Canadian Securities Law

The CSA and IIROC are seeking to take a thoughtful approach to regulating crypto asset platforms, one that balances regulatory imperatives while fostering innovation and flexibility in the nascent crypto asset industry. Background On March 14, 2019, the... Read more

On January 24, 2019, Canada’s Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (OSFI) published the advisory Technology and Cyber Security Incident Reporting, which will be in force as of March 31, 2019. The advisory provides guidance to federally... Read more

Three Stikeman Elliott lawyers – Erik Richer La Flèche, Jennifer Honeyman and David Massé – recently authored two chapters in The Mining Law Review (7th ed.), of which Erik is also general editor. The chapters provide... Read more

Social media can help businesses appear open and accessible to customers and investors. However, as we discuss in the fourth and final post in our “New to the Board” series, too much openness can sometimes land public companies on the wrong... Read more

Cybersecurity is now well established as a focus for boards of directors worldwide. The pace of developments on the regulatory and litigation fronts in 2018 and early 2019 suggests that cyber-risk management will become an even more central preoccupation... Read more

Stikeman Elliott’s Alethea Au and Victoria Hale recently co-authored the Canadian contribution to Lexology Navigator’s “Outsourcing” content hub. Written in Q&A format, this publication provides an excellent overview... Read more

Four Stikeman Elliott lawyers – Alix d’Anglejan-Chatillon, Ramandeep Grewal, Éric Lévesque and Christian Vieira – recently authored the Canadian chapter of The Virtual Currency Regulation Review, published by Law Business... Read more

The OSC has established a burden reduction task force that indicates it will focus on enhancing competitiveness for market participants by reducing their regulatory burden. The OSC recently published OSC Staff Notice 11-784 - Burden Reduction (the “OSC... Read more

On December 13, 2018, the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) issued a Notice of Arrangement Regarding the Access, Collection, Storage and Use of Derivatives Data with the securities authorities of five of Canada’s less populous jurisdictions: Newfoundland... Read more