Overview
In September 2025, the Ontario Capital Markets Tribunal (the Tribunal) approved the settlement between the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) and Huy Le (Alvin) Huynh (Huynh) and his spouse Thi Anh Nguyet (Nancy) Pham (
The recent unanimous Quebec Court of Appeal’s decision in Salko c. Financière Banque Nationale inc.[1] is the first appellate court decision addressing the scope of the exemptions from the application of the CPA set out at section 6a) of
On September 26, 2025, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) reinstated its 2019 policy of simultaneously considering offers to settle enforcement actions and requests for waivers of collateral consequences of those actions, reversing a 2021 shift that had
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)
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
In Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF) c. Gauthier,[1] Quebec’s Financial Markets Administrative Tribunal (TMF) ruled that Philippe Gauthier (Gauthier) and Frédéric Racine (Racine) committed insider trading violations on the basis
On April 5, 2024, in the case of the SEC v. Panuwat (Panuwat),[1] the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) convinced a jury for the very first time of its “shadow trading” doctrine, according to
On February 2, 2024, the Quebec Court of Appeal issued its unanimous decision reducing the fair value of the Fibrek shares by 20% and emphasizing the importance of market prices in determining fair value.
Overview of the main facts discussed