When family relationships break down, the impact can extend well beyond personal matters, putting the future of a family enterprise at risk. I recently spoke with Patricia Hebert, a collaborative family lawyer, mediator and…
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/ Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), Business Organizations, Family Law
The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) has announced a pause to its work on developing new mandatory climate-related disclosures and amending diversity-related disclosure requirements, in light of recent significant shifts…
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/ Business Organizations, Environmental Law, Securities Law
The Ontario Superior Court of Justice recently released its decision in Project Freeway Inc. v ABC Technologies Inc. (2025 ONSC 1048), addressing whether certain post-closing transactions triggered the acceleration of an…
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/ Commercial Law & Contracts, Finance & Banking, Mergers & Acquisitions
The Ontario Court of Appeal’s recent decision in De Castro v Arista Homes Limited, 2025 ONCA 260 (De Castro) provides Ontario employers with yet another reminder about the importance of clear and concise drafting in employment…
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/ Civil Remedies, Commercial Law & Contracts, Labor & Employment Law
Canada Development Investment Corp. (CDEV) has announced the launch of the Large Enterprise Tariff Loan (LETL) facility, a new government-backed loan facility to support large Canadian enterprises affected by actual and…
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/ Commercial Law & Contracts, Finance & Banking, International Law & Trade
Against the current backdrop of global market uncertainty, on April 17, 2025, the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) announced new incremental measures aimed at reducing regulatory burden for reporting issuers,…
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/ Securities Law
On April 17, 2025, the Ontario government introduced Bill 5, called the Protect Ontario by Unleashing Our Economy Act, 2025 (Bill 5), an extensive legislative proposal aimed at accelerating resource development and reducing…
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/ Administrative Law, Energy & Utilities, International Law & Trade
Even amid the uncertainty of U.S. tariffs and a trade war, there was some positive PE activity in Canada in the first quarter of 2025. What lies ahead after President Trump announced his sweeping global tariff plans on April…
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/ Finance & Banking, International Law & Trade, Mergers & Acquisitions
In Ocean Pacific Hotels Ltd. v Lee, 2025 BCCA 57, the Court of Appeal for British Columbia confirmed that the duty of honest performance in contract does not extend to pre-contractual negotiations…
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/ Civil Remedies, Commercial Law & Contracts, Labor & Employment Law
Baker v Van Dolder’s Home Team Inc. (Baker) is the latest decision in Ontario to conclude that a termination provision permitting an employer to terminate, without cause, “at any time” is contrary to the Employment Standards…
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/ Commercial Law & Contracts, Labor & Employment Law
Businesses are increasingly defrauded through common scams known as business email compromise scams (BEC scams) for which they do not have insurance to cover the resulting losses. Fortunately, there are easy-to-implement…
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/ Business Torts, Finance & Banking, Science, Computers, & Technology
Asking the right questions within your organization is key to effectively managing cyber risk. Here are 10 questions that you should ask your team..…
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/ Commercial Law & Contracts, Privacy, Science, Computers, & Technology
The 2025-26 Quebec budget, released on March 25, 2025, includes important (and adverse) changes to the deductions and exemptions available under the Quebec flow-through share regime, removing many of the additional provincial…
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/ Taxation
On March 11, 2025, the US Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware issued an order under Chapter 15 of the US Bankruptcy Code recognizing and enforcing a restructuring plan under Mexican law that included nonconsensual…
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/ Bankruptcy, Finance & Banking, International Law & Trade
The Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) has published for comment proposed amendments to the TSX Company Manual (the Manual). The amendments are intended to support capital markets by..…
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/ Business Organizations, Finance & Banking, Securities Law
