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The UK Football Governance Bill: Impact on ownership
The UK Football Governance Bill (the Bill), reintroduced by the current Labour government in 2024, marks a significant shift in the regulation of English football.
Commercial division update: The ‘substantial assistance’ element of aiding and abetting fraud claims
New York Law Journal
The tort of aiding and abetting common law fraud is often asserted when an advisor or consultant to a defendant is involved in a transaction in which plaintiff alleges the defendant committed fraud.
Plaintiffs may claim that the advisor or consultant – perhaps with deeper pockets than the defendant – helped facilitate the fraud, and therefore should be held accountable. Such claims have been brought against a whole array of targets, including financial advisors, trustees, officers and directors and attorneys.
Download the full New York Law Journal article, "Commercial division update: The ‘substantial assistance’ element of aiding and abetting fraud claims."
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OSC proposes to restrict short sellers from participating in distributions of reporting issuers in Ontario
The Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) is seeking public comment until September 3, 2025, on a proposal (the Proposal) to prohibit persons and companies from participating in prospectus offerings and private placements made by reporting issuers in Ontario when such persons or companies recently sold short the equity security being offered.
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