Canadian companies will be harder to acquire under new poison pill proposals *

Canada - March 14 2013
The Canadian Securities Administrators have released proposed new rules for shareholder rights plans (or “poison pills”). Under the CSA proposal…

Co-authors: Sophia Tolias , John Emanoilidis.

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Proof of materiality not required for certification of securities fraud class actions in the United States *

Canada - March 13 2013
On February 27, 2013, the United States Supreme Court issued its highly anticipated decision in Amgen Inc. v. Connecticut Retirement Plans and Trust…

Co-authors: Rebecca L. Wise .

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M&A: Torys' top trends for 2013 - Trend 4 - Deal Litigation *

Canada, USA - January 3 2013
Shareholder litigation will rise…

Co-authors: Stefan P. Stauder .

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OSC staff provides disclosure guidance for emerging market issuers *

Canada - November 13 2012
Staff of the Ontario Securities Commission has released Staff Notice 51-720 – Issuer Guide for Companies Operating in Emerging Markets.

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Empty voting: cause for concern, but B.C. court will not intervene *

Canada - October 15 2012
The British Columbia Court of Appeal has reversed the lower court’s decision in TELUS Corporation v. CDS Clearing and Depository Services Inc., giving Mason Capital, a U.S.-based hedge fund, the green light to proceed with a shareholders’ meeting at which it will submit proposals regarding the collapse of TELUS’s dual-class share structure.

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