Securities Litigation 2012
Course Date: December 4, 2012
Course Date: December 4, 2012
Welcome And Introduction
Abbas Sabur — Shapray Cramer LLP, Vancouver
Regulatory Proceedings
- disclosure
- disgorgement
- freeze orders
- privilege
- jurisdiction
Joseph A. Bernardo — Chief Enforcement Counsel, British Columbia Securities Commission, VancouverSean K. Boyle — Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP, VancouverMark Hilford — Manager of Litigation, British Columbia Securities Commission, VancouverJoyce M. Johner — British Columbia Securities Commission, VancouverPatricia Taylor — Forstrom Jackson, Vancouver
Networking Break
Broker/Client Litigation and Enforcement
- common claims
- suitability
- branch supervision/compliance
- IIROC Enforcement
- practice management and ethical issues
Leon Getz, QC — Getz Prince Wells LLP, Vancouver
R. John Rogers — R. John Rogers & Associates, Richmond
Paul Smith — Senior Enforcement Counsel, IIROCPatrick J. Sullivan — Taylor Veinotte Sullivan, Vancouver
Criminal & Quasi–Criminal Proceedings
- trends directions in enforcement and prosecution
- interjurisdiction and cross-border issues
- investigation, timing, disclosure, cooperation, and protections for the accused
- ethical issues and client relations
James Coates — Lead Investigator, Criminal Investigations Team, British Columbia Securities Commission, VancouverH. Roderick Anderson — Harper Grey LLP, VancouverMichael Van Klaveren — Deputy Director of Proceeds and Securities Prosecution, Ministry of Justice, Vancouver
Lunch with Featured Speaker: "What is the Public Interest?"
- the meaning of the “public interest” in securities regulation
Paul C.A. Bourque, QC — Executive Director, British Columbia Securities Commission, Vancouver
Shareholder Litigation
- takeover bids
- proxy fights
- plans of arrangements
- dissent proceedings
- client relations
Sean K. Boyle — Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP, VancouverRobert W. Cooper — McCarthy Tétrault LLP, Vancouver
Peter A. Gall, QC — Heenan Blaikie LLP, Vancouver
Networking Break
Materiality and Disclosure
- Sharbern Holdings and the meaning of materiality
- Coventree and disclosure obligations
- the meaning of ‘materiality’ in the mining sector and NI 43-101
- client relations
Mark D. Andrews, QC — Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP, VancouverStephen R. Schachter, QC — Nathanson, Schachter & Thompson LLP, Vancouver
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Paper: A Summary of Current Securities Commission Enforcement Issues in British Columbia: One Defence Counsel’s Perspective
Paper: Hu Says that a Stinchcombe Criminal Disclosure Standard Applies: A Brief Reply to “Disclosure and the British Columbia Securities Commission”
Paper: Jurisdiction, Freeze Orders, and Disgorgement in Regulatory Proceedings
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Paper: A Summary of Current Securities Commission Enforcement Issues in British Columbia: One Defence Counsel’s Perspective
Paper: Disclosure and the British Columbia Securities Commission
Paper: Hu Says that a Stinchcombe Criminal Disclosure Standard Applies: A Brief Reply to “Disclosure and the British Columbia Securities Commission”
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