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Pensions Newsletter – December 2017

December 19, 2017

Welcome to the 20th issue of the Blakes Pensions Newsletter. This newsletter provides a summary of recent jurisprudential developments that affect pensions and benefits and is not intended to be legal advice. For additional information or to discuss how any aspect of these developments may affect you, please contact a member of the Blakes Pensions, Benefits & Executive Compensation group….

Posted in: Pensions, Benefits & Executive Compensation

2017 Developments in Canadian Insolvency Case Law: What Lenders Need to Know

December 6, 2017

In 2017, a number of insolvency cases were litigated, in various provinces across Canada, which may materially affect the realization and recovery rights of commercial lenders in restructuring and insolvency proceedings. This article summarizes the core issue of importance to lenders in each of these cases and provides an update on their appeal status.

Posted by:

Linc Rogers, Caitlin McIntyre and Ilia Kravtsov

Posted in: Financial Services, Restructuring & Insolvency

Corporate and Financial Crimes Series, #1: Criminal Law 101

December 5, 2017

This is the first instalment in a six-part series on corporate and financial crimes, which outlines basic principles of criminal and quasi-criminal law that may arise in the running of a business. This instalment discusses important aspects of the Criminal Code for Canadian organizations.

Posted by:

Iris Fischer and Max Shapiro

Posted in: Business Crimes Investigations & Compliance, In-House Counsel, United States

New Study Shows Progress for Women GCs on Boards

November 6, 2017

An update to Blakes groundbreaking study on women general counsel (GCs) on boards was published this week. Blakes Interim Board Report 2017: Opportunities for Women General Counsel provides a progress report following the original study’s publication in May. The updated study shows an increase in both the number of positions on boards of publicly listed companies and the number of…

Posted in: In-House Counsel, Leadership, Women

Cross-Border Incentive Plans: One Size Does Not Fit All

October 26, 2017

To recruit and retain highly skilled and experienced executives, companies must offer innovative and attractive compensation packages. Variable compensation is an increasingly important element of overall remuneration as businesses seek to link remuneration to performance over both the short and long term.

Posted by:

Lindsay McLeod and Holly Reid

Posted in: Employment & Labour, In-House Counsel, Tax, United States

Protecting Cannabis Strains in Canada: A Growing Concern

October 26, 2017

Entrepreneurs and investors are quickly seeking to capitalize on what has been coined the “Green Rush” to the cannabis market. Those who finance, develop, produce and sell cannabis or cannabis derivatives should be cognizant of the intellectual property rights that are available in such products, as well as the risks of violating the rights of others. Plant breeders’ rights (PBRs),…

Posted by:

Stephanie Curcio

Posted in: Cannabis, In-House Counsel, Intellectual Property, United States

Pensions Newsletter – October 2017

October 20, 2017

Welcome to the 19th issue of the Blakes Pensions Newsletter. This newsletter provides a summary of recent jurisprudential developments that affect pensions and benefits and is not intended to be legal advice. For additional information or to discuss how any aspect of these developments may affect you, please contact a member of the Blakes Pensions, Benefits & Executive Compensation group….

Posted in: Pensions, Benefits & Executive Compensation

Retail Insolvencies in Canada Series

October 17, 2017

Our Retail Insolvencies in Canada Series examines large retail insolvencies from the perspective of various stakeholders. It focuses on Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act (Canada) (CCAA) proceedings, with reference to alternate insolvency proceedings where applicable. The CCAA is the principal statute for the reorganization or sale of large corporate debtors in Canada and the functional equivalent to Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy…

Posted in: Restructuring & Insolvency

IoT: Minimizing Your Privacy and Security Risks in an Interconnected World

October 12, 2017

Your printer. The water cooler. The thermostat. What do these things have in common? All of them can be connected to the Internet of Things (IoT). The IoT continued its meteoric rise in 2017 with a vast array of everyday devices joining networks around the world. Technology research company Gartner Inc. predicts there will be over 20 billion devices on…

Posted by:

Wendy Mee and Kristin Ali

Posted in: Cybersecurity, Privacy, Technology

Retail Insolvencies in Canada Series, #2: Supplier Perspectives

October 6, 2017

This is the second instalment in a series examining large retail insolvencies in Canada from the perspective of various stakeholders. This article discusses retail insolvencies from the perspective of third-party inventory suppliers and service providers, and follows the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act (Canada) (CCAA) filing of Toys “R” Us (Canada) Ltd. (Toys Canada), a leading toy and baby products retailer. The…

Posted by:

Linc Rogers and Aryo Shalviri

Posted in: Restructuring & Insolvency