When you need a quick answer to a securities question, turn to Fundamentals of Securities Regulation. Loss and Seligman have distilled their authoritative 11-volume treatise, Securities Regulation, into one convenient volume, offering expert analysis of every significant aspect of securities law including:

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Corporate governance continues to be a very hot topic, as directors’ actions and omissions come under increasing scrutiny from regulators, stakeholders, the media, and observers.

The 5th Edition of Directors’ Duties in Canada is a completely updated and enhanced, practical guide to what directors’ duties are, best practices in discharging those duties, and how directors can protect themselves from embarrassment and liability.

The book includes consideration of:

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• Directors’ duties with respect to employment laws, pension plans, and mutual funds
• Risk management issues, including financial and operational, information technology, intellectual property, insolvency, environmental, and social media risks
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• Internal investigations and how to conduct them
• The roles of the corporate secretary and of minutes in the governance and director protection process
• Actionable precedents, including sample board and committee mandates, key governance policies, and board evaluation templates
• Best practices for directors in determining to join or resign from a board, in obtaining satisfactory indemnification, and directors’ and officers’ insurance

About the Author
Barry Reiter’s practice focuses on corporate finance, development, and governance.

Barry advises boards, directors, and management on governance issues. As Chair of the Bennett Jones LLP Corporate Governance and Director Protection Practice, he is an experienced director and has chaired boards and a variety of board committees. Formerly a law professor at the Faculty of Law, University of Toronto (1974-1982) and recognized as one of Canada’s 100 Most Creative Lawyers, Barry has published books and articles on corporate governance, advisory boards, joint ventures, contracts, real estate, and the legal process.

Bennett Jones LLP has over 400 legal professionals in the Calgary, Toronto, Edmonton, Ottawa, Beijing, Dubai, and Abu Dhabi offices. Their professional practice encompasses virtually every sector of business, industry, and government.

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Written by William I. Innes, LLB, LLM, and Patrick J. Boyle, LLB, Canada's most highly regarded experts on charities and non-profits at Dentons, Charities, Non-Profits and Philanthropy under the Income Tax Act provides a readable, affordable and comprehensive guide to the regulation of charities, non-profits, and philanthropy under the Income Tax Act. This book brings together all the material charities, non-profits, and their advisors need in one manageable, user-friendly volume.

Topics covered:

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• Registration of Charities
• Public Foundations
• Private Foundations
• Gift Planning
• Reporting, Disclosure, and Record Keeping
• Penalties and Revocation of Registration
• Appeals
• Charitable Donations and Expenditures in Foreign Countries
• Political Activities

A must-have reference tool for anyone who:

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Widely regarded as the most comprehensive and up-to-date resource for Canadian securities law, the Canadian Securities Law Reporter covers all aspects of securities law in all provinces and helps practitioners, law librarians, researchers, and securities regulators stay up to date and in compliance with the securities landscape across Canada. The product includes all relevant securities instruments and other documents from securities commissions, recent case law, commentary, statutes, and regulations from across Canada.

Included with your subscription is the Canadian Securities Law News, a monthly newsletter that summarizes all recent developments in securities regulation across Canada. The Canadian Stock Exchanges Manual is also included in your subscription.

Subscribe to the online version and access Securities Law News Tracker. With News Tracker, you get notices of all updates via e-mail. Your updates give you instant access to changes in securities law that originate from a variety of primary and secondary sources such as:

• Press Releases
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This product includes a current awareness tool that gives you a 10-day summary and 60-day archive of past new items, organized federally and provincially, in a searchable format.

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Canadian Securities Law News summarizes all recent developments in securities regulation across Canada, including changes to federal and provincial statutes and regulations, Policy Statements by Securities Commissions, by-laws of the Investment Dealers Association of Canada and the Investment Funds Institute of Canada, and by-laws of stock exchanges.

