In 2016, cybersecurity continued to grow as a primary business risk for companies worldwide. Data breaches continued to escalate both in number and magnitude and the landscape of legal and regulatory liability evolved and...more
2/10/2017
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Bitcoin ,
Breach Notification Rule ,
Canada ,
Class Action ,
Cyber Insurance ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Popular ,
Ransomware ,
Risk Assessment ,
Risk Management ,
Yahoo!
A much-anticipated decision of the U.S. Supreme Court, Halliburton Co. v. Erica P. John Fund, Inc. was released on June 23, 2014. While the Supreme Court upheld the "fraud on the market" presumption of reliance which has made...more
6/26/2014
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Class Certification ,
Fraud ,
Fraud-on-the-Market ,
Halliburton ,
Halliburton v Erica P. John Fund ,
Presumption of Reliance ,
Rule 10(b) ,
SCOTUS ,
Securities Exchange Act ,
Securities Fraud
On March 20, 2014, the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) published for public comment four new prospectus exemptions intended to facilitate capital raising while maintaining investor protection. The proposed exemptions...more
In its decision in Cytrynbaum v. Look Communications Inc. released July 4, 2013, the Ontario Court of Appeal affirmed a lower court ruling that "advancement" by the corporation to Look's former directors, for advance funding...more