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Whistleblower Wins Big: Lessons from Canada’s first civil retaliation claim grounded in securities law

Canada - November 24 2025 How do you discipline an employee who reports alleged breaches of securities law? Not easily, according to McPherson v. Global Growth Assets Inc…

Budget 2025 proposes changes to qualified investment rules for registered plans such as RRSPs

Canada - November 6 2025 On November 4, 2025, Canada’s Minister of Finance and National Revenue, François-Philippe Champagne, tabled the Liberal Government’s Federal Budget…

Yes, You Can Be Sued in a Securities Class Action When a Public Correction Causes No Price Decline

Canada - September 29 2025 Ontario’s Court of Appeal has held in Terry Longair Professional Corporation v. Akumin Inc. that an issuer and other defendants can be sued even when…

The AMF’s New Self-Reporting Policy

Canada - July 28 2025 Introduction The Autorité des Marchés Financiers (the “AMF”) is the organization mandated by the Quebec government to act to ensure that the…

Can you be sued in a securities class action when the correction causes no price decline?

Canada - July 28 2025 The Ontario Superior Court’s securities class action leave decision in Longair v. Akumin Inc. et al. Addressed a rare issue: what happens if a public…

Dionne c. HEXO Corp.: When Proof is in the Pudding

Canada - July 7 2025 In Dionne c. HEXO Corp., the Quebec Court of Appeal continued a growing trend in which Canadian Courts appear increasingly willing to…

Ontario Capital Markets Tribunal rules that dealer registration is not required for a project-specific real estate LP capital raise

Canada - May 20 2025 The Ontario’s Capital Markets Tribunal’s (the “Tribunal”) recent decision in Go-To Developments Holdings Inc (Re), 2025 ONCMT…

CSA Blanket Orders and the Rise of Alternative Fundraising

Canada - May 6 2025 On April 17, 2025, the Canadian Securities Administrators (“CSA”) published a series of coordinated blanket orders (the “Blanket Orders”) in…

Open Season? Reviewing Recent Decision in Binance Class Action

Canada - April 14 2025 The recent Lochan v Binance Holdings Limited 2025 ONCA 221 decision from Ontario’s Court of Appeal highlights potential theor…

"Superior" drafting: Importance of precision in M&A agreements highlighted in busted deal litigation

Canada, USA - March 18 2025 A termination fee clause was intended to apply broadly, but the M&A agreement was drafted such that it only applied in na…