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This article first appeared in French on the blog of Conseiller.ca on October 28, 2015.

This past May 20, I drew attention to the decision of the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) in the Finkelstein case. To recap four investment advisors and a lawyer were found guilty of breaching Ontario’s Securities Act by engaging in illegal insider trading and disseminating privileged information regarding three reporting issuers.

On December 31, 2014 the amendments to Regulation 58-101 respecting Disclosure of Corporate Governance Practices (“Regulation 58-101”) were implemented. On September 28, 2015, the Canadian Securities Administrators published CSA Multilateral Staff Notice 58-307 – Staff Review of Women on Boards and in Executive Officer Positions (the “Notice”) which summarizes the findings and conclusions from the analysis of the information provided by more than 700 reporting issuers.

The Quebec Superior Court recently issued a provisional injunction to force a subcontractor that had unilaterally terminated its contract with the general contractor to return to the jobsite in order to continue performing its subcontract, the completion of which was crucial for the viability of a major multi-residential construction project.

This interview is only available in French.

On June 12, 2015, Bill 42 entitled An Act to group the Commission de l’équité salariale, the Commission des normes du travail and the Commission de la santé et de la sécurité du travail and to establish the Administrative Labour Tribunal (the “Act”) received royal assent. The Act was published in the Quebec Official Gazette this past September 16.

In Fers et métaux américains v. Picard, the Quebec Court of Appeal recognized that Norwich orders are indeed within the jurisdiction of Quebec courts. Civil law practitioners have taken notice and what was once a rarely sought remedy has become a powerful tool in information age litigation.