Misrepresentation in Accredited Investor Prospectus Exempt Offerings in Ontario
Part I – Mind the Angle Shooters The more dangerous malefactors are the men in high places who take a good property, overcapitalize it, appraise its value at many times what it is worth, use artful publicity and market methods to beguile the public into believing the stock is worth par or more, and foist...
Continue reading the post titled Misrepresentation in Accredited Investor Prospectus Exempt Offerings in OntarioFederal Carbon Tax Constitutional
Today, Ontario’s Court of Appeal found that the Federal Government’s Carbon scheme is constitutional, “regulatory in nature”, and “not a tax.” The Honourable Strathy, Chief Justice of Ontario, wrote that the Act[1] “is within Parliament’s jurisdiction to legislate in relation to matters of ‘national concern’ under the ‘Peace, Order, and good Government’ (‘POGG’) clause of...
Continue reading the post titled Federal Carbon Tax ConstitutionalVedanta Resources PLC v Lungowe, [2019] UKSC 20
Removing straitjackets, and widening the potential scope of parent company liability for a subsidiary’s actions Can the parent company of a multinational group owe a duty of care to a third party for the actions of a foreign operating subsidiary? There remains no definitive answer at the time of writing. However, the UK Supreme Court...
Continue reading the post titled Vedanta Resources PLC v Lungowe, [2019] UKSC 20Realtors, treat yourselves fairly
Note: An update to this post can be found here which discusses Bill 145 receiving Royal Assent, and the need for the provincial government to implement supporting regulations. Bill 145, Trust in Real Estate Services Act, 2019, represents a potential opportunity for realtors in Ontario to engage in tax planning strategies that were not previously...
Continue reading the post titled Realtors, treat yourselves fairlyFiling deadlines extended for patents, trademarks and industrial designs in response to COVID-19 – Update: Final extension
Note: This post has been updated to reflect additional notices issued by CIPO, mostly recently on August 5, 2020, each which further extended the previously announced extension. As Canada responds to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) has taken the drastic step of extending certain filing deadlines under the Patent Act, the...
Continue reading the post titled Filing deadlines extended for patents, trademarks and industrial designs in response to COVID-19 – Update: Final extensionImportant brownfield reforms
The Ontario government has today posted significant proposed changes to its brownfield regulation and standards. The complete package has been posted on the EBR and can be found at www.ontario.ca/brownfields under the “Protecting the Environment” link. Also attached is an unofficial consolidated version of what O. Reg. 153/04 would look like if the proposed amendments were adopted.
Continue reading the post titled Important brownfield reformsLafarge to appeal landmark decision
Lafarge announced today that it will seek leave to appeal to the Court of Appeal from the June 18 decision of the Divisional Court. (See https://www.siskinds.com/2008/06/19/lafarge-victory/). Lafarge points out that the court’s ruling would discourage alternative energy investments in Ontario, and could result in the approval process doubling the cost of the project. Lafarge had applied to...
Continue reading the post titled Lafarge to appeal landmark decisionPeter Dillon was recently named to the International Who’s Who of Franchise Lawyers 2011 and Who’s Who of Business Lawyers 2011.
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Continue reading the post titled Peter Dillon was recently named to the International Who’s Who of Franchise Lawyers 2011 and Who’s Who of Business Lawyers 2011.Regulatory tweak on export controls
The federal government has tweaked the regulations it uses, under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act (CEPA 1999), to control which polluting substances can be exported from Canada. The new rules reduce redundancy, and add in Canada’s obligations under the Stockholm Convention. The old Export Control List Notification Regulations (ECLNR), SOR/2000-108 have been repealed. In their place, the Export of Substances...
Continue reading the post titled Regulatory tweak on export controlsRecords of Site Condition – common problems
Records of Site Condition are the regulatory documents used in Ontario to confirm whether a potentially or actually contaminated site meets acceptable standards for a particular land-use, under the Environmental Protection Act and O.Reg. 153/04. The Ministry of Environment and Climate Change has issued a Records of Site Condition-Getting them right, a list of the most common...
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