Lexpert Roundup on the Business of Law
Lexpert identifies and reports on emerging business issues and practice areas in the business of law. Whether online, in our magazine or in the DealsWire e-newsletter, we chronicle deals and lawsuits of interest, and cover issues of broad concern to the legal profession and those who purchase legal services. We hope you enjoy this sampling of our latest content.
Trump presidency may bode well for Canadian trade
With U.S. President Donald Trump yesterday promising to wipe out government regulations that hinder US businesses and slap a "substantial border tax" on U.S. companies that move production to other countries, concern in Canada about the domestic effects of a Trump presidency was ratcheted up. But will Trump really be bad for Canadian business?
Fairness hearings on trial
The long-established practice of providing shareholders with a single one-line fairness opinion from the company's own financial advisers on a proposed sale or merger has been challenged by a precedent-setting decision from an unlikely place: the Court of Appeal of Yukon.
In the Closed Transactions section of our recent DealsWire newsletter, we break out the key figures and players behind the acquisition of SkiptheDishes by U.K.-based Just Eat, as well as Alberta Oilsands' court-supervised purchase of Marquee Energy's business. We also review Inter Pipeline's buyout of Williams Canada and Orla Mining's merger with Pershimco Resources.
Ontario sets standards for contractors
Infrastructure Ontario announced that it will launch a new vendor performance program for construction contractors in 2017. The program will impose a scorecard on any contractor to the Ontario government, and infractions would result in penalties that could affect a vendor's ability to win future procurements.
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