Investors can sue companies if they do not immediately disclose material changes in operations: SCC
As part of an 8-1 decision giving the go-ahead to a shareholder to sue a mining company for failure to disclose information under the Ontario Securities Act, Justice Mahmud Jamal has ruled ‘care must therefore be taken in using dictionaries to give definitive meaning to terms that a legislature has intentionally left undefined.’
As part of an 8-1 decision giving the go-ahead to a shareholder to sue a mining company for failure to disclose information under the Ontario Securities Act, Justice Mahmud Jamal has ruled ‘care must therefore be taken in using dictionaries to give definitive meaning to terms that a legislature has intentionally left undefined.’

Friday, November 28, 2025 @ 3:55 PM

The Supreme Court has given the green light to a lawsuit against a mining company by one of its shareholders for failure to disclose information under Ontario’s Securities Act, saying companies have an obligation to make timely disclosure of material changes in their operations. ... [read more]

Court bars Binance to neutralizing class action through arbitration in Hong Kong

Friday, November 28, 2025 @ 5:01 PM

The Ontario Superior Court has issued a sweeping anti-suit injunction against cryptocurrency exchange Binance, holding that the company’s bid to initiate Hong Kong arbitration against class action plaintiffs amounts to an abusive collateral attack on prior rulings that its consumer arbitration clause was void as unconscionable and contrary to public policy. ... [read more]

Guilbeault resigns over federal–Alberta MoU enabling new bitumen pipeline

Friday, November 28, 2025 @ 2:43 PM

Federal languages minister and former environment minister Steven Guilbeault has resigned from the cabinet over his opposition to a memorandum of understanding (MOU)  between the federal government and Alberta which paves the way for a new bitumen pipeline to the B.C. coast. ... [read more]

Legal and labour stakeholders alarmed by new proposed labour relations regime

Friday, November 28, 2025 @ 1:24 PM

The Quebec government, under increasing fire for tabling controversial bills that expressly and intentionally rein in countervailing oversight, introduced a contentious legislative proposal that would markedly overhaul the labour relations regime by significantly handcuffing unions’ capacity to defend themselves and intercede in the public sphere, assert labour and legal experts. ... [read more]

Saskatchewan introduces legislation allowing people to sue feds for gun-ban compensation

Friday, November 28, 2025 @ 1:06 PM

Saskatchewan is proposing legislation that will give residents a way to take the federal government to court if they are shut out from being compensated for surrendering guns now deemed illegal to possess. ... [read more]