securities regulation

Finkelstein v OSC: ONCA Considers Insider Trading & Tipping Provisions for the First Time

Alexandra Murray is currently a JD student at Osgoode Hall Law School. Prior to law school, she earned a degree in economics and worked in the mutual fund industry. Alexandra will be completing her articles at a firm in Toronto with an interest in corporate and securities law. On January 25th, the Ontario Court of […]

Prospects for Cooperation: The Reference Re Securities Act

The Supreme Court recently released its opinion on the federal government’s proposed Securities Act, deciding that the proposal is not a valid exercise of federal power under the general branch of the trade and commerce power (see Reference re Securities Act, 2011 SCC 66). Rather than rejecting the idea of a national securities regulator per […]