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July 25, 2023
Publication - Business, Corporate, Technology, Privacy & Data Security
The Digital Charter Implementation Act would align existing federal privacy laws with global standards by implementing significant new powers and penalties.
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July 24, 2023
Press Release - Corporate, Health Care & Life Sciences
Atoussa Mahmoudpour has joined its North American Corporate Law group and will chair its new Canadian Life Sciences & Technology practice.
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July 11, 2023
News - Antitrust & Competition
Michael Osborne was quoted in a Toronto Star article discussing the concern about the Toronto Star and Postmedia deal reducing competition in the media sector.
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July 06, 2023
Publication - Antitrust & Competition
Michael Osborne contributed a Practice Note to Thomson Reuters Practical Law, discussing the legal regime governing foreign investment companies and industries in Canada.
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June 22, 2023
Publication - Antitrust & Competition, Commercial Litigation
Michael Osborne and Samuel Bogetti contributed the Canada chapter to the Chambers Cartels 2023 Guide.
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June 02, 2023
News - Antitrust & Competition
Michael Osborne was quoted in a CBC News article discussing the Commissioner of Competition Matthew Boswell’s efforts to reform Canada’s competition laws.
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May 25, 2023
News - Antitrust & Competition
In a video interview with BNN Bloomberg, Michael Osborne, chair of the firm’s Canadian Competition Practice, discussed the Competition Bureau and Cineplex lawsuit over the theatre’s online ticket prices.
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May 16, 2023
News - Antitrust & Competition
Michael Osborne was quoted in a Reuters article discussing Canadian institutional investors wanting to push Canada’s most significant pension funds to limit their exposure to domestic companies.
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April 27, 2023
Press Release - Antitrust & Competition
Cozen O’Connor is proud to announce that Michael Osborne has been elected to the board of directors for the Canada Branch of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb).
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April 10, 2023
News - Antitrust & Competition
Michael Osborne was quoted in a Globe and Mail article discussing critics’ opinions of increasing competition in Canada to fix the economy.
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April 05, 2023
News - Antitrust & Competition
Michael Osborne was quoted in a Financial Post article discussing Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne’s threat to seek further legislation and regulatory powers to drive down cellphone bills if they do not get cheaper with Videotron in the mix.
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March 27, 2023
Press Release - Labor & Employment
As chair of the firm’s Canadian Employment Law Practice, Piercy will represent clients in employment law disputes, provide advice relating to employment agreements and terminations, and help clients develop and/or revise corporate-level employment policies and procedures.
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March 14, 2023
Press Release - Antitrust & Competition, Commercial Litigation, Intellectual Property, Tax, Trademark & Copyright
Shane Hardy, Michael Osborne, Steven Weisz, and Kevin Zimka were named to the Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory for 2023.
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February 01, 2023
Press Release - Capital Markets & Securities, Capital Markets & Securities — Canada, Corporate
Andrew Elbaz and Alexander Katznelson join as members and Zachary Janes and Michael Shafarenko as associates in the firm's Corporate Practice Group in Toronto.
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January 26, 2023
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Tsiofas, who previously served as chief operating officer at Canadian firms Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP and Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP, will work out of the firm’s Toronto office.
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January 25, 2023
News - Antitrust & Competition
Michael Osborne was quoted in a Toronto Star article discussing Rogers Communications and Shaw Communications’ victory at the Federal Court of Appeal, which upheld a ruling in favor of their merger.
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January 24, 2023
News - Antitrust & Competition
Michael Osborne was quoted in a Bloomberg article discussing the dismissed appeal by a Canadian appeals court in the Roger-Shaw Communications merger.
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January 24, 2023
Publication - Antitrust & Competition
Michael Osborne contributed an article to Financial Post discussing the new hearings held by the House of Commons Standing Committee in the Rogers Communications and Shaw Communications merger.
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January 24, 2023
News - Antitrust & Competition
In a video interview with BNN Bloomberg, Michael Osborne, chair of the firm’s Canadian Competition Practice, discussed the dismissal of the Competition Bureau’s appeal seeking to overturn the Competition Tribunal’s approval of Rogers Communications Inc.’s proposed merger with Shaw Communications Inc
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January 23, 2023
News - Antitrust & Competition
Michael Osborne was quoted in a Reuters article discussing the Rogers Communications and Shaw Communications’ appeal, which will be heard tomorrow in a Federal Court of Appeal in Ottawa.
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