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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 SkerrettSecurities Law, Business Law, Corporate LawDirectors and Officers Liability, Directors and Officers Insurance Coverage, HST/GST
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 SkerrettSecurities Law, Corporate 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 ZordelCapital Markets, Securities Law, Corporate Law, Securities RegulationOntario 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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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
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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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
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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