On July 31, 2024, the Supreme Court of Canada released its decision in Poonian v. British Columbia (Securities Commission), on whether financial sanctions imposed by securities regulators are dischargeable through bankruptcy. The decision resolves a conflict between Alberta and B.C. jurisprudence and will have a significant impact on the treatment of all administrative orders in bankruptcy proceedings.
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Canada, Ontario, Alberta, Capital Markets, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Osler Hoskin & Harcourt LLP, Ontario Securities Commission, Alberta Securities Commission, Supreme Court of Canada, Court of Appeal of Alberta, British Columbia Supreme Court
In 2009, there were 140 failed banks. So far this year, 16 more banks have been seized by the FDIC. There are 702 banks currently on the FDIC's troubled banks list, and regulators and analysts predict that several hundred of those likely will fail over the next two years.
USA, Banking, Insolvency & Restructuring, Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP, Shareholder, Fraud, Board of directors, Market liquidity, Mortgage loan, Summary offence, Holding company, Underwriting, Community bank, US Federal Government, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (USA)