Companies do not have to disclose merger negotiations as a material change until there is sufficient likelihood that the deal will close, the Ontario Securities Commission held recently in Re AiT Advanced Information Technologies Corp. [more] Full article

Contributors: Michael Osborne , Jennifer Cantwell, Sandra Monardo, Michelle Booth, Sonny Ingram, Hooman Zardarzadeh TOP STORIES Ice storm Ice supplier Arctic Glacier Inc. tried to crush its fledgling competitor, Polar Ice Express Inc. by unlawfully interfering with its economic relations, an Alberta court found... [more] Full article

CONTRIBUTORS: KEN DEKKER, MICHAEL OSBORNE, MICHAEL BINETTI,ADAM WYGODNY,AND HOOMAN ZARGARZADEH CANADA’S TOP COURT DISMISSES SHAREHOLDER CLASS ACTION AGAINST DANIER LEATHER In October, Canada’s Supreme Court upheld the Ontario Court of ... [more] Full article

The comfort provided by a surety bond can be lost easily if one does not cross one’s T’s and dot one’s I’s. However, by being aware of the defences most often raised by sureties you can chart a course that reduces the likelihood that the surety bond ends up as nothing more than a souvenir of a construction project gone wrong. [more] Full article