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OSC’s Regulatory Burden Reduction Proposals - Potential Benefits to Investment Funds and Registrants
Canada - December 2 2019 On November 19, 2019, the Ontario Securities Commission released Reducing Regulatory Burden in Ontario’s Capital Markets (the Report). The Report…
Bankrupt Tenants and Landlords' Rights to Draw Upon a Letter of Credit Obtained as Security
Canada - November 29 2019 When a commercial tenant goes bankrupt, the respective rights of landlords and trustees can be complex to sort out. Yet, as illustrated by recent…
Checking in on Quadriga - Update on Two Recent Court Decisions
Canada - November 20 2019 QuadrigaCX ("Quadriga") is an online cryptocurrency exchange that has become a familiar name across two forums unlikely to share things in common:…
BC Securities Commission receives new powers to investigate investment fraud
Canada - November 19 2019 On October 21, 2019, British Columbia introduced broad reforms by way of Bill 33, the Securities Amendment Act, 2019, which proposes to modify the…
Ontario Securities Commission Introduces Regulatory Burden Reduction Plan
Canada - November 19 2019 On November 19, 2019, the Ontario Securities Commission announced proposed regulatory changes resulting from its burden reduction task force. The…
IIROC Releases Bulletin on Limitation of Liability & Exclusionary Clauses
Canada - October 29 2019 On October 10, 2019, the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC) released Notice 19-0177 which outlined that certain…
MFDA Releases new Seniors & Vulnerable Clients Bulletin
Canada - October 28 2019 A TCP is a person that an advisor may call when he or she has reasonable concerns about a client's mental capacity. A TCP is not intended to be a…
Changes to Small Claims Court and the Rules of Simplified Procedure
Canada - October 25 2019 The Attorney General for Ontario has recently confirmed that the limit for claims proceeding in Small Claims Court will increase from $25,000 to $35…
Absent evidence of unconscionability or disproportionality, forbearance agreement upheld by Court of Appeal
Canada - October 24 2019 On October 10, 2019, the Ontario Court of Appeal released its decision in Del Hugh Terrelonge v CVC Ardellini Investments Inc. ("CVC"). The…
What is the scope of relationship to consider for an alleged transfer at undervalue?
Canada - October 21 2019 In Urbancorp Toronto Management Inc. (Re) ("Urbancorp"), the Ontario Court of Appeal confirmed that in determining whether to reverse an improvident…
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