Our Publications

Governance Crisis at the Law Society of Ontario: A Cautionary Tale for Boards of Directors

Leading the Charge: Considerations for an AI Governance Framework

2024 Hansell McLaughlin Weekly Proxy Notes

Director Education

Climate Change Risk on the Boardroom Table

Ukraine Crisis - Implications for Corporate Strategy and Disclosure

Beginning Our Reconciliation Journey

Court of Appeal Issues Important Majority Voting Decision

Hansell LLP Legal Opinion: Corporate Directors are Obliged to Address Climate Change Risk

Annual Meetings in the Time of COVID: May 2020 Update

Still Open For Business: Dispute Resolution & Remedies Available During COVID-19

2020 Annual Shareholder Meetings: A Caution for Ontario Corporations

Holding a Shareholder Meeting when Shareholders Can't Meet

Impact of COVID-19 on Public Company Disclosure in Canada

Majority Voting Policy Found to Be Oppressive

Just Released: Corporate Governance for Directors

Buds or Bytes? Cannabis Companies Today Speak like Tech Companies Did in the Late '90s

Weed & Words: A Quantitative Analysis of Cannabis Disclosure

The Benefits of Benefit Corporations

Extraordinary Circumstances: What to Pay Special Committees

Science & Sentiment: A Quantitative Analysis of Warren Buffett’s CEO Letters

Crown Corporations: A Field Guide

The Siren Song of the Delaware Courts

Majority Voting: Getting it Right

The American College of Governance Counsel: Charting the Course to an Improved Model of Corporate Governance

Comment Letter: CSA Staff Notice 54-304 (Meeting Vote Reconciliation Protocols)

Hansell Board Notes

Comment Letter: Take-over Bid Regime Amendments

Politicians as Directors

Comment Letter: NP 25-201 (Guidance for Proxy Advisory Firms)

Getting the Deal Through - Corporate Governance 2014

Term Limits for Directors

Comment Letter: Consultation on the Canada Business Corporations Act

Advance Notice By-Laws: Considerations for Shareholders

Comment Letter: Form 58-101F1 (Gender Diversity and Term Limits)

Commentary: OSC Staff Consultation Paper 58-401 (Gender Diversity)

US Proxies Are Not Without Their Issues

Commentary: CSA Consultation - Review of Proxy Voting Infrastructure

Comment Letter: Paper 58-401 (OSC Staff Consultation Paper)

What Directors Need to Know: Corporate Governance

Directors and Officers in Canada: Law and Practice