After slumping last year due largely to rising interest rates, mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in the technology sector are expected to recover in 2024.
Interest rates are anticipated to decline this … Read More
British Columbia, Alberta, Manitoba, Ontario, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island as well as Saskatchewan’s proposed franchise disclosure legislation (discussed in our recent blog) impose the statutory duty of fair dealing … Read More
As we discussed in a recent article, franchisees sometimes have access to powerful potential remedies against franchisor corporations in cases of franchise disclosure issues.
The purpose of this article is to … Read More
In this article, we highlight the importance of the obligation under Canadian franchise law to disclose all material facts and all material changes.
Franchisors are required by law to disclose certain … Read More
On November 9, 2023, the Government of Saskatchewan introduced Bill 149, The Franchise Disclosure Act. For a general overview of what is proposed for The Franchise Disclosure Act, please see … Read More
In this article, we highlight and discuss some of the noteworthy decisions in the Canadian franchise law sphere over this past year.
With the range of subject matter and highly fact-specific … Read More
On May 12, 2023, Canada acceded to the Convention of 5 October 1961 Abolishing the Requirement of Legalisation for Foreign Public Documents (the Apostille Convention).
Through this accession, Canada has joined … Read More
Corporations Canada has announced that starting January 22, 2024, all federal corporations under the Canada Business Corporations Act (CBCA) will be required to file information on individuals with significant control … Read More
With a regime that came into force in May 2022, British Columbia became the fourth province to regulate high-cost credit products. Under this regulatory regime, anyone who offers high-cost credit … Read More
This article was prepared with the assistance of summer law students Riley Cockwill and Jake Tesarowski.
A recent decision from the Court of King’s Bench for Saskatchewan (“the Court”) may lead … Read More
