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Anti-inversion regulations severely limit substantial business activities exception, as illustrated with Canada

Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP
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Canada, USA
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August 10 2012

In 2004, Congress enacted 7874 to put an end to certain perceived abuses associated with ‘‘inversion transactions,’’ i.e., transactions in which a U.S.-based multinational corporation migrates to a lower-tax jurisdiction in order to reduce U.S. taxation

Major reforms enacted to stimulate public and private capital raising in the United States

Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
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Canada, USA
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April 5 2012

On April 5, 2012, President Obama signed into law the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act, which makes significant changes to existing U.S. federal securities laws intended to make it easier for small and emerging companies to conduct public and private securities offerings in the United States

Recent developments for the fourth quarter 2011

Baker & McKenzie
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Canada, China, Denmark, European Union, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Switzerland, United Kingdom, USA
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March 15 2012

The end of the year and beginning of a new year is always a busy time for us, as it is for most of our clients

$1.26 billion damage award highlights gulf between Delaware and Canadian scrutiny of special committees

McCarthy Tétrault LLP
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Canada, USA
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November 9 2011

In the recent Delaware decision of In Re Southern Peru Copper Corporation, Chancellor Strine awarded an eye-popping $1.26 billion in damages against a corporate controlling shareholder and its nominee directors in a related-party merger transaction, because the special committee’s efforts to secure a good deal for minority shareholders were found to be lacking

Directors’ fiduciary duty in merger negotiations

McMillan LLP
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Canada, USA
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June 2 2009

In the last issue of In Brief, we noted some passages from the Supreme Court of Canada in the BCE case that directors owe a fiduciary duty to the corporation, and only to the corporation

Shareholder tactics and corporate governance: the Canadian difference

Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
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Canada, USA
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October 31 2007

Canada has long been a popular destination for American investors looking to gain foreign exposure for their portfolios, and for American companies setting up or acquiring a business in a stable market that is close to home

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Anti-inversion regulations severely limit substantial business activities exception, as illustrated with Canada

Major reforms enacted to stimulate public and private capital raising in the United States

Recent developments for the fourth quarter 2011

$1.26 billion damage award highlights gulf between Delaware and Canadian scrutiny of special committees

Directors’ fiduciary duty in merger negotiations

Shareholder tactics and corporate governance: the Canadian difference

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