commission sets high threshold for finding parties to be “acting jointly or in concert”

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By Silas Lee on March 11, 2024
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Recently, the B.C. Securities Commission (the Commission) clarified the interpretation of “acting jointly or in concert” in the context of a proxy fight, setting a high bar for a finding of a joint actor relationship.

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Unitholder Democracy Prevails in a “Good Hard Look” at Board Decision Making

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By Brayden Anstee, Mark Laschuk & Stephen Taylor on December 4, 2023
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Sandpiper Real Estate Fund 4 Limited Partnership v. First Capital Real Estate Investment Trust, 2023 ONSC 794

On February 1, 2023, our Special Situations team successfully obtained an order from the Ontario Superior Court of Justice (Commercial List) requiring that…

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Canada’s new “modern slavery” legislation: impact on shareholder activism

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By Anisha Visvanatha on May 26, 2023

Government institutions and businesses in Canada must soon comply with new legislation aimed at combatting forced labour and child labour or “modern slavery”. Bill S-211, an Act to enact the Fighting Against Forced Labour and Child Labour in Supply…

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CSA/IIROC Staff Notice 23-329 – Short Selling in Canada

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By Reid Berman on May 7, 2023

On December 8, 2022, the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) and the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC) jointly issued Staff Notice 23-329 – Short Selling in Canada (the Notice). The purpose of the Notice…

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TSX Confirms Voting Agreements May Require Security Holder Approval

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By Brianna Mayes on May 2, 2023

On February 27, 2023, the Toronto Stock Exchange (“TSX”) published Staff Notice 2023-0001 – Voting Agreements (the “Staff Notice”), which formalizes the policy on how it has been addressing voting agreements between TSX-listed issuers and their…

Putting the “green” in green investing

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By Brandon Schupp on November 19, 2021

Blurred stock numbers, people in backgroundThe past several years have seen “green investing” rise to prominence. In 2020, environmental, social and governance (ESG) funds captured $51.1 billion of net new capital from investors, a fifth consecutive annual record. At the same time, companies…

ESG & Shareholder Activism: Ready or Not, Here it Comes

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By Katherine MacPhail (Calgary) on September 24, 2021

Hands passing around business document at table“ESG” stands for Environmental, Social and Governance and describes a handful of criteria used by both issuers and investors to focus on a corporation’s impact and activity regarding topics like environmental protection, climate change, support for the local and global…

Social Media and the Retail Investor: A Regulator’s Dilemma

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By Kassem Dahrouj on September 24, 2021

Cellphone in hands with fingerprint ID lock screenWith the growing accessibility of “do-it-yourself” investment technology, it should come as no surprise that retail investing has been on the rise. In fact, the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) recently published a study (the Study) which reveals…

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