A broad retreat in the pot industry was confirmed recently with the reporting of quarterly results by a number of publicly traded cannabis companies.
Cannabis industry hits hard times
Second Cryptocurrency Exchange under Court Protection in Canada
Einstein Exchange Inc. joins QuadrigaCX as the second cryptocurrency exchange to fall under court protection in 2019. In early February, 2019, the Quadriga group sought protection under the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act (the “CCAA”) following the death of the founder, Gerald Cotton. Mr. Cotton had sole responsibility for the wallet storage protocols and wallet passwords for Quadriga’s cryptocurrency inventory. When he died...
Changes to Canada’s insolvency laws now in effect
Amendments to the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act (“BIA”) and the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act (“CCAA”) Came into effect on November 1, 2019. As of the publishing of this article, these changes are not yet reflected on the Department of Justice website, or on CanLII. However, it is important for debtors, creditors, and others to be aware of...
Creative lending arrangements can have unintended consequences
Lenders sometimes charge an “interest rate” that varies with the profits of the borrower’s business. So, rather than an interest rate of 5% per annum of the principal amount, the rate of return might be 5% of the borrower’s before-tax profit for that year. This can be attractive to the lender, as it gives them a share in the borrower’s “upside” if the business does well. (What about the “downside” of the business not doing well?
