In a commentary in the Globe and Mail, Prof. Anita Anand argues that current proposal for reform of Canada’s securities regulatory structure, referred to as the “Cooperative Capital Markets Regulator,” is not in investors’ interests ("Canada's new securities regulatory structure is a disservice to investor," May 31, 2017).

By Lucianna Ciccocioppo

It’s Convocation time at the University of Toronto, and the white tent and blue banners have gone up around King’s College Circle in preparation for the graduation season.  The Class of 2017 is looking forward to celebrating, after three or four long years at the Faculty of Law.

Faculty, students and alumni who worked in the Structural Genomics Consortium Clinic last year have authored a paper on trust agreements, now published in Science Translation Magazine. From the abstract:

"The core feature of trusts—holding property for the benefit of others—is well suited to constructing a research community that treats reagents as public goods."

The Faculty of Law’s David Asper Centre for Constitutional Rights is pleased to announce that lawyer Breese Davies, LLB 1998, will be the Asper Centre’s Constitutional-Litigator-in-Residence for the fall of 2017.

By Patrick Enright

Patrick Enright is a second-year JD candidate at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law and was a student in the Asper Centre half time clinic in the Winter 2017 term.