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Provides full text decisions from provincial and federal courts on insurance contracts, including life, health, accident, fire, casualty and automobile. Includes archival cases from 1937 and the following:

• Insurance Cases (full text)
• Torts, General (digests)
• Torts, Motor Vehicles (digests)
• Quantum of Damages Table
• Code Citators
• Case Table
• Topical Index

The most current source of Ontario accident benefit cases, this service summarizes every relevant decision from the Financial Services Commission of Ontario, private arbitration, and the courts. Extensive finding lists help you locate information quickly. The service is divided under the following headings:

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• Legislation

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This subscription contains two beneficial resources.

The Canadian Insurance Law Reporter (current and archival) provides full text decisions from provincial and federal courts on insurance contracts, including life, health, accident, fire, casualty and automobile.

It includes archival cases from 1937 and the following:

• Insurance Cases (full text)
• Torts, General (digests)
• Torts, Motor Vehicles (digests)
• Quantum of Damages Table
• Code Citators
• Case Table
• Topical Index

Your subscription also includes the monthly newsletter, Canadian Insurance Law Reports.

The most current source of Ontario accident benefit cases, Ontario Accident Benefit Case Summaries provides every relevant decision from the Financial Services Commission of Ontario, private arbitration, and the courts. Extensive finding lists help you locate information quickly. The service is divided under the following headings:

• Expanded Topical Index and Case Tables
• Appeal Summaries
• 2001 and 2002 Case Summaries
• Legislation

It also includes a bi-monthly newsletter, Ontario Accident Benefit Case Summaries, that summarizes accident benefit cases from the Financial Services Commission of Ontario, private arbitration, and the courts.

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Many of the laws and regulations governing health care facilities (hospitals, nursing homes, etc.) have been subject to extensive change in recent years. This Canadian Health Facilities Law Guide will keep you up-to-date by giving you the full text of statutes as well as selected regulations that relate to these facilities. To make it easy for you to use, a Topical Index, a Case Table, and Finding Lists are included. It also provides case digests with each release.

A variety of commentary  topics are also covered, such as:

• Patients' rights
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Included with your subscription is Health Law Matters, a bi-monthly newsletter that highlights legislative changes and other recent provincial and federal developments.

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Alberta & Territories Tax Reporter newsletter is designed to keep you up-to-date on legislative changes and other tax developments in Alberta, the Yukon, the Northwest Territories, and Nunavut. You'll also benefit from practical feature articles and columns written by prominent practitioners.

Updated monthly. Available to be e-mailed in PDF format only.

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The Supreme Court of Canada has delivered judgments in two critical cases involving the General Anti-Avoidance Rule. These long-awaited decisions are the most important developments in tax law in the past decade. Are you on the right side of GAAR?

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When GAAR was introduced in 1988, it gave Revenue Canada very broad powers to challenge perceived tax avoidance activity. And since its genesis, there have been many justifiable concerns regarding GAAR's impact on tax planning. The bottom line is that GAAR has the power to affect any transaction that has the purpose of eliminating or reducing tax. But there has been little in the way of practical guidance to make informed planning decisions – until now.

The Essential GAAR Manual: Policies, Principles and Procedures is written by Canada's most highly regarded team of experts on GAAR issues at Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP: William I. Innes, LLB, LLM; Patrick J. Boyle, LLB; and Joel Nitikman, LLB, LLM. It was designed with your tax planning practice in mind and includes useful and accessible reference tools that will arm you with the knowledge and insight to inform your clients properly. It answers questions that will affect your tax planning strategies, such as:

• What's the future of GAAR after Canada Trustco and Mathew?
• What's a "textual, contextual and purposive" analysis?
• What does the Supreme Court of Canada mean by requiring that tax measures be "predictable"?
• What is the future of corporate tax planning?
• What is the future of family and estate planning?
• How will commercial tax shelters fare under the "new" GAAR analysis?
• How does a practitioner cope with the post-Canada Trustco climate?
• How do you document a transaction that may be probed by GAAR?

The author team goes beyond a descriptive and substantive analysis and provides you with key insights into the practical application of GAAR considerations for your day-to-day practice. As the application evolves, the CRA is likely to invoke GAAR with more frequency.

