In January, we launched this year’s edition of our Dentons’ Pick of Canadian Regulatory Trends to Watch. In this annual series, Dentons’ team of leading regulatory lawyers provide their perspective on the trends that will define 2023, including in the areas of energy, climate change and the environment, telecommunications, health, foreign investment review, trade, ESG (environmental, social and governance) disclosure, consumer products and administrative law.
At the beginning of March, we posted the links to the articles we published in February.
Below are brief summaries and links to our March articles:
Regulatory litigation trends to watch in 2023: Uncertainty in judicial review of regulations
There is currently a schism in Canadian regulatory law regarding how easy it should be for businesses to challenge government regulations in court. Recent decisions by the Federal Court of Appeal and the Alberta Court of Appeal have taken opposing views on this issue and courts in other provinces, such as Ontario and British Columbia, are likely to weigh in during the course of 2023.
Link to the full article here.
ESG trends to watch in 2023: ESG liability for Canadian companies, directors and officers
Environmental, social and governance (ESG) concerns have been increasingly on the radar of Canadian companies in the past few years, garnering significant attention and discourse. With increased regulatory enforcement and a growing concern and activism relating to environmental issues, litigation risk is increasing for Canadian companies and their directors and officers.
Link to the full article here.
These pieces were originally published on dentons.com.
To access all the articles in the Dentons’ Pick of Canadian Regulatory Trends to Watch in 2023 series, click here.
