Legal cases highlight issues around LTD coverage
October 12, 2018 Whether considering age eligibility or policy wording, recent rulings for employees in a pair of Ontario cases are reminders to employers to review their long-term disability offerings. When I’m 65 Ontario employers may no longer have the option to reduce or eliminate health and life insurance benefits for employees aged 65 or […]
FP Dealmakers: The year central banks fuelled the debt binge
Companies refinanced debt maturing over the next two years to take advantage of a benign interest-rate environment January 31, 2020 Canadian issuer activity in corporate debt capital markets last year featured a subdued first half followed by a second-half recovery that culminated in the second most active year on record. Statistics compiled by Financial Post […]
How a prominent B.C. family business created the biggest e-sports gaming network in North America
What the Aquilinis discovered was that e-sports had evolved from a niche hobby to a significant industry February 3, 2020 Electronic sports, a competitive event involving video games that is often considered the province of millennials, has caught the attention of the Aquilinis, one of British Columbia’s most prominent business families. In e-sports, competitors from […]
Top 10 business decisions of 2019: From bankruptcy to beer
Wednesday, February 05, 2020 To kick off the new year right, here is a listing of the Top 10 business decisions in Canada for 2019. The listing will be in the form of a two-part series, which begins below with numbers 6-10, in ascending order. 10. Volkswagen Group Canada Inc. v. Association québécoise de lutte contre […]
A look at Alberta’s incoming joint pension governance structure
December 3, 2018 Although it’s somewhat late in the making, Alberta’s new pension legislation proposing a joint governance structure for three of the province’s largest pension plans appears to have kept up with the times. “The legislation is a made-in-Alberta plan that takes into account that almost 25 years have passed since we first saw […]
In Uber era, valuing of intangible assets urgently needs consistent standards
Add in irregular accounting practices, and financial treatment of IA becomes bewildering December 5, 2018 Corporate boards lack the tools to assess the value and risks associated with intangible assets (IA), according to the Licensing Executives Society (LES), which has proposed an IA standard that focuses on board oversight. LES is a 50-year-old leading association […]
Appeal court upholds ruling in RCMP pension case
December 20, 2018 The Federal Court of Appeal is upholding a ruling denying female Royal Canadian Mounted Police employees the opportunity to buy back into their pension plan after they moved to part-time roles to raise their families. The case arose when three former RCMP officers opted to job share and work reduced hours to spend more […]
Supreme Court set to hear Nevsun Resources case on Eritrea human rights abuses
One result may be that customary international law may be made to apply to companies as well as countries December 27, 2018 The future of the Canadian resource industry hangs in the balance as the Supreme Court of Canada prepares to hear a high-profile case accusing Canadian miner Nevsun Resources Ltd. of human rights abuses […]
UK clarifies scope of privilege
Decision of Court of Appeal allays concerns about narrowing scope of professional privilege Nov 27, 2018 A RECENT DECISION of England and Wales’s Court of Appeal has allayed concerns about the narrowing scope of professional privilege afforded to legal advice in the United Kingdom. The decision in Director of the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) v. Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation (ENRC), released […]
A 2018 roundup of the top legal cases in the benefits industry
December 21, 2018 When considering the legal cases attracting the most attention from the pension and benefits industry in 2018, the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal’s decision in Talos v. Grand Erie District School Board was one of the most talked about of the year. “This case is important because plan administrators who previously relied on the Employment Standards […]