Corporate Law Archives - Black Swan Diagnostics

13 Dec

Registering Your Money Services Business (MSB) in Canada

December 15, 2022
By Jack Bensimon
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Suppose you operate a Money Service Business (MSB) in Canada without realizing it. You could wind up in hot water if you fail to register with the Financial Transactions and Repo...

03 Oct

Corporate Law, Cryptocurrency

Blockchain Enhancements In Corporate Governance

October 26, 2022
By Jack Bensimon

Blockchain technology has created new opportunities for corporations. Blockchain, or otherwise referred to as Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT), is an immutable digital ledger ...

03 Oct

Corporate Law, Securities Law, Uncategorized

What Are Some Differences In Shareholder Protections Between The Canadian And U.S. Take-Over Bid (TOB) Regime?

October 26, 2022
By Jack Bensimon

I INTRODUCTION The Canadian takeover bid (TOB) regime under MI 62-104 (“62-104”) regu...

03 Oct

Corporate Law, Cryptocurrency

Voting Rights And ‘Smart Contracts’: Compliance Automation

October 26, 2022
By Jack Bensimon

In 1976, two Stanford University authors published a seminal paper on cryptography discussing the concept of a mutual distributed ledger (although not using that term)—the same c...

03 Oct

Corporate Law, Cryptocurrency

Security Token Issuances: Board Considerations

October 26, 2022
By Jack Bensimon

When a company issues a digital currency to raise capital and have token holders use its token to validate intrinsic value and trade on a secondary marketplace, corporate boards ...