Lucya Kowalewski joins Clark Wilson
Clark Wilson LLP is pleased to welcome Lucya Kowalewski as an associate in our firm’s Business Litigation Group. Lucya articled and practiced law at Kaufman ... Continued
Clark Wilson LLP welcomes Gordon Behan and Cassandra Drake
Clark Wilson LLP is pleased to welcome Gordon Behan and Cassandra Drake as associates in our Litigation Department. Gordon will practice in the areas of ... Continued
David Austin in the News
David Austin was quoted last week in a Vancouver Sun article which discussed an Alberta electricity provider looking to provide power to gas fields in ... Continued
Quebec Introduces Minimum Mining Taxes
On May 6, 2013, the Government of Quebec unveiled its new mining tax regime. Starting in 2013, all mining operations will be required to pay a royalty or a tax on profits, whichever is greater under Quebec’s new mining tax regime.
From now on, all mine operators active in Québec will have to pay a minimum royalty to the Government applied to the value of the ore extracted at the mine shaft head. To take the situation of smaller operations into account and make it easier to start a mining project, the royalty rate will be set at 1% for the first $80 million of ore extracted. For the excess, the rate will be 4% of the value of ore extracted. This royalty does not consider whether the operation is profitable. Also, this royalty tax does not permit deductions for other royalties that may also be payable on the same ore extracted.
Clark Wilson Acted for Pure Multi-Family REIT LP in Closing US $35 Million Bought Deal
Clark Wilson LLP acted for Pure Multi-Family REIT LP (PURE) (TSXV: RUF.U) in closing its public offering of 7,000,000 class A units, on a bought ... Continued
Raman Johal’s article published in LEAVE A LEGACY supplement
The LEAVE A LEGACY pullout included with the May 1, 2013 issue of the Vancouver Sun features an editorial by Raman Johal. Her article, “Ensure ... Continued
Heather Hettiarachchi to participate as a panelist at the DOXA Documentary Film Festival
Heather Hettiarachchi has been invited to participate as a panelist at the DOXA Documentary Film Festival on Wednesday, May 8. She will be speaking at ... Continued
Clark Wilson Acted for PIRET in Closing $184.1 Million Bought Deal
Vikram Dhir and James Speakman of Clark Wilson’s Corporate Finance & Securities Group acted for Pure Industrial Real Estate Trust (PIRET) (TSX: AAR.UN) in closing ... Continued
Regulation FD Applies to Disclosure made through Social Media Channels
On April 2, 2013 the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) published a report of its investigation on whether Netflix, Inc. (“Netflix”) and its Chief Executive Officer, Reed Hastings (“Hastings”), violated Regulation FD and Section 13(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 when on July 3, 2012, Hastings announced on his personal Facebook page that Netflix had streamed 1 billion hours of content in the month of June. Though the SEC did not pursue enforcement action in the matter, it clarified in its report that Regulation FD applies to issuer communications and disclosures through social media channels, and that SEC’s Commission Guidance on the Use of Company Web Sites, Release No. 34-58288 (Aug. 7, 2008) (the “Guide”) also applies to corporate disclosures made through social media channels. The report also suggests that Regulation FD and the Guide apply to “push” technologies, such as email alerts and RSS feeds, and “interactive” communication tools, such as blogs.
Warren Brazier quoted in the National Post
Warren Brazier, Chair of the firm’s Energy & Natural Resources Practice Group, was quoted in a National Post article on April 16, 2013, outlining potential ... Continued
David Austin presents at Arena International conference
On April 17, 2013, David Austin presented at the 5th Annual International Small Hydro Conference on the topic of environmental regulatory compliance for small (run-of-river) ... Continued
Canada’s Anti-Spam Legislation
Canada’s Anti-Spam Legislation, or “CASL” as it is commonly known, has not yet entered into force, and is not expected to come into force until ... Continued