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White-collar defence: Increasing risks and enforcement activity

For businesses, this year was marked by continued increases in compliance risks relating to the ongoing global COVID-19 pandemic.

Trade regulation in 2021: A year of evolution

In many ways, maintaining the status quo was the defining feature of the 2021 trade landscape. There was a Canadian federal election, but very little...

Canadian Securities Administrators’ proposed climate-related disclosure requirements

The Canadian Securities Administrators recently (CSA) proposed National Instrument 51-107 Disclosure of Climate-related Matters and companion policy.

CSA releases Annual Enforcement Report for fiscal year 2020/2021

On June 22, 2021, the Canadian Securities Administrators (the CSA) released their annual Enforcement Report for the 2020/2021 fiscal...

World Bank debars three companies in effort to promote higher integrity standards

The World Bank recently debarred three companies for alleged corrupt conduct. Osler’s Stéphane Eljarrat, Malcolm Aboud, Sarah Firestone and...

Ontario Superior Court dismisses $4.5B negligence claim against TD Bank related to fraudulent Ponzi scheme

Osler’s Shawn Irving, Frédéric Plamondon and Sarah Firestone comment in their latest blog post on the Ontario Superior Court of...

New Canadian foreign investment promotion and protection model expands responsible business conduct provisions

On May 13, 2021, Global Affairs Canada released the 2021 Model FIPA, a model agreement which will serve as the basis for future foreign investment...

Mediation-Arbitration in Canada

Mediation-Arbitration – also referred to as Med-Arb – is an innovative alternative dispute resolution process that begins with mediation and then...