163 results found

When a firm discovers potential offences under UK and/or Canadian anti-corruption law, we are often asked to advise on how best to mitigate the risks.

Dans Gescoro inc. c. Notaire Francis-Pierre Rémillard, la Cour supérieure du Québec a statué que le chèque d'un notaire remis à un vendeur fictif ayant volé l'identité d'une personne pour perpétrer une fraude hypothécaire dans le cadre de la vente d'une propriété, peut être retourné à la compensation en raison de l'endossement frauduleux de celui-ci par le vendeur ayant utilisé l'identité volée du propriétaire de la maison.

Your company has received an allegation that one of its employees has stolen from it and has now completed the steps discussed in our first article – Managing Corporate Risk When Employee Fraud is Suspected.

As of November 1, 2011, in-house counsel in Alberta will be governed by a New Code of Conduct (New Code) based on a model code developed by the Federation of Law Societies of Canada.

Inevitably, properly conducted fraud investigations involve reviewing and digesting the information of the alleged fraudster.

Canada introduces Bill C-29 to establish the Financial Crimes Agency, a specialized law enforcement body with operational police powers to investigate serious financial crimes and recover proceeds of crime.

In our Focus on Investigations series our Corporate Crime, Compliance and Investigations team looks at some of the key issues that investigators should take care to consider when undertaking internal investigations.

Recent U.S. developments have highlighted issues relating to Internet gaming in Canada and the legal position of businesses located in Canada, such as financial institutions, which provide services relating to Internet gaming.

Canada may be the next jurisdiction to regulate modern slavery in global supply chains, following California, the UK, France and Australia

For decades members of the judiciary have publicly raised concerns about the swelling length and complexity of criminal cases.

On August 9, 2013, Les Pétroles Global Inc ("Global"), a Canadian retail gasoline operator, was convicted by the Quebec Superior Court of conspiring to fix gasoline prices in two markets in the province of Quebec based on the criminal conduct of its managing director, who also pleaded guilty to the same offence

In the recent Court of Appeal decision in Teva Canada Limited v Bank of Montreal, the Court continued to shift the burden of preventing employee fraud ontp the company defrauded...

Deferred prosecution agreements ("DPA") have been a hot topic lately, owing largely to the attention that the agreements have received in relation to the SNC-Lavalin prosecution.

Gowling WLG's fraud and asset recovery experts bring you the latest news and legal decisions affecting the fraud industry.

Now more than ever, companies are expanding globally and conducting business with individuals, companies and nations with different languages, cultures, business ethics and practices.

The Government of Canada has recently announced that it will be conducting a public consultation regarding the possibility of adopting DPA as a new way of addressing corporate criminal liability in Canada.

Overall, 2016 cannot be considered a robust year for the prosecution of white collar criminal cases in Canada.