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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 July 20, 2023

News and insights from Osler’s market-leading Financial Services Group – July 2023

News and information from Osler’s market-leading FS practice group

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News and insights from Osler’s market-leading Financial Services Group – July 2023
Osler Update July 20, 2023

What you need to know about the assumption of commercial mortgage loans

Ever since the Bank of Canada’s Overnight Interest Rate and Lenders’ prime interest rates (collectively, the Interest Rates) started to increase...

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What you need to know about the assumption of commercial mortgage loans
Osler Update July 20, 2023

Bill C-13: Parliament enacts the Use of French in Federally Regulated Private Businesses Act

Last month, Bill C-13, which makes several changes to strengthen, protect and promote the French language, received royal assent. We discuss how it...

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Osler Update July 14, 2023

Canada rejects OECD’s one-year extension of digital services tax moratorium

Canada refuses to delay the introduction of its digital services tax to 2025 despite one-year extension to DST moratorium announced in the new OECD...

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Osler Update July 7, 2023

CARR’s recent recommendations for ‘tough-legacy securities’ ahead of CDOR cessation

A white paper published by the CARR working group recommends market participants take measures to review the terms of their securities that mature...

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CARR’s recent recommendations for ‘tough-legacy securities’ ahead of CDOR cessation
Osler Update July 6, 2023

Canada’s blockchain breakthrough: understanding the landmark report from the House of Commons

On June 14, 2023, the House of Commons Standing Committee on Industry and Technology published its landmark report on blockchain technology. We...

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Osler Update June 28, 2023

LIFE lessons: initial experience with the listed issuer financing exemption

Alan Hutchison, Minji Park and Peter Horemans review CSA Staff Notice 45-330 and provides commentary on their experience with financings under the...

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Osler Update June 27, 2023

Bill C-47 introduces significant changes to the Canadian mandatory disclosure rules

On June 22, 2023, Bill C-47, an Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on March 28, 2023, received Royal Assent and...

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Bill C-47 introduces significant changes to the Canadian mandatory disclosure rules
Osler Update June 27, 2023

Q2 2023 economic update with Stephen Poloz (webinar)

Osler Special Advisor and former Governor of the Bank of Canada Stephen Poloz and Osler National Co-Chair Shahir Guindi explored these and other...

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Osler Update June 22, 2023

Bill C-27 and developing regulatory frameworks for AI (webinar)

As businesses work to harness the economic potential of artificial intelligence, governments are moving to understand its potential risks and...

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