Win For Ford Nation: Court Finds City Had No Authority To Impose Financial Penalty

Michael Binetti
Affleck Greene McMurtry LLP January 25th, 2013

The Ontario Divisional Court set aside the decision of the Superior Court of Justice that removed Toronto Mayor Rob Ford from office for allegedly breaching the provincial Municipal Conflict of Interest Act. The Act bars all municipal politicians from speaking, voting, or participating in any way in matters in which they had a “pecuniary interest,” which has been interpreted by the courts to mean a financial or economic interest. In this case, Mayor Ford had been ordered to repay donations of $3,150 made by lobbyists to his football foundation on the basis that lobbyists should not have given money to [...] Full article

CRTC cannot make cablecos pay for local TV signals, SCC says

W. Michael G. Osborne
Affleck Greene McMurtry LLP December 14th, 2012

Cable and satellite television companies won an important victory when the Supreme Court of Canada ruled on December 13, 2012, that the CRTC has no jurisdiction to force them to [...] Full article

Osborne comments on Etobicoke Centre election case for SUN TV’s Daily Brief

July 20th, 2012

Michael Osborne summarized both sides of the argument in the Etobicoke Centre election case that was recently heard by the Supreme Court for Sun TV’s Daily Brief. Full article

Maple Approval Leaves Canada with Regulated Monopoly Stock Exchange

W. Michael G. Osborne
Affleck Greene McMurtry LLP July 5th, 2012

In a surprise move, the Competition Bureau cleared the Maple Group's bid to acquire TMX Group, Alpha Group, and Canadian Depository Services on July 4, 2012. On the same day, the OSC issued a recognition order regulating the Maple Group. These approvals leave Canada with one stock exchange that will operate as a regulated monopoly. Full article