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Contaminated land: commercial, regulatory and insolvency considerations

  • Miller Thomson LLP
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  • Canada
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  • February 14 2013

For some, environmental liability is akin to a game of hot potato. In other words, no one wants to be the one left holding the potato when the music

Supreme Court balances insolvency and environmental protection regimes

  • Heenan Blaikie LLP
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  • Canada
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  • January 25 2013

The Supreme Court of Canada recently considered the difficult intersection of Canada's federal insolvency regime with provincial environmental

Canada’s Supreme Court decides that environmental orders can be compromised in insolvency proceedings

  • Torys LLP
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  • Canada
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  • December 18 2012

A ruling on December 7, 2012, by the Supreme Court of Canada has determined that orders made under provincial environmental protection legislation can be compromised as part of insolvency proceedings

Newfoundland and Labrador v. Abitibibowater Inc., 2012 SCC 67 (the “Abitibi case”): clean-up orders and the CCAA

  • Dentons
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  • Canada
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  • December 18 2012

The Supreme Court of Canada (the “SCC”) recently released an important decision relating to how provincial clean up orders against corporations may be treated when that corporation enters creditor protection proceedings

Supreme Court of Canada issues landmark ruling on treatment of environmental claims in corporate restructurings

  • Stikeman Elliott LLP
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  • Canada
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  • December 13 2012

On December 7, 2012, the Supreme Court of Canada issued its ruling in Newfoundland and Labrador v. AbitibiBowater Inc., 2012 SCC 67 and in so doing, closed an important chapter in the successful cross-border restructuring of AbitibiBowater Inc. - now Resolute Forest Products - under the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act (the "CCAA") and Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code

Environmental liability in a CCAA proceeding

  • Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
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  • Canada
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  • December 13 2012

In Newfoundland and Labrador v. AbitibiBowater Inc., 2012 SCC 67, the Supreme Court of Canada was called upon to consider whether orders issued by a

Supreme Court holds that environmental clean-up orders may be compromised under the CCAA, depending on the facts

  • Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP
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  • Canada
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  • December 12 2012

After reserving judgment for more than a year, the Supreme Court of Canada (“SCC”) has released its decision in the matter of Her Majesty the Queen in Right of the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador v. AbitibiBowater Inc., et al

When can environmental regulatory orders be compromised claims under the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act? Supreme Court of Canada provides clarification

  • Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
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  • Canada
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  • December 11 2012

In its decision released on December 7, 2012, the Supreme Court of Canada held that claims in respect of provincial environmental clean-up orders can be compromised under the federal Companies Creditors’ Arrangement Act (CCAA

Update on DIP financing and priority charges

  • Blake Cassels & Graydon LLP
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  • Canada
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  • December 6 2012

On June 5, 2012, the Supreme Court of Canada heard the appeal from the Court of Appeal for Ontario’s decision in Re Indalex

Superior Court stays remediation orders because of creditor proceedings

  • Torys LLP
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  • Canada
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  • April 2 2012

On March 9, 2012, the Ontario Superior Court decided several motions regarding five Ontario properties formerly owned by Nortel Networks Corporation, including one property in which Nortel retained a partial interest