COVID-19 Guidance for Organizations
Businesses face wide-ranging issues as the world responds to the COVID‑19 pandemic. Here is the latest guidance from Torys.
COVID-19 Guidance for Organizations
COVID-19 Guidance
The COVID-19 pandemic has raised critical and unprecedented issues for all organizations. How an enterprise responds to these challenges will influence how it fares through the crisis and its positioning for recovery afterwards. Torys has prepared detailed bulletins that explain the issues, identify key considerations, and aim to provide guidance and clarity.
Business Impact
- June 8, 2020COVID‑19 and electronic signatures: a guide for organizations
- April 24, 2020COVID-19’s impact on competition enforcement and foreign investment reviews in Canada
- April 14, 2020Emerging from the first wave of COVID-19: key recovery considerations for Canadian businesses
- March 31, 2020COVID-19 as force majeure in Québec: key considerations, implications, and practical tips
- March 27, 2020COVID-19: managing material contracts in crisis
- March 19, 2020COVID-19: key issues every organization should consider
- March 19, 2020COVID-19: M&A considerations
- March 19, 2020Managing service disruptions during the COVID-19 pandemic
- March 11, 2020COVID-19 and force majeure clauses: key considerations, implications, and practice tips
Employment, Health and Safety
- October 28, 2020Ontario’s Bill 218 proposes limiting liability for COVID-related claims
- September 30, 2020New Ontario regulations require COVID-19 screening by employers
- June 2, 2020New Ontario regulation exempts COVID-19 wage and hours reductions from ESA layoff and constructive dismissal provisions
- April 2, 2020COVID-19 and the workplace: new details on the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy
- March 31, 2020COVID-19 and the workplace: Québec considerations
- March 23, 2020COVID-19 and the workplace: reducing payroll, responding to a positive diagnosis, and more
- March 23, 2020The Canadian workforce: legislative response to COVID-19
- March 23, 2020Ontario pension plan update: FSRA’s ongoing COVID-19 response
- March 13, 2020COVID-19 and the workplace: employer obligations
Corporate Governance
- June 16, 2020COVID-19 may increase down round financings: what companies need to know
- April 29, 202011 governance considerations for startup boards of directors during COVID-19
- April 21, 2020COVID-19: potential liability of directors and officers of insolvent companies
- April 07, 2020When (and what) can I disclose? Sharing personal information with government agencies in the context of COVID-19
- March 25, 2020Governance considerations for boards of directors during the COVID-19 crisis
- March 16, 2020COVID-19 and AGM virtual meeting planning
- March 13, 2020Does your pandemic plan align with your data security plan?
Government and Liquidity Solutions
- May 22, 2020COVID-19 and Canada’s Emergency Commercial Rent Assistance Program: application portal to open May 25
- May 15, 2020Rent relief for small businesses: COVID-19 and Canada’s Emergency Commercial Rent Assistance Program
- May 14, 2020Canada’s LEEFF: a lifeline for large businesses to withstand the pandemic
- April 24, 2020New COVID-19 government support for life sciences companies
- April 22, 2020COVID-19: the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy
- April 21, 2020Details on BDC Capital’s Bridge Financing Program
- April 15, 2020Breaking the emergency glass: government liquidity support in the time of COVID‑19
- April 02, 2020COVID-19: Canadian federal tax changes and announcements
- March 26, 2020Liquidity solutions for businesses weathering the COVID-19 crisis
- March 26, 2020Contingency planning and restructuring alternatives in the wake of COVID-19
- March 24, 2020Are you essential?: COVID-19 business closure orders in Canada
Capital Markets
- June 8, 2020Canadian securities regulators streamline “At-the-Market” equity distribution regime
- May 26, 2020Cracking down on COVID-19 fraud: U.S. and Canadian securities regulatory enforcement update
- May 21, 2020Canadian securities regulators extend deadlines for filings between June 2 and August 31
- April 17, 2020COVID-19 guidance from proxy advisory firms
- April 15, 2020Preparing for your next earnings call in the midst of a pandemic
- April 1, 2020COVID-19: key disclosure considerations for Canadian public companies
- March 26, 2020COVID-19: Canadian securities regulators and TSX extend deadlines, TSX increases NCIB purchase limits
- March 25, 2020COVID-19: five issues investment dealers should consider
- COVID-19: five issues investment dealers should considerCOVID-19: U.S. considerations for Canadian public companies
- March 19, 2020COVID-19: Canadian securities regulators extend deadlines
Litigation
- April 7, 2020Expedited production in Canada of goods to combat COVID 19 and potential exposure to future claims
- April 3, 2020Impact of COVID-19 on Canadian courts and litigation deadlines
- April 3, 2020Liability risks to business in the COVID-19 era
- April 3, 2020Moving disputes forward during COVID-19: the arbitration option
Intellectual Property
U.S. Guidance
- June 29, 2020Update on U.S. Main Street Lending Program
- June 08, 2020New Paycheck Protection Program Flexibility Act modifies terms of PPP
- May 29, 2020Current observations of COVID-19’s impact on private fund sponsors and limited partners
- May 22, 2020SBA: foreign employees and employees of foreign affiliates count toward thresholds under Paycheck Protection Program
- May 5, 2020Update: Federal Reserve announces new details of Main Street Lending Program
- April 15, 2020Federal Reserve announces details of Main Street Lending Program
- April 6, 2020Coronavirus Economic Stabilization Act of 2020 (CESA) and considerations for private equity portfolio companies
- April 3, 2020COVID-19’s impact on the U.S. judiciary and litigation
- March 30, 2020What the U.S. small business relief packages mean for private equity-owned businesses
- March 30, 2020U.S. CARES Act: unemployment benefits expanded
- March 30, 2020Tax details of the U.S. CARES Act for foreign investors
- March 30, 2020COVID-19: New York State clarifies construction activities deemed “essential”
- March 23, 2020U.S. emergency employee leave legislation
- March 17, 2020SEC extends Form ADV and Form PF filing deadlines for investment advisers affected by COVID-19
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