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Blog November 16, 2021

Climate change from the corporate perspective: the CSA’s proposed climate-related disclosure requirements

Amid increasing focus on companies’ environmental, social and governance (ESG) impacts, the Canadian Securities Administrators have proposed a...

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Climate change from the corporate perspective: the CSA’s proposed climate-related disclosure requirements
Blog June 11, 2021

U.S. moves closer to specific insider trading legislation

Efforts in the United States to more effectively combat insider trading took a step forward recently when the United States House of Representatives...

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Blog February 11, 2020

Some relief for Crystal Wealth investors eyed as OSC settles with BDO for failure to meet auditing standards

Staff of the Ontario Securities Commission (“OSC”) have once again successfully pursued an audit firm for various failings Staff allege...

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Blog September 16, 2019

Ontario establishes a Serious Fraud Office

At the end of August the Government of Ontario launched a new organization tasked with investigating and prosecuting complex white-collar crime. The...

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Blog May 2, 2019

NASAA targets ‘cross-selling’ sales tactic in investment and banking sectors

The North American Securities Administrators Association (NASAA) is an association of securities administrators from Canada, the United States of...

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Blog January 14, 2019

Second Circuit upholds insider trading conviction in Gupta v. United States

In a summary order released on January 7, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals in Gupta v. United States upheld the insider trading conviction of...

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Blog November 2, 2018

DOJ exercises its broad jurisdiction under the FCPA in reaching non-prosecution agreement with Brazilian energy giant

The U.S. Department of Justice (the DOJ) recently announced that it has entered into a non-prosecution agreement with Brazilian state-owned...

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Blog August 10, 2018

Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s tweet raised alarms about a potential securities violation

On August 7, Tesla co-founder and CEO Elon Musk tweeted “Am considering taking Tesla private at $420. Funding Secured.” Mr. Musk has a...

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Blog May 24, 2018

OSC reaches settlement with former legal assistant who tipped on major M&A transactions

On April 20, 2018, the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) reached a settlement with Donna Hutchinson, a former legal assistant, for providing a...

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Osler Update March 7, 2018

Federal Court of Appeal clarifies and reaffirms transactional common interest privilege: Iggillis Holdings Inc. v. M.N.R., 2018 FCA 51

In Iggillis Holdings Inc. v. M.N.R., the Federal Court of Appeal unanimously overturned a 2016 decision of the Federal Court of Canada and, in...

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Federal Court of Appeal clarifies and reaffirms transactional common interest privilege: Iggillis Holdings Inc. v. M.N.R., 2018 FCA 51

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