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Ontario Small Claims Court Limit Raised to $25,000
Effective as of January 1, 2010, the upper limit on claims brought before the Ontario Small Claims Court was raised from $10,000 to $25,000. This change will almost certainly increase the overall...
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A Caution for CPCs Looking at Foreign Targets
Here is a copy of my latest posting at LWConnect, the LaBarge Weinstein LLP Blog: A word of warning to any Capital Pool Companies considering the acquisition of a company or assets located outside of...
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Roundup of Most Read CBLB Posts
I was reviewing the stats for this blog recently and thought it would be neat to list the top 10 most popular posts to date: 10. Update on the Ontario Emerging Technologies Fund (October 13, 2009) 9....
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Notice and Access Comes to Canada
Here is my latest post from the LW Connect Blog: Amendments to Canada’s securities laws come into effect in February introducing a process referred to as “Notice and Access” for public company...
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Common Mistakes for New Public Companies
Here is a link to a recent article in the Financial Post (http://business.financialpost.com/2013/02/19/just-done-an-ipo-here-are-some-common-mistakes-to-avoid/) which comes from the Ontario Securities...
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Some Important Pricing Policy Changes at the TSX Venture Exchange
In the first week of August the TSX Venture Exchange announced some important changes to its policies around pricing of certain securities. The changes are summarized by the TSXV as follows. Minimum...
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TSX Venture Exchange Rescinds “Founder Share Restrictions”
Since 2007 and 2008 the TSX Venture Exchange has had restrictions regarding the number of “founder shares” that could be outstanding after any new listing such as an IPO, reverse takeover or Capital...
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Crowd funding in Ontario’s future
In December 2012 the Ontario Securities Commission published a Staff Consultation Paper seeking comments on a number of potential new prospectus exemptions. One of the potential exemptions that...
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Saskatchewan Proposes Its Own Crowdfunding Prospectus Exemption
The Saskatchewan Financial and Consumer Affairs Authority (FACC) has announced a detailed equity crowdfunding proposal. This follows an update by the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) in August...
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The Ins and Outs of Granting Equity to Your Tech Startup All Star Team
This great article by my law partner James Smith is worth checking out if you are considering using equity grants to members of your tech startup team (hint: you should be):...
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