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Termination rights in bought deal bid letters: Stetson Oil

  • Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • May 15 2013

In its recent decision in Stetson Oil & Gas Ltd v Stifel Nicolaus Canada Inc the Ontario Superior Court of Justice ruled that Stifel (formerly Thomas

You can’t always get what you want

  • McCarthy Tétrault LLP
  • -
  • Canada, USA
  • -
  • May 14 2013

The recent Delaware ruling in In Ancestry.com Inc. Shareholder Litigation provides a cautionary tale relating to a target company developing

Ignorance is not bliss: beware minimal due diligence

  • McCarthy Tétrault LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • May 6 2013

The Quebec Court of Appeal's decision in Francoeur v. 4417186 Canada Inc., 2013 QCCA 191, provides a cautionary tale on the dangers of entering into

SCC denies leave to appeal in break fee case

  • Thorsteinssons LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • May 6 2013

In Morguard Corporation v. The Queen, the Federal Court of Appeal (FCA) upheld a Tax Court decision that a "break fee" received by a parent company

Tower financing deduction denied by Tax Court of Canada: FLSMIDTH Ltd. v. The Queen

  • Dentons
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • January 13 2012

Taxpayers that have implemented crossborder tower financing structures and that have claimed a Canadian tax deduction for any U.S. taxes paid should revisit their structures carefully in light of the Tax Court of Canada’s recent decision in FLSMIDTH Ltd., v. The Queen (2012 TCC 3), which is the Court’s first decision concerning tower structures

Bought deal failure lessons learned from the Stetson Weisel decision

  • Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • March 26 2013

In mid-2008, Stetson Oil & Gas Ltd., a Calgary-based junior oil and gas exploration company that trades on the TSX Venture Exchange, hired underwriter

The BCE decisions

  • Norton Rose Canada LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • March 10 2008

On Friday, March 7, 2008, the Quebec Superior Court handed down five judgments approving BCE’s plan of arrangement for its privatization and dismissing all claims asserted by or on behalf of certain holders of Bell Canada debentures

Closely-held corporations and the valuation of voting shares

  • Dentons
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • June 26 2009

Ironically some welcome news relating to valuation principles for shareholders of many small closely-held corporations comes from the Supreme Court of Canada’s recently released reasons for its decision involving the then proposed $52 billion leveraged buy-out of publicly traded BCE Inc

Supreme Court of Canada declines invitation to address hostile take-over bid issues

  • Dentons
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • July 5 2012

Last April, the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) dismissed an application by Fibrek Inc. (Fibrek) for leave to appeal a decision of the Quebec Court of Appeal in connection with two take-over bids for Fibrek, one hostile and one friendly

The implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing: Delaware rocks on

  • McCarthy Tétrault LLP
  • -
  • Canada, USA
  • -
  • November 28 2011

Earlier this month, the Delaware Court of Chancery released its opinion in Winshall v. Viacom International, Inc