by Barbara Hendrickson | Mar 13, 2017
On March 2, 2017, the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) issued a warning to Canadians about binary options fraud. The CSA had formed the Binary Options Task Force to raise awareness and protect Canadians from binary options scams. It has launched a new resource...
by Barbara Hendrickson | Mar 13, 2017
The Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) published a news release on March 8th, 2017 advising businesses that use distributed ledger technologies (“DLT”), such as blockchain, as part of their financial products or service offerings that they may be subject to Ontario...
by Barbara Hendrickson | Mar 12, 2017
On March 9th, 2017, the Canadian Securities Administrators (“CSA”) published CSA Staff Notice 51-348 Staff’s Review of Social Media Used by Reporting Issuers (“Staff Notice”). The Staff Notice summarizes the finding of the Alberta, Ontario and Québec securities...
by Barbara Hendrickson | Mar 7, 2017
On January 26th, 2017, the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) published in final form CSA Staff Notice 54-305, Meeting Vote Reconciliation Protocols (Protocols). Meeting vote reconciliation consists of the processes used to tabulate proxy votes for shares held...
by Barbara Hendrickson | Feb 7, 2017
Over the last 40 years the University of Calgary Law School has distinguished itself on the Canadian legal landscape as as a leader in innovative approaches to legal education and expertise on law and policy relating to Canada’s natural resources. Barbara Hendrickson...