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Appointment to the OSC Small and Medium Enterprises Committee

The Ontario Securities Commission announced today that it has appointed Barbara to its Small and Medium Enterprises Committee (SMEC).The purpose of SMEC is to advise OSC staff on matters related to small and medium enterprises (SMEs), including the challenges they face in operating their businesses…

University of Toronto – Arbor Award

University of Toronto – Arbor Award June 27th, 2014The University of Toronto has selected the Environmental Finance Advisory Committee of which Barbara Hendrickson is a long time member for the prestigious  2014 Arbor Award.  The Arbor Awards were created in 1989 to recognize volunteers for…

Crowdfunding – New Developments June 2014

By Barbara HendricksonOn March 20, 2014, the securities commissions of Quebec, Saskatchewan, New Brunswick, Manitoba and Nova Scotia (“participating jurisdictions”) published for comment:proposed Multilateral Instrument  45-108 and CP “Crowdfunding” (“crowdfunding exemption”); anda separate prospectus and registration exemption for “start-up companies” published under local blanket rulings…

Canadian Bar Association Newsletter Message from the Chair

By Barbara HendricksonThe current traditional partnership structures for law firms have been in place for hundreds of years and are enshrined in legislation. Currently the legal profession and our regulators are examining alternative business structures including ones where non-lawyers can be owners of law firms….

Crowd Funding – New Developments

On March 20, 2014, the Autorité des marchés financiers, the Financial and Consumer Affairs Authority of Saskatchewan, Financial and Consumer Services Commission of New Brunswick, the Manitoba Securities Commission and the Nova Scotia Securities Commission (“Participating Jurisdictions”) published for a 90-day comment period:the “integrated prospectus…