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On February 22, 2018, Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC) released the results of its public consultation on corporate wrongdoing and announced impending legislative ...

Following our earlier bulletin commenting on Canada's 2018 Budget commitment to introducing a Deferred Prosecution Agreement (DPA) regime for corporate wrongdoing, the Canadian Government swiftly introduced legislation to deliver on its commitment

Which individuals within a corporation can cause it to become criminally liable through their actions and intentions?

Recent amendments to the Criminal Code signify an important development in Canada's white-collar enforcement landscape.

On January 11, 2016, the Ontario Superior Court sent a strong message to managers and supervisors working at construction sites and other potentially dangerous workplaces.

The accountability of corporate entities for financial wrongdoing is a hot topic for the UK Government right now, particularly in the wake of a number of high-profile corporate scandals...

As we noted previously on this blog, prosecutors in Canada and the United States have recently faced evidentiary challenges in prosecuting insider trading cases.

Sophisticated multinationals now recognize the importance of establishing, continually monitoring and updating a global anti-corruption compliance strategy.

The Canadian Labour Congress ("CLC"), an association of unions, has published a guide for police use when investigating corporate criminal negligence in cases of serious workplace injuries and fatalities.

In what is certain to be the first step in a very important precedent, the Tax Court of Canada held that the advisor penalties created under section 163.2 of the Income Tax Act constitute criminal offences.

The Government of Canada recently introduced proposed legislation creating mandatory public reporting of payments to governments and government officials by the extractive sector.

On June 24, 2011, after entering a plea of guilty to a charge of bribing a foreign public official, Calgary-based Niko Resources Ltd.

Private equity and alternate lenders often take a basket of rights when investing in an entity.

Mr. Justice Hackland convicted Nazir Karigar of conspiring to bribe a foreign public official, contrary to the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act.

Ottawa businessman Nazir Karigar has been convicted of agreeing to offer bribes to public officials in India in order to obtain preferential treatment for a bid submitted by Cryptometrics to supply facial recognition software and related equipment to Air India.

Griffiths Energy International Inc. entered a guilty plea on January 22, 2013 to a criminal charge under section 3(1)(b) of Canada’s Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act.

A recent English case offers lessons for Canadian corporations seeking to assert litigation privilege when facing a criminal or quasi-criminal investigation.

Le projet de loi liste d'ailleurs des actes dits répréhensibles dont l'État cherche à encourager la divulgation (l'expression anglaise « whistleblowing » est fréquemment utilisée).