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Legal Alert/Article March 19, 2013, previously published on March 14, 2013 The media is full of the story of a couple from Wales who were fired from their jobs after the husband helped save children from a shark attack.
| | Securities Regulators Propose New Rules for Shareholder Rights Plans
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Legal Alert/Article March 18, 2013, previously published on March 14, 2013 The Canadian Securities Administrators (the "CSA") have published a request for comments on a proposal to change the way that Shareholder Rights Plans are regulated (the "Proposed Rule"). The Proposed Rule will shift the balance of power in a hostile bid in a meaningful way from...
| | Proposed Changes to Early Warning Reporting System Address Market Transparency and Shareholder Activism in Canada
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Legal Alert/Article March 18, 2013, previously published on March 15, 2013 Under Canada’s early warning reporting (EWR) system, investors holding 10% or more of a public company’s voting securities must publicly report their ownership levels, the purpose of the transaction and any future intention to accumulate more securities. Eligible institutional investors...
| | The Second Opinion: Can Inaction Equal Acceptance? The Ontario Court of Appeal Clarifies the Principles of Contractual Repudiation
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Legal Alert/Article March 13, 2013, previously published on March 13, 2013 Does silence and inaction in the face of a contractual breach constitute acceptance of the contractual repudiation? This is the issue which confronted the Ontario Court of Appeal in its recent decision in Brown v. Belleville (City).
| | Ontario Government Introduces Leaves for Caregivers
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Legal Alert/Article March 12, 2013, previously published on March 11, 2013 On March 5, 2013, new Ontario Labour Minister Yasir Naqvi introduced Bill 21, the Employment Standards Amendment Act (Leaves to Help Families), 2013 (Bill 21). If passed, Bill 21 would create three new unpaid leaves of absence under the Employment Standards Act, 2000 (ESA): Family Caregiver Leave,...
| | The Second Opinion: BCCA Finds Limited Partners Not Purchasers of Property Sold to Limited Partnership
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Legal Alert/Article March 11, 2013, previously published on February 27, 2013 When a limited partner sells property to the limited partnership, is the limited partner itself a purchaser of that property, or is the only purchaser the general partner on behalf of the limited partnership? That is the question which the British Columbia Court of Appeal recently addressed in...
| | The Second Opinion: The UK Supreme Court Addresses a Host of Conflict of Laws Issues
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Legal Alert/Article March 11, 2013, previously published on March 1, 2013 What law should a Court apply when determining whether to pierce the corporate veil of a foreign corporation? How much deference should an appellate Court give to a lower Court’s findings regarding the appropriate jurisdiction to adjudicate a case? What law applies to transnational tortious...
| | Ontario Court of Appeal Rules “Sometimes a Swimming Pool Is Just a Swimming Pool”
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Legal Alert/Article March 11, 2013, previously published on March 6, 2013 The Ontario Court of Appeal recently released its decision in Blue Mountain Resorts Limited v. Ontario (Labour), 2013 ONCA 75, overturning a Divisional Court decision (2011 ONSC 3057) on the duties of employers and contractors under the Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA) to report a death or...
| | OfficeMax and Office Depot Merger of Equals - Who Will Sit Behind the CEO’s Desk?
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Legal Alert/Article March 11, 2013, previously published on February 28, 2013 One of the more interesting governance issues in any merger of equals transaction is determining which Chief Executive Officer will take the helm of the combined company. OfficeMax and Office Depot announced the signing of a definitive merger agreement on February 20, 2013 under which the two...
| | Quebec Court of Appeal Confirms the Decision to Deny Certification of a Drug Related Class Action
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Legal Alert/Article March 11, 2013, previously published on March 4, 2013 Different times call for different measures, and the jurisprudence governing Quebec class actions is no exception to this rule. While 2011 and the beginning of 2012 brought waves of decisions in favour of certification, the end of 2012 seemed to bring more circumspection.
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