securities

Has the OSC’s “special treatment” by appeal courts come to an end?

Kenneth A. Dekker
Affleck Greene McMurtry LLP September 17th, 2020

Appeals are usually an uphill battle for the party that loses at trial, but for more than two decades the hill has been even steeper for losing parties before the ... [more] Full article

Superior Court refuses to certify $100 million auditor’s negligence class action

Kenneth A. Dekker
Affleck Greene McMurtry LLP May 8th, 2020

In a decision released early this year, Mr. Justice Paul Perell of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice refused to certify a proposed $100 million class action against the former ... [more] Full article

Can an opinion be a misrepresentation? It depends on what you include in it. How misrepresentations made in opinions are treated under s. 138.3 of the Securities Act.

Karen Bernofsky
Affleck Greene McMurtry LLP October 16th, 2019

In a decision released on October 9, 2019 in DALI Local 675 Pension Fund (Trustees) v. Barrick Gold, 2019 ONSC 4160 (“DALI”) Justice Belobaba of the Ontario Superior Court considered ... [more] Full article

Foreign Online Trading Platforms Pay Steep Fines to OSC

Meredith Hayward
Affleck Greene McMurtry LLP September 27th, 2019

The Ontario Securities Commission recently approved settlement agreements with two online trading platforms that were alleged to have contravened Ontario securities laws by engaging in unregistered selling of derivatives and ... [more] Full article