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As the year winds down, we are looking back on our Top five most-read blog posts of 2024, covering some of this year's key legal and business topics. Our industry experts address important issues in employment law, modern slavery, construction law, and AI regulation. Check them out below: - Five Bills In: What Employers Need to Know About Ontario’s Latest Working for Workers Act (Ben Ratelband, Justine Lindner, Alexander Steele) ➡️ https://ow.ly/ePuV50UtBoz - Modern Slavery Alert: Public Safety Canada Makes Significant Changes to its Guidance on the Supply Chains Act (John Boscariol, Martha Harrison, Gajan Sathananthan) ➡️ https://ow.ly/qP2J50UtBp7 - Alberta Lien Fund and Holdback System Explained (Bryan G. West and Marcus Smith) ➡️ https://ow.ly/syPM50UtBpJ - Canada AML Framework Broadens its Reach (Cindy Zhang, John Boscariol, Gajan Sathananthan) ➡️ https://ow.ly/hXn450UtBqH - 10 Key Takeaways: Navigating the Future of AI Law: Understanding the EU AI Act and AIDA (Charles Morgan, Pierre (Dushime) Dushime, Connor Di Chiro) ➡️ https://ow.ly/mt3o50UtBre

Tonight marks the start of #Hanukkah. Sending wishes of peace and joy to our Jewish friends, colleagues, clients, and community. Chag Sameach!

Can courts quash unreasonable regulations, rules, and bylaws? On this episode of Appealing Briefs, host Adam Goldenberg speaks with McCarthy Tétrault’s Emma Walsh about the Supreme Court of Canada’s decisions in Auer v. Auer and TransAlta Generation Partnership v. Alberta, and about the implications for challenging subordinate legislation in court. Listen now: https://ow.ly/QP9t50R4eZB #law #podcast 

Join us in-person in Toronto, Calgary, or Vancouver for our Tax Perspectives: Winter 2025 and start the new year with key insights into Canada’s evolving tax landscape. Our National Tax Group will provide timely updates on legislative changes and judicial trends, helping you navigate the challenges and opportunities ahead. To register, please email us at clientevents@mccarthy.ca. #Taxlaw #tax

Can you sign a contract with a thumbs-up emoji? Maybe. Two members of a divided Court of Appeal for Saskatchewan upheld a decision that a farmer signed a contract with a thumbs-up emoji in a text message. A third member dissented, finding there was no signature. While the decision only applies in very specific circumstances, it highlights the risks to parties who adopt a pattern of informal contract negotiation and signing practices.   Read what Jade Buchanan, Jocelyn Turnbull Wallace, and Milica Pavlovic have to say about the decision and what steps you can take to reduce the risk of entering a contract where you do not intend to: https://ow.ly/JZeH50Uv36R

2024 has been an exceptional year of growth and achievement, thanks to the collaboration with our clients on their most important transactions. This past year, our Mergers & Acquisitions team has had the privilege of working on some of the largest M&A transactions of Quebec-based public companies, including advising:   • Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ) in its: - agreement to support the sale of Héroux-Devtek to Platinum Equity for C$1.35B ➡️ https://ow.ly/zyVM50UurTt - definitive arrangement to roll over the majority of its equity in Nuvei Corporation to Advent International for US$6.3B ➡️ https://ow.ly/Cqm150UurU1   • Blue Wolf Capital Partners in its acquisition of LOGISTEC Corporation for C$1.2B ➡️ https://ow.ly/yJfR50UurVu   • mdf commerce inc. in connection with its acquisition by funds managed by KKR for C$255M ➡️ https://ow.ly/MyOg50UurWM   • Gold Fields Limited in its acquisition of Osisko Mining for CA$2.16B ➡️ https://ow.ly/Gec650UurYo   • National Bank of Canada in its acquisition of Canadian Western Bank for approximately C$5B ➡️ https://ow.ly/Ch6n50Uus0m   Our involvement in these transactions highlights our comprehensive industry expertise and extensive regional coverage. Learn more about how our M&A team can help you: https://ow.ly/RHeo50Uus18

Congratulations to our client Sibanye-Stillwater on today’s announcement of a US$500m gold and platinum stream with Franco-Nevada. Our Global Metals & Mining Group is pleased to collaborate with Sibanye-Stillwater, a multinational mining and metals processing group, on this important mandate led by Roger Taplin which provides long-term, non-debt capital at an attractive cost. 

Good Faith in Canadian Contract Law is out now. Authored by McCarthy Tétrault partner Brandon Kain, this first-of-its-kind text closely examines the organizing principle of good faith and the cases and history informing its evolution in Canada and abroad. Learn more about the book and where to purchase it: https://ow.ly/iP0950UuhSP #law #Canada

The 2024 Fall Economic Statement released on December 16, 2024 introduces significant updates to Canada's clean economy tax credits with new conditions and reporting requirements for provincial and territorial Crown corporations. Aimed at driving investment in clean energy and technology, key updates include changes to: - the Clean Electricity Investment Tax Credit (CE ITC) - the Electric Vehicle Supply Chain Investment Tax Credit (EV ITC) - the Clean Hydrogen Investment Tax Credit (CH ITC)   Read our detailed analysis and contact a member of our National Tax Group to find out how these changes will affect you: https://bit.ly/4iA4NF3 Authored by: Matthew Kraemer, Adam Unick #EconomicUpdate #TaxIncentives #CleanEconomy #BusinessGrowth 

Canada’s Federal Department of Finance has proposed significant tax changes in the 2024 Fall Economic Statement released on December 16, 2024, impacting Canadian businesses and foreign investors. Geared toward fostering innovation, supporting clean energy initiatives, and driving economic growth, the changes include: - Relaxed requirements for tax deferral on eligible small business corporation shares - Enhanced tax incentives for scientific research and experimental development - Multiple updates to the Canadian clean economy tax credits - Extension of the Accelerated Investment Incentive and immediate expensing measures Read our detailed analysis and contact a member of our National Tax Group to find out how you can benefit from these updates: https://bit.ly/4004Jaj Authored by: Brett Anderson, Scott W. Bell, Kim Brown, Nicolas Cloutier, H. Michael Dolson, Matthew Kraemer, Joannie Marcoux, Avocate, LL.B., LL.M. Fisc., Erich Schultze, Adam Unick, kathryn walker #EconomicUpdate #TaxIncentives #CleanEconomy #BusinessGrowth