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Well-Known Seasoned Issuers Understanding the New Prospectus Regime
Thursday, January 29, 2026Eliane Leal da Silva, Michael C. DeCosimoSecurities LawNew Prospectus Regime , Seasoned Issuers
The Canadian Securities Administrators (“CSA”) have adopted amendments (the “Amendments”) to National Instrument 44-102 Shelf Distributions (“NI 44-102”), Companion Policy 44-102CP (“CP 44-102”), and National Policy 11-202 Process for Prospectus Reviews in Multiple Jurisdictions (“NP 11-202”) to establish a permanent expedited base shelf prospectus regime for eligible well-known seasoned issuers (“WKSIs”)...
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Directors and officers need to stay focused and diligent during COVID-19 health emergency
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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What Can Go Wrong when a Director is also the largest Shareholder
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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Responsive Market Regulation - Comments on 2017 OSC Paper
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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Securities Distributions Outside of Canada. A Summary of the OSC's Proposed Rule 72-503
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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