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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

OSFI releases final version of Corporate Governance Guideline

  • Torys LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • January 28 2013

Since the financial crisis in 2008, best practices for corporate governance have significantly evolved, and international regulators have placed a

M&A: Torys' top trends for 2013 - Trend 3 - Shareholder Activism

  • Torys LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • January 3 2013

Shareholder activism is not new to Canada, but Pershing Square's 2012 success with CP Rail sent a clear message to Canadian boards: no widely held

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

  • Torys LLP
  • -
  • Canada, USA
  • -
  • January 3 2013

Shareholder litigation will rise

Doing business and raising capital in Canada

  • Torys LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • October 11 2012

We have prepared this Business Law Guide as a general overview of certain legal and business matters that may be relevant to a decision to establish or invest in a business in Canada

Empty voting: a challenge to shareholder democracy?

  • Torys LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • September 13 2012

British Columbia’s Supreme Court issued a decision earlier this week in TELUS Corporation v. CDS Clearing and Depository Services Inc. that comments negatively on "empty voting," a topic attracting attention in the face of growing shareholder activism

Metron Construction fined for criminal negligence causing death

  • Torys LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • August 8 2012

On July 13, 2012, Metron Construction (Metron) pled guilty to one charge of criminal negligence under the Criminal Code and was fined $200,000 for the deaths of four of its workers, who died in December 2009 when the suspended work platform they were using collapsed

Say-on-pay developments in 2012

  • Torys LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • July 24 2012

In recent years, investors and commentators alike have paid serious attention to shareholder rights regarding executive compensation

Canada’s Supreme Court broadens fair dealing

  • Torys LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • July 13 2012

The Supreme Court of Canada has released two decisions that address the scope of fair dealing a crucial concept in copyright law

Doing business and raising capital in Canada

  • Torys LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • June 29 2012

We have prepared this Business Law Guide as a general overview of certain legal and business matters that may be relevant to a decision to establish or invest in a business in Canada