On May 20, 2025, the Autorité des marchés financiers (the AMF)—Québec’s financial markets regulator—introduced its first Self-reporting and Cooperation Policy (the Policy).
The Policy is a positive advancement in fostering the self-disclosure of securities laws breaches. However, the
On April 16, 2025, the Québec Court of Appeal dismissed the appeal of Martin Dionne against HEXO Corp. and Sébastien St-Louis, its former Chief Executive Officer, affirming the Superior Court’s decision to deny authorization for a securities class action[1]
On April 9, 2025, in the case of Securities Exchange Commission v. Albert Saniger (Saniger),[1] the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) charged Alberto Saniger Mantinan, former CEO of Nate, Inc., a privately held technology
On January 29, 2025, the Financial Markets Administrative Tribunal (the TMF) found that Ms. Alteon Senat, a representative of a mutual fund dealer and representative in insurance of persons, breached multiple provisions of the Securities Act (the QSA)
On January 30, 2025, the Quebec Court of Appeal rendered its first ever decision addressing the exemption of business practices and contracts regarding transactions governed by the Québec Derivatives Act or Securities Act from the application of the Consumer Protection
A fraudulent scheme orchestrated over several years by one of the world’s largest carbon credits project developers raises major concerns about the integrity of corporate sustainability commitments while highlighting the importance of good corporate governance and timely self-disclosure.
Because Canadian
Corporations generally have an increasing burden to improve their social initiatives, environmental impact as well as accountability towards all third parties. Recently, the courts in Canada have rendered decisions that further increase the responsibilities of corporations in an area involving
Earlier this year, the Ontario Capital Markets Tribunal (the Tribunal), accepted a joint settlement agreement[1] submitted by Staff of the Ontario Securities Commission (Staff) and defendant Raymond Pomroy (Pomroy), who had been accused of
In the last year, Québec’s Financial Markets Administrative Tribunal (the TMF) has emphasized that crypto asset trading platforms must comply with all applicable securities and derivatives regulations. Otherwise, in accordance with the TMF’s mission to protect the public and