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On February 5, 2013, the Government of Canada introduced Bill S-14, An Act to amend the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act (CFPOA).

On Dec. 3, 2014, Transparency International published its Corruption Perceptions Index ("CPI") for 2014.

Volkswagen's parent company was charged in an international emissions scandal that broke two years ago, and last Tuesday, Ontario Ministry of Environment investigators raided Volkswagen Group Canada's Ajax offices.

Quebec's Autorité des marchés financiers today launched a public consultation to consider a potential compensation system for consumers of financial products and services that have been victims of fraud.

Financial institutions and advisors are often asked whether it is proper for an attorney for property to make substantial gifts of property to himself or herself.

On April 20, 2023, the Canadian government introduced Bill C-47, the Budget Implementation Act, 2023, No. 1, which includes the long awaited proposed amendments to the criminal interest rate.

In Quebec, before a business enterprise can even bid on or enter into public contracts, it must show its integrity.

The Canadian bankruptcy regime was designed with two key purposes in mind – provide options to ‘honest but unfortunate' debtors struggling with an unmanageable financial load and create an orderly means for creditors to recover amounts owed them.

The Bulk Sales Act (Ontario) (the "BSA") was enacted in Ontario in 1917 with the purpose of combatting then prevalent commercial fraud.

On July 31, 2024, the Supreme Court of Canada held that disgorgement orders made by the BC Securities Commission will continue to be enforceable after discharge from a bankruptcy...

The recent Alberta Provincial Court decision of Industrial Alliance Insurance and Financial Services Inc. v Sheret will be of interest to those considering a claim for punitive damages despite prior successful criminal sanctions against a defendant.

This question was recently addressed by the Alberta Court of Queen's Bench in The Brick Warehouse LP v. Chubb Insurance Company of Canada, 2017 ABQB 413.

In this presentation, Daniel Polonenko addresses ways to protect your IP against corporate espionage

In a recent decision, the Supreme Court of Canada has tilted the scale in favour of the continued facilitation of international information sharing and collaboration in combating foreign corruption and against the rights of accused corporations (and their directors and officers) to gain access to such shared relevant and potentially exculpatory information to mount a full defence.

Following are this week's summaries of the Court of Appeal for Ontario.

In a decision released on May 8, 2017, London's High Court held that interview notes and working papers prepared by a company's external counsel as part of an internal investigation into allegations...

Most small business owners aren't aware there are financial controls they should be putting in place, but if they operate a business without them...