Who's driving the bus here?
A Toronto legal firm's breakup may help determine the roles of lawyers and clients in the age of class actions
Flaherty wades into Barrick's CIBC feud
Dustup threatens to delay ABCP restructuring
Trading
Insider trading probe targets classmates
Stan Grmovsek has made lucrative and timely investments on resource companies. In almost every case the trades were made in companies working with a U.S. law firm that employed his friend
Oil patch trusts jockey for position
As innovators in the sector adapt to Ottawa's constraints, their lawyers are adapting (and billing) right alongside
The judge in the ABCP hotseat
Judge Campbell's ruling could unravel $32-billion agreement, which requires all investors to forgo lawsuits
One little 'no' changes everything
Since 1985, there has not been a single deal rejected following an Investment Canada review; but, that run looks to be over
‘Honest services' key to Black, Skilling appeals
Several convictions based on statute, including three related to collapse of Enron, have been thrown out by higher courts
Firms balk at banks' immunity
Plan to challenge blanket immunity proposal that would release bankers and other parties from any potential legal claims
For BCE buyers, this U.S. signal is loud and clear
Clear Channel case shows banks have been so damaged by the credit crunch they are prepared to take loan talks to the brink
The mother of all blanket immunity deals
ABCP investors will be required to surrender rights to sue any party if they hope to get their money back
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Breaking the foreign investment taboo
For the first time, the federal government announced its willingness under the Investment Canada Act to block a foreign takeover of a Canadian business
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The Next New Thing Distressed M&A
Management-led sale of a financially distressed companies will replace the traditional debt restructuring plan as the deal structure of choice
Bar Talk
Keeping mum on the monster BCE deal
Plus: The SEC's ‘depressing' cases
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Mr. Frankel goes to Washington
Plus: On the move to Blake Cassels & Graydon
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Inquiry about to get an earful
Plus: Torys hocky subculture skating on thin ice
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A family affair
Davis sponsors an Olympic athlete
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Fairfax-Abitibi pact sends a message of caution
The life-saving $350-million (U.S.) investment is giving deal makers lots to chew on
Courtroom sees love-in as ABCP wins protection
Love and lawyers don't naturally go hand-in-hand



