Thursday, April 16, 2020Arlene O'Neill, Kathleen SkerrettCorporate Law, Business Law, Securities Law, Tax LawDirectors and Officers Liability, Directors and Officers Insurance Coverage, HST

With the COVID-19 health emergency continuing for a least another month in Ontario and non-essential businesses remaining closed, directors and officers must continue to remain focused of their duties and to protect the companies they serve as a director or officer and themselves from potential liability.

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Monday, October 2, 2017Kathleen SkerrettCorporate Law, Securities Law

One of the things I have enjoyed most about practising law is the wonderful and unusual fact situations that can arise. Having now practised for 20 years, I can recollect a number of situations that would involve some version of “I can’t believe that actually happened”. Earlier this year I had another. We acted as counsel for a public company...

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Monday, July 31, 2017Heather ZordelCorporate Law, Securities Law, Securities Regulation, Capital MarketsOntario Securities Commission, Education

In a world where money flows rapidly between established markets and a growing number of innovative markets in multiple jurisdictions, it is an increasing challenge for regulators to “keep up” with...

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Tuesday, July 26, 2016Kathleen Skerrett, Heather ZordelCapital Markets, Business Law, Securities Law, LitigationOntario Securities Commission, Rule 72-503

The line designating when the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) will regulate a distribution of securities is being redrawn. The current “rule”, Interpretation Note 1 Distributions of Securities Outside Ontario under a repealed OSC Policy 1.5 (OSC Interpretation Note 1.5) has...

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