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16 Apr

Directors and officers need to stay focused and diligent during COVID-19 health emergency

Thursday, April 16, 2020Arlene O'Neill, Kathleen SkerrettSecurities Law, Business Law, Corporate LawDirectors and Officers Liability, Directors and Officers Insurance Coverage, HST/GST

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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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2 Oct

What Can Go Wrong when a Director is also the largest Shareholder

Monday, October 2, 2017Kathleen SkerrettSecurities Law, Corporate Law

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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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31 Jul

Responsive Market Regulation – Comments on 2017 OSC Paper

Monday, July 31, 2017Heather ZordelCapital Markets, Securities Law, Corporate Law, Securities RegulationOntario Securities Commission, Education

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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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18 Jul

Keep it Simple and Safe – Explaining the new-found popularity of the SAFE

Tuesday, July 18, 2017George TorySecurities Law, Business Law, Corporate LawIPO, Preferred Shares, Investor Agreements

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If it looks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it probably is a duck.  

Not for a SAFE.

In the case of a SAFE, or a ...

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26 Jul

Securities Distributions Outside of Canada. A Summary of the OSC's Proposed Rule 72-503

Tuesday, July 26, 2016Kathleen Skerrett, Heather ZordelLitigation, Capital Markets, Securities Law, Business LawOntario Securities Commission, Rule 72-503

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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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