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Feb 1, 2024 | mondaq.com | Patricia Olasker |Brett Seifred |Franziska Ruf

In this article, we explore 10 important trends that should be of interest to general counsel and boards in their strategic and compliance planning. As we discussed in our article on shareholder activism, 2023 was a banner year for activism in Canada. No fewer than 47 companies were targeted by activists (excluding shareholder proposals), well in excess of even pre-pandemic levels of activity. We see little reason to expect this activity to abate in 2024.

Dec 8, 2023 | lexology.com | Patricia Olasker |Brett Seifred |Franziska Ruf |Jeffrey Nadler |Brandon Orr |Ghaith S. Sibai | +6 more

Get Smart on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Corporate Governance: Key Considerations for Boards of DirectorsOn November 30, 2022, OpenAI released ChatGPT—a conversational, generative artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot trained on OpenAI’s foundational large language models—arguably catalyzing today’s new wave of interest in AI.

Oct 23, 2023 | lexology.com | Patricia Olasker |Brett Seifred |Franziska Ruf |Jeffrey Nadler

Find out more about Lexology or get in touch by visiting our About page. RegisterTo view this article you need a PDF viewer such as Adobe Reader. If you can't read this PDF, you can view its text here. Go back to the PDF. Shareholder activism in Canada experienced a resurgence in 2022 and into the first half of 2023 after an initial slump in the months following the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in North America.

Jun 12, 2023 | mondaq.com | Patricia Olasker |Brett Seifred |Franziska Ruf

Introduction Casey Stengel is said to have remarked that we should 'never make predictions, especially about the future.' While Stengel likely had baseball in mind, this remark also rings true in considering the rise in prominence of environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors in the fields of corporate governance, asset management and institutional investing.

Apr 24, 2023 | jdsupra.com | Brett Seifred |Matthew Sherman

Davies Governance Insights analyzes the top trends and issues most important to Canadian public companies and provides practical guidance for boards to meet these challenges head on. In the 2020 edition of Davies Governance Insights, we highlighted how boards and senior management should be thinking about their overall corporate governance frameworks and placing a greater emphasis on all forms of diversity. Please see full Report below for more information.  Download PDF