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Featured Osler Updates May 11, 2026

Forever chemicals, forever liability? The rise of PFAS class actions in Canada

Canadian courts are now grappling with claims over alleged contamination from PFAS, or “forever chemicals.”

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Forever chemicals, forever liability? The rise of PFAS class actions in Canada
Featured Osler Updates April 29, 2026

Spring Economic Update 2026

The Spring Economic Update includes changes to the CCUS Investment Tax Credit and the employee ownership trust capital gains exemption.

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Featured Osler Updates April 16, 2026

Recent decision highlights need for precision in seller restrictive covenants in Canadian M&A transactions

Canadian courts will scrutinize restrictive covenants for reasonableness, rejecting those deemed unreasonable.

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Osler Update December 27, 2018

Annual Exempt Trade Reports for investment fund distributions in Canada due January 30, 2019

This is a reminder that Exempt Trade Reports must be filed on Form 45-106F1 for all investment funds sold to Canadian purchasers on a private...

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Osler Update December 20, 2018

2018 Legal Year in Review

Our observations about some of the most significant legal developments affecting Canadian business over the past year and their implications for 2019...

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Osler Update December 18, 2018

Alberta’s Renewable Electricity Program continues to attract competitive interest – Alberta announces results of Rounds 2 and 3

On December 17, 2018, the Government of Alberta announced the results of Rounds 2 and 3 of the Alberta Renewable Electricity Program (REP)...

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Osler Update December 18, 2018

Canada first G7 country to legalize retail cannabis

On October 17, 2018, the Cannabis Act (the Act) came into effect. The Act regulates retail cannabis for adult use, medical cannabis and industrial...

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Osler Update December 18, 2018

Climate change regulation: New tensions between federal and provincial legislators

Climate change regulation is once again making legal headlines this year as the Government of Canada enacted its federal carbon pricing plan and new...

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Climate change regulation: New tensions between federal and provincial legislators
Osler Update December 18, 2018

Canadian cannabis companies conquer U.S. capital markets

Legalization of cannabis for adult use in Canada was a watershed event of 2018. But a select few Canadian cannabis companies also celebrated a...

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Osler Update December 18, 2018

The take-over bid regime after two years

It has now been over two years since Canada’s take-over bid regime was revamped to provide for a minimum 105-day bid period, a mandatory 50%...

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Osler Update December 18, 2018

U.S. capital markets developments in 2018: From rocks in the ground to rolling with cannabis, and everything in between

A number of developments from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in 2018 will be of special interest to Canadian companies and their...

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Osler Update December 18, 2018

Canadian developments affecting cross-border offerings of securities

With cannabis companies dominating the headlines in 2018, it was easy to overlook other Canadian developments affecting capital markets activities.

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Osler Update December 18, 2018

Resource projects and Indigenous consultation – What is best practice after a year of uncertainty?

In 2018, we saw the law of consultation evolve further after the release of new (and highly anticipated) decisions from the Supreme Court of Canada...

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