In a recent case, Bricklayers Pension Fund of Western Pennsylvania (derivatively on behalf of Centene Corporation) v Brinkley (Centene), Delaware's Court of Chancery dismissed “Caremark duty claims”—named after the 1996 case...more
Courts Now Have More Discretion Regarding Plans of Arrangement Under Alberta's Amended Business Corporations Act -
As discussed in our previous insight, Additional Changes to Alberta's Business Corporations Act Now in...more
In recent years, there has been a distinct increase in climate-related shareholder activism with shareholder proposals and other initiatives on climate-related topics becoming prominent world-wide. On May 12, 2022,...more
The Alberta Government's Business Corporations Amendment Act, 2021 (formerly Bill 84), which we wrote on in our previous insight Additional Changes Coming to Alberta's Business Corporations Act, was proclaimed into force on...more
In 2021, the Government of Canada proposed regulations that would change the director election process for certain corporations established under the Canada Business Corporations Act (CBCA). For more information with respect...more
On December 2, 2021, the Alberta Government's Bill 84: Business Corporations Amendment Act, 2021 (Bill 84) received Royal Assent. The amendments to the Business Corporations Act (Alberta) (ABCA) contemplated by Bill 84 (which...more
The federal government has introduced proposed regulations that would, among other things, change the director election process for certain corporations established under the Canada Business Corporations Act (CBCA). The...more
On April 7, 2021, the Government of Canada published Diversity of Boards of Directors and Senior Management of Federal Distributing Corporations. The report is the first report on the effect of the government's efforts to...more
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