Resources

• The Bottom Line Magazine: Canada's premier newspaper for accountants – The Essential GAAR Manual
• CCH Publishes First Comprehensive GAAR Manual (11/04/2006)

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Webcast information current as of June 25, 2009

CCH IFRS Webcast Series 2009 - Seminar 1

Many organizations recognize that International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) conversion is not a simple process. It’s going to require not only adopting a new financial reporting framework, but may also significantly impact other areas of the business such as income taxes, internal controls, systems and human resources. As organizations scope the effort required for IFRS conversion, identify the required resources and refine their impact analyses, many discover that the project is more complex than first anticipated.

This 90 minute webcast is designed to assist accountants who are planning to commence their IFRS conversion project in 2009. It contains cost-effective strategies with which to approach the most important elements of an IFRS conversion, covering:

• Types of costs
• The notion of cost-effective solutions
• Perspectives on costs
• Common costs analyses for IFRS conversion
• Effectively Managing Costs of Conversion
• Cost-effective solutions
• An alternative characterization of costs
• Out-of-pocket costs of conversion
• Out-of-pocket costs of conversion: SEC estimates
• SEC estimates
• Cost-Effective Conversions: Matters of Process
• Potential costs of conversion
• Basic guidelines for cost-effective solutions
• Additional steps for cost-effective solutions
• The dimensions of a resource planning template
• Cost-Effective Conversions: Matters of Principle
• Matters of principle
• Specific principles
• Managing other costs
• Potential benefits

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Dr. Peter Chant, FCA

Peter is a partner in the National Assurance and Advisory group at Deloitte & Touche LLP. He is a former member and chair of the Canadian Accounting Standards Board and was co-chair of the CICA/FASB Task Force that developed the current Canadian and FASB standard on segmented information. He was also a member of the FASB Task Force on Business Combinations that developed the FASB's current standard on that topic, and a member of the G4+1 Group of standard setters, which included the chairs of the IASB, the FASB and the Canadian Accounting Standards Board. He has published a textbook on advanced accounting in Canada, and was co-author of a research paper on accounting for joint ventures that was published by the G4+1. He is currently chair of the Task Force on Non-GAAP Performance Measures of the Canadian Performance Reporting Board of the CICA. He has a PhD in Accounting

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Published: September 2014

Get the most accurate and current information on British Columbia securities legislation. Annotated British Columbia Securities Legislation, 9th Edition has been prepared in consultation with the British Columbia Securities Commission and the Vancouver office of McCarthy Tétrault LLP.

What's included:

• Everything in the five-digit numbering system in force as of July 1, 2014
• Updated Tables of Concordance to help you quickly compare requirements in different jurisdictions
• Updated Topical index to help you find relevant references quickly and easily
• History notes and pending amendments to the British Columbia Securities Act to help you conduct accurate research
• ALL NEW Case Table to help you navigate quickly to relevant case annotations

What's new in the 9th Edition:

• Revised annotations to the British Columbia Securities Act, updated July 1, 2014
• New amendments to the British Columbia Securities Act and Securities Regulation
• All new and amended national and British Columbia securities documents, including:
  – Amended BC Form 15-901F, Summons to Attend before an Investigator Under Section 144
  – Amended BC Form 15-902F, Demand for Production under Section 144
  – New BC Instrument 31-510, Exemption for Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada Members from Obligation to Provide Relationship Disclosure to Existing Clients
  – Amended BC Instrument 32-517, Exemption from Dealer Registration Requirement for Trades in Securities of Mortgage Investment Entities
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Loss and Seligman's Securities Regulation is all-encompassing – covering everything from the SEC's integrated disclosure program, to the theoretical underpinnings of today's regulations, to the “shelf registration rule.”

In nearly 6,000 pages of discussion and analysis, it clarifies countless questions, so you're sure to find coverage of the “small point” on which your case may turn. You'll save hours of research time...get the answers you need when you need them...and be confident that the information is backed by the field's premiere authorities on securities regulation.

Plus, through supplementation and revised volumes, this edition keeps pace with the ever increasing volume of litigation by including comprehensive examination of recent developments and court cases.

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Available: Late June 2012

Provides step-by-step guidance on the taxation of fiduciary income. This comprehensive guide for practitioners advising fiduciaries and beneficiaries in federal income tax matters covers the broad range of complex issues from charitable remainder trusts to nexus rules and their effect. Providing expert practical advice, this book helps the practitioner obtain the most advantageous outcomes for his/her fiduciary and beneficiary clients. Key feature: 35 case studies with filled-in forms 1041 and accompanying documents.

