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Rain Commodities to acquire the business of Great Lakes Carbon Income Fund

  • Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP
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  • Canada, USA
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  • February 6 2007

Great Lakes Carbon Income Fund (the “Fund”) (TSX: GLC.UN) and Rain Commodities (USA) Inc. (“Rain”), announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement (the “Agreement”) to acquire all of the assets of the Fund

Noteworthy U.S. legal and regulatory developments during 2008

  • Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
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  • Canada, USA
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  • January 9 2009

The following summary of significant U.S. legal and regulatory developments during 2008 may be of interest to our Canadian clients and friends

NASAA proposes state model advisory solicitor rule

  • Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP
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  • Canada, Mexico, USA
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  • September 4 2009

The investment adviser regulatory policy and review group of the North American Securities Administrators Association (NASAA) has released for feedback a proposed model rule governing solicitors for investment advisers

NASD applies Manning rule to Canadian issues

  • Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
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  • Canada, USA
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  • July 20 2007

The National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. has modified Rule 2320(g) (the Manning Rule) requiring a broker to obtain three quotes for a transaction in a non-exchange listed security to apply to Canadian issues

Canadian plans of arrangement: an attractive structure for the cross-border merger

  • Stikeman Elliott LLP
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  • Canada, USA
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  • July 24 2007

In recent years, as multi-billion dollar U.S.-Canada cross-border M&A transactions have become more commonplace, the plan of arrangement has frequently been the preferred transaction structure

On the horizon

  • Dentons
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  • Canada, USA
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  • January 31 2008

The US Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) is considering putting Alberta's oil sands reserves on the same footing as conventional crude oil

Global interactive data push

  • Porter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP
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  • Australia, Canada, China, Israel, Japan, South Korea, USA
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  • November 9 2007

The SEC announced today that Japan, China, Korea, Canada, Israel, and Australia are all on board with implementing interactive data requirements for financial reporting

Certifications - the latest (but perhaps not the last) word

  • McMillan LLP
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  • Canada, USA
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  • September 18 2007

The exact form of certification of the effectiveness of an issuer's internal controls over financial reporting ("Internal Controls") has been unsettled since the Canadian Securities Administrators ("CSA") first introduced the idea several years ago in response to the certification requirements in the United States Sarbanes-Oxley Act

SEC announces expiration of exemption to SOX provision

  • Stikeman Elliott LLP
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  • Canada, USA
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  • October 6 2009

On October 2, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced the upcoming expiration of the exemption from section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act currently enjoyed by public companies with a public float below $75 million

Implications for Canadian issuers of SEC report on the quality of executive compensation disclosure

  • Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
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  • Canada, USA
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  • October 15 2007

The SEC has published a report summarizing its review of 350 proxies filed under the U.S. new and enhanced rules for executive compensation and related disclosure