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Companies who do business overseas should pay heed to the statements made in February 2014 by Kara Brockmeyer.

On January 13, 2023, Canada announced new sanctions under the Special Economic Measures (Haiti) Regulations (the "Haiti Regulations") against two individuals...

Griffiths Energy International Inc. pleaded guilty on January 22, 2013, to one charge of bribing a foreign official contrary to the Canadian Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act.

The appellant i Trade Finance had advanced money to a company, Webworx Inc., operated by a fraudster. The fraudster used the advances to the company to buy shares in a BMO Nesbitt Burns account which, in turn, were pledged to BMO to obtain additional credit. Both of the parties to this appeal were unaware of the fraud.

BLG is pleased to announce that David Crerar, Partner and National Leader of the Firm's Defamation and Media Law Group, recently authored the book Mareva and Anton Piller...

Following are our summaries of the civil decisions of the Court of Appeal for Ontario released this past week.

A number of Ontario taxpayers recently felt the brunt of the taxman, receiving jail time and significant fines following convictions for tax fraud and evasion.

Criminal activity in the cyber world is spreading at a rapid rate. Criminals have found an opportunity during the current COVID-19 crisis to ramp up their game and take advantage of vulnerabilities.

As the holiday season approaches, companies that operate internationally are well-advised to remind their employees and agents about rules for gift-giving to foreign public officials.

In September, Lino Matteo, the former CEO of Mount Real Corp., was found guilty of 270 violations of Quebec's Securities Act for his role in the Mount Real Ponzi scheme.

One participant in a business directory scam targeting businesses and non-profit organizations in Canada and the United States was sentenced to 18 months in prison.

On Wednesday, June 19, 2013, the amendments to the "Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act" received royal assent.

​​​With FINTRAC issuing its first AMP against a bank this year and an increase in AMP activity generally, managing litigation and penalty risk...

The recent decision of CIBC Mortgages Inc. (c.o.b. Firstline Mortgages) v. Computershare Trust Co. of Canada, [2015] ONSC 543 provides a fact scenario that sounds like it was dreamt up by a law school professor...

The Competition Bureau’s Immunity and Leniency Programs are a critical component of the Bureau’s investigative toolbox.

The Competition Bureau announced that an individual had been sentenced to 18 months in prison for his involvement in a deceptive telemarketing scheme.

Each year the Canadian Securities Administrators ("CSA"), an umbrella organization of Canada's provincial and territorial securities regulators, release an enforcement report which provides key details of enforcement efforts...

On July 8, 2016, the Ontario Securities Act (the Act) was amended to prohibit a person who possesses undisclosed material information from recommending trades or encouraging others to trade in securities of the issuer.