Volume 1:

1. Overview of the Fiduciary Entity
2. The Fiduciary (Trust) Accounting Concept; Total Return Investment Philosophy
3. Principles of Federal Income Tax for Fiduciaries
4. Itemized Deductions
5. Distributions
6. Capital Gains and Alternative Minimum Taxes, Accounting Periods and Special Rules
7. Estimated Taxes
8. Passive Activity Loss Limitations
9. Trusts: Formation to Termination
10. Charitable Remainder Trusts
11. Charitable Lead Trusts
12. Alternative Use of Grantor Trusts in Transactional Planning
13. Ownership of S Corporation Stock by Trusts--Emphasizing Qualified Subchapter S Trusts and the New More Flexible Electing Small Business Trust
14. Grantor Trust Rules
15. Foreign Trusts Treated as Grantor Trusts

Volume 2:

1.  Estates: Formation to Termination
2. Income Tax Aspects of Fiduciary Ownership and Administration of Family Limited Partnership (FLP) Interests
3. Income Tax Aspects of Generation-Skipping Transfers
4. State Taxation of Fiduciaries and Beneficiaries
5. Special Commercial Trusts
6. IRS Ruling Policy and Audits; Responsibility for Filing and Payment of Tax
7. Foreign Trusts and Estates

Related books:

• U.S. Master Estate and Gift Tax Guide (2013) 
• Family Foundation Handbook (2013) – U.S.
• Estate and Retirement Planning Answer Book, 2012 Ed. U.S.

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Complete, up-to-date coverage of tax law in the region

With frequent updates, Alberta & Territories Tax Reporter provides in-depth information and source material for taxes imposed in Alberta, the Yukon, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut.

As a subscriber, you have access to full coverage of the latest tax developments in these jurisdictions as well as valuable time-saving tools and commentary. Content includes:

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• Official government publications and commentary related to personal and corporate income tax

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• Provincial Tax News monthly newsletter
• Handy federal and provincial tax charts
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• Manitoba and Saskatchewan Tax Reporter
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Securities Regulation in Cyberspace offers lawyers, business executives, and financial professionals the first comprehensive, up-to-date, and integrated guide to the legal and business challenges involved in raising capital, maintaining investor relations, and trading securities online. In one convenient volume, world-renowned securities law expert Howard M. Friedman provides a thorough and incisive analysis of the interweaving of technology and securities laws.

To be sure your knowledge stays on the cutting edge, it will be updated annually with analysis of critical regulatory and legal developments impacting securities considerations in cyberspace.

Topics covered:

• Securities Act compliance in online offerings
• Electronic delivery of SEC documents
• Private placement and direct public offerings through the Internet
• Blue-sky laws in cyberspace
• Investor relations on the World Wide Web
• Internet marketing of mutual funds
• Proxy statements and annual meetings in an electronic era
• Tender offers and takeovers using Internet technology
• Securities fraud in cyberspace
• Brokerage firms' use of Internet technology
• Investment advisors online

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Published: August 2014

Annotated Ontario Securities Legislation, 41st Edition provides essential information for practitioners dealing with securities laws in Ontario, including:

• Full text of the Ontario Securities Act, Regulation, and Forms
• Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) Rules, Policies, and Notices
• National Instruments and Policy Statements
• Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) and Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) Notices
• Rules of Procedure

It also provides current changes to the Ontario securities regulatory scheme, plus extensive annotations from Canada’s top securities law experts at McCarthy Tétrault LLP.

