The concept of Federal Securities Regulation in Canada is perennial. It keeps on coming back, most recently via a reference to the Supreme Court of Canada. Pundits will talk, industry insiders will cross their fingers…
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In the spirit of increased collegiality and collaboration within the Canadian legal blogging community, LawisCool.com and TheCourt.ca have set aside their heated rivalry to bring you their first ever joint posting. What follows is a…
On Oct 22 an anonymous Law is Cool contributor posted a comment about the Federal Government’s intention to submit a reference to the SCC about whether a federal securities regulator is intra vires the Constitution.  …
Ottawa to seek top court ruling on single securities regulator Unlike the US, Canada doesn’t have a national securities regulator. Canadian constitution is somewhat equivocal in its division of powers between provinces and Ottawa. It…
What’s in it for RIM? Patents. Currently RIM pays millions of dollars for patents to use in their blackberry devices. However, RIM would save some big figures with the purchase of Nortel’s patents, because the…
JLL drops Patheon bid, freezes out new suitor Step asside BCE and Peoples, make way for Patheon v. JLL! I must begin by declaring my personal involvement: I own a modest block of Patheon shares…
First posted on Commercial Law international on July 1, 2009. The question that faces Australian securities regulators is what to do about two or more Chinese state owned enterprises together owing substantial shareholdings in an…
I was surprised to see in numerous newspaper (here, here, etc.) that a Swedish firm called Global Gaming Factory signed an agreement to buy the Pirate Bay. For those unaware, the Pirate Bay, also based…
First posted on Commercial Law International on June 17, 2009. McKenna v. Gammon Gold Inc. This is case that has the potential to redefine the very cozy relationship law firms have with their banker clients….
First posted on Commercial Law International on Jun 5, 2009. In Canada an Ontario Superior Court of Justice ruling (McKenna v. Gammon Gold Inc.) has the potential to go viral like the latest YouTube sensation…
American investor and philanthropist Warren Buffet calls credit-related derivatives a financial weapon of mass destruction, and he claims they just went off. Prof. Jesse Fried of Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California, Berkeley,…
Time to Unify Is it time to call for a unified body to regulate Canadian securities? Currently Canada is the only major, developed economy without a centralized, national body regulating securities. Instead it’s fragmented, with…
