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Blakes Bulletin on Restructuring & Insolvency

This publication reports on topical developments on a frequent basis and is published by the Restructuring & Insolvency Group at Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP.

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January 2007

Proposed Insolvency Law Amendments – Take Two - Susan Grundy
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July 2006

U.K. Solvent Schemes of Arrangement - What You Ignore Can Hurt You - Karen Park
Bankruptcy Amendment Falls Short On Derivatives - Kevin McElcheran & David MacLachlan
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April 2006

Comity, Co-operation & Sovereignty - A Distinctly Canadian Approach - Steven Weisz & Karen Park
RICO and the Receiver - An Issue of Canadian Sovereignty in the Ravelston Receivership - James Dube
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November 2005

Will Receivership Survive Bankruptcy Reform - Kevin McElcheran
Restructuring Charges - Who Bears the Cost? - Scott Turner
Changes to Preference Provisions in U.S. Bankruptcy Code Will affect Canadian Creditors - Linc Rogers
Directors' Liability in an Insolvency Context - A Québec Perspective - Bernard Boucher
The Year in Review - Milly Chow
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Canadian Bankruptcy Reforms Receive Royal Assent - Milly Chow
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The Supreme Court Rules — The End Of Equitable Set-off In Québec - Bernard Boucher
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September 2005

The Nuts & Bolts of Insolvencies In the Automotive Industry - Steven Weisz & Linc Rogers 

June 2005

Sweeping Changes Proposed to Canadian Bankruptcy & Insolvency Legislation - Steven Weisz & Linc Rogers 


The Ever-changing Fate of Equitable Set-off in Québec - Bernard Boucher 
Courts' Role in the Boardroom — The Stelco Directors Case - James Dube 
Power of Bankruptcy Trustees and Restructuring Companies to Disclaim Executory Contracts in Canada — Licensees Beware - Scott Turner 
Impact of the Ontario Court of Appeal Decision in Androscoggin on Eligible Financial Contracts - Robert Anderson & Cassandra Malfair 

April 2005

Directors' Duties to Creditors - James Dube 
Insolvency and Asset Based Lending — Where Theory Meets Practice - Linc Rogers 
Sovereign Protection of Domestic Claims in International Insolvencies - Steven Weisz 
Recent Developments in Canada — Pension Plan Deficiencies - Susan Grundy 
Labour and the Restructuring Process - Kevin McElcheran
Update on Steel Company Insolvencies - Pamela Huff & Amanda Kushnir  

March 2005

Androscoggin Energy LLC (Androscoggin): Ontario Court of Appeal Narrows the Field of Forward Commodity Contracts that Qualify as Eligible Financial Contracts - Robert Anderson

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November 2004

Supreme Court of Canada Rules that Directors of Corporations in Financial Difficulty do not Have Fiduciary Duties to Creditors - Susan Grundy, Kevin McElcheran, James Dube & David Jackson

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