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2012 was a watershed for shareholder activism in Canada. While the number of proxy contests has increased over the last decade, rarely have Canada’s largest companies been the target of activist activity, let alone the target of a successful activist campaign.

Amid the gains garnered by commerce through the invention of legal personalities wise institutions have striven to provide checks and balances to the self-interested exercise of power. In the evolution of our commercial law, a recurring and unifying theme is that power begets responsibility.

On December 7, 2012, Industry Canada released widely anticipated revisions to guidelines on the review of proposed investments by foreign state-owned enterprises under the Investment Canada Act.

In June, 2012 Canada's privacy regulators issued a joint document titled Cloud Computing for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises: Privacy Responsibilities and Considerations.

1258917 Ontario Inc. (417 Truck Centre) v. Daimler Truck Financial 2012; Chrysler Financial Service Canada Inc. v. Misner, 2012; CNH Capital Canada Ltd., v. Diamond 4 Holdings Ltd., 2012; KBA Canada Inc. v. 3S Printers Inc., 2012...

A great service has been done for the profession and our creditor clients by Associate Chief Justice Rooke of the Alberta Court of Queen's Bench in his 188 page analysis of the various types of arguments raised by these vexatious litigants.

Domain Name as Property

1. Bulk Sales Exemption Order for Securitization 2. The Double Dip and Flip and Fifteen Day PMSI Rule 3. Invoice was Demand Obligation for Limitations Act, 2002 4. Ontario Statute Barred Debt Can be Used for BIA Claim 5. Personal Exemption for $5,000 in Owned Vehicle

1. Bill 55 - Finding Minister’s Orders and Registrar’s Orders 2. Amending Bank Act Security Priority Rules

On November 25, 2011, the Canadian Securities Administrators published for comment proposed changes to the rules on the marketing of prospectus offerings (the proposed rules).