Imagine paying millions to acquire a company only to later discover the restrictive covenants in the employment agreements of high-level executives were unenforceable. That’s precisely what happened ...

OFTEN, it’s all in the timing. Yesterday, Accountancy Age reported quite an outburst on the subject of banks forcing their clients to use Big Four only auditors through what are called “restrictive ...

1:36 Loblaw will sign grocery code of conduct as long as competitors do too As Canadian consumers have increasingly soured on the major grocers, the country’s competition watchdog has turned its ...

If you have a bank account, chances are your bank has a contract clause that requires you to go through arbitration if you feel you've been harmed by company practices. Your credit card company likely ...

On 27 June 2017, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published its Policy Statement PS17/13 'Investment and corporate banking: prohibition of restrictive contractual clauses' which sets out new ...

A trend in real estate development that was already in the making prior to the pandemic, the carving out of parts of shopping centers and mall parking lots to create "outparcels" for stores, ...

The Competition Bureau is investigating the use of restrictive real estate clauses in the Canadian grocery sector. Deputy commissioner Anthony Durocher told a House of Commons committee studying food ...

The Delhi High Court ruled that clauses in employment contracts restricting an individual’s right to seek new employment after resignation are void under Indian law. The verdict, delivered on 25 June ...