What's new in the 41st Edition:

• New amendments to National Instrument 31-103, Registration Requirements, Exemptions and Ongoing Registrant Obligations, and Companion Policy 31-103CP, which came into force on May 1, 2014, as well as proposed amendments, which are expected to come into force on July 15, 2014, 2015, and 2016
• Proposed amendments to National Instrument 81-101, Mutual Fund Prospectus Disclosure, which are expected to come into force on June 13, 2014
• Amendments to OSC Rule 81-801, Implementing National Instrument 81-106, Investment Fund Continuous Disclosure, effective January 1, 2014
• The updated version of OSC Staff Notice 15-702, Revised Credit for Cooperation Program, replaced March 11, 2014
• New CSA Staff Notice 45-314, Consolidated List of Current CSA Exempt Market Initiatives, issued on March 20, 2014

Contributors
Michael C. Nicholas
Ian C . Michael<

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Completely revised and updated to reflect the numerous new tax planning options, strategies and considerations in light of new tax legislation and other developments in the tax law.

• Importance of Tax Planning
• Income Subject to Tax
• Making Deductions Count
• Investment Decisions
• Retirement Planning Considerations
• Minimizing Estate and Gift Taxes
• Family Tax Planning Strategies
• Estimated Tax
• Business Planning

The guide provides “Examples” that illustrate the application of the tax laws. It also includes "Planning Alerts" and "Tax Tips" which highlight important tax planning advice and information.

Chapter 1: Importance of Tax Planning
Chapter 2: Income Subject to Tax
Chapter 3: Making Your Deductions Count
Chapter 4: Investment Decisions
Chapter 5: Retirement Savings
Chapter 6: Early Retirement and Post-Retirement Strategies
Chapter 7: Estate Planning – Minimizing Estate and Gift Taxes
Chapter 8: Family Strategies
Chapter 9: Education Incentives
Chapter 10: Estimated Tax
Chapter 11: Business Planning
Chapter 12: Tax Strategies for the Self-Employed
Appendices

• Tax Planning Checklist
• Tax Calendar
• Income Tax Rates
• Deduction Checklist

196 pages

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This new edition of the popular Tax Planning Strategies book has been completely revised and updated to reflect the numerous new tax planning options, strategies and considerations in light of new tax legislation and other developments in the tax law.

• Importance of Tax Planning
• Income Subject to Tax
• Making Deductions Count
• Investment Decisions
• Retirement Planning Considerations
• Minimizing Estate and Gift Taxes
• Family Tax Planning Strategies
• Estimated Tax
• Business Planning

The guide provides “Examples” that illustrate the application of the tax laws. It also includes "Planning Alerts" and "Tax Tips" which highlight important tax planning advice and information. 

Other helpful appendices include:

• Tax Calendar
• Income Tax Rates
• Deductions Checklist

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Schwarz on tax treaties is the definitive analysis of tax treaties from a UK perspective and provides in depth expert analysis of the interpretation and interaction of the UK's treaty network with EU and international law in their application to UK tax law.

Contents include: 

• The legal framework: international law
• The legal framework: European Union law
• The legal framework: United Kingdom Law
• Interpretation of tax treaties
• Scope of tax treaties: taxes covered and territorial scope
• Access to treaty benefits: personality, fiscal domicile and nationality
• Permanent establishment
• Distributive provisions of income tax treaties
• Business profits
• Income from property
• Employment and pensions
• Capital gains
• Other income and miscellaneous cases
• Treaties and European tax directives
• Elimination of double taxation
• Non-discrimination
• Treaty shopping and other avoidance
• Administration of tax treaties
• Disputes and mutual agreement procedure
• EU arbitration convention
• International administrative cooperation

This third edition significantly expands the earlier work with enhanced commentary and is updated to include the latest UK treaty developments, international and EU law including:

• New Bilateral double tax treaties and protocols between the United Kingdom and China, India, Ethiopia, Liechtenstein, the Netherlands, Spain, Barbados and others
• Administrative cooperation agreement with Switzerland
• FATCA agreement with the United States and FATCA type agreements with the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man
• Bank levy treaties with Germany and the Netherlands
• Judicial decisions of United Kingdom and foreign courts on UK treaties
• Latest treaty anti-abuse and limitation of benefit articles
• Impact of the GAAR introduced by Finance Act 2013 on tax treaties
• New OECD Model Article 7 profit attribution in UK treaties

Case law developments including:

• US tax court in Retief Goosen
• Court of Appeal on Anson, Ben Nevis and FCE Bank
• Haseldine, HSBC Holdings and Bank of New

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