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McMillan LLP
The British Columbia Supreme Court's decision in Cordy Environmental Inc v Obsidian Energy Ltd ("Cordy Environmental") opens the door for contractors to pursue former owners and operators...
Bennett Jones LLP
This week's highly anticipated decision of the Alberta Court of Appeal in Qualex-Landmark Towers Inc v 12-10 Capital Corp, 2024 ABCA 115 [Qualex]...
Torys LLP
While ESG-type metrics continue to form part of fund sponsor and institutional investor decision-making criteria, we think appetite is decreasing for any actual...
Alberta Court Of Appeal Confirms Scope & Application Of Redwater Outside Of Formal Bankruptcy Regime
MLT Aikins LLP
In a landmark decision, the Alberta Court of Appeal (the Court) clarified the non-applicability of Redwater‘s environmental contamination principles to disputes between landowners outside insolvency proceedings.
Fasken
Recently, the BC Supreme Court issued its decision in R v Mossman, 2024 BCSC 443. The case involved two appeals from summary convictions...
Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
Montréal-based Deep Sky is making big moves to address the climate crisis and attracting significant investment as it works to develop infrastructure in Canada to capture carbon...
Alexander Holburn Beaudin + Lang LLP
The Canadian Sustainability Standards Board ("CSSB") released proposed Canadian sustainability disclosure standards (the "CSSB Standards") on March 13, 2024.
MLT Aikins LLP
The move to low carbon technology and technological developments is spurring global demand for critical minerals – leading to predictions of long-term shortages of minerals that are essential components for clean energy and other green technologies.
McCarthy Tétrault LLP
On November 21, 2023, the 2023 Fall Economic Statement (Fall Economic Statement) was tabled in the House of Commons. The Fall Economic Statement can be found here.
McCarthy Tétrault LLP
On November 30, 2023, Bill C-59 received first reading in the House of Commons and the Department of Finance released detailed Explanatory Notes.
Torys LLP
Private power purchase agreements (PPAs) not only provide buyers with an opportunity to acquire environmental attributes, such as emissions offsets and renewable energy certificates...
Environmental Obligations: Directors And Officers, You May Have More Responsibilities Than You Think
Lavery
In general, the directors and officers of a legal person have obligations and responsibilities relating to the legal person's activities.
Miller Thomson LLP
The Government of Ontario recently proposed modifications to the Environmental Assessment Act[1] (the "EAA") through Bill 162, Get It Done Act, 2024 aimed at making it faster and easier...
Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
On March 13, the Canadian Sustainability Standards Board (CSSB) released Canadian Sustainability Disclosure Standards (CSDS) for public consultation.
Thompson Dorfman Sweatman LLP
On January 18, 2024, the Governments of Canada and Manitoba, Indigenous nations, and the Seal River Watershed Alliance signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)...
Gowling WLG
This video explores several significant Canadian expropriation cases from 2023, highlighting important issues and practical takeaways for parties involved in the expropriation process.
Bennett Jones LLP
The ability to extend a limitation period for an environmental claim is subject to considerable judicial discretion, the Court of Appeal of Alberta recently held in Paramount Resources...
Rogers Partners LLP
In February 2024, Peter Routledge, head of the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (OSFI), spoke at the 2024 CatIQ Canadian Catastrophe Conference.
Worldwide
Gowling WLG
In a landmark move, the United States Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") introduced groundbreaking Climate Disclosure Rules (the "US Rules") on March 6, 2024...
McCarthy Tétrault LLP
A recent decision of the Federal Court of Australia involving Vanguard Investments Australia ("Vanguard") highlights some of the legal risks associated with marketing environmental...
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