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U.S. bankruptcy court bars tolling of fraudulent conveyance look-back period

  • Torys LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • February 2 2012

A U.S. bankruptcy judge in Delaware has held that the two-year "look-back" period in which a transfer occurring within two years of the bankruptcy petition filing date may be avoided, under Section 548 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code, cannot be equitably tolled

When success raises suspicions: the SEC’s risk-based investigation of General Electric’s accounting practices

  • Torys LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • August 26 2009

On August 4, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) charged General Electric Company (GE) with fraud and multiple violations of the federal securities laws (FSLs) in a civil action that GE has agreed to settle by paying a $50 million penalty and consenting to the entering of an order permanently enjoining the company from violating the antifraud, reporting, record-keeping and internal control provisions of the FSLs

A representative plaintiff for all seasons: allowing representative plaintiffs to sue defendants against whom they have no cause of action

  • Torys LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • March 1 2008

Can a defendant be sued in a class proceeding despite the fact that there is no representative plaintiff with a personal cause of action against that defendant?

U.S. private equity fund is not responsible for pension liabilities of portfolio companies

  • Torys LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • December 10 2012

A recent decision of the United States District Court of the District of Massachusetts provides some much-needed clarity for private equity funds on how to structure their investments to avoid controlled-group liability

FCAC’s new disclosure requirements for merchant-acquirer agreements

  • Torys LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • March 1 2013

On February 13, 2013, the Financial Consumer Agency of Canada (FCAC) issued the Commissioner's Guidance to clarify three issues related to the Code

Insider reporting of equity-based awards

  • Torys LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • February 13 2008

Equity ownership is becoming an increasingly important part of executive compensation packages

AiT and disclosure of mergers and acquisitions negotiations

  • Torys LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • August 28 2008

The facts and issues at play in the AiT case were well-known to the securities law bar long before the Ontario Securities Commission re- leased its decision

Arbitration clause checklist

  • Torys LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • June 2 2008

This checklist does not stipulate what is best in all cases (no single option could serve all situations

A litigator’s view of pitfalls in technology contracting: avoiding common mistakes

  • Torys LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • May 2 2008

Technology contracting can be very different from other commercial agreements because the execution of a contract marks the beginning of a relationship meant to last years

Canadian oil and gas 2013 outlook

  • Torys LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • March 4 2013

Torys LLP is pleased to present the Canadian Oil & Gas 2013 Outlook, published in association with mergermarket. Based on a series of interviews