ArticleCanada's Big Anti-Bribery Case Ends In Dismissed ChargesThis is Canada's most significant and high profile anti-bribery prosecution against corporate executives.CanadaCriminal LawLexSage
ArticleCanada Gets Serious About Foreign Anti-Corruption EnforcementOn Friday June 24, 2011, Niko Resources Ltd. (Niko), a TSX-listed international oil and natural gas exploration and production company, entered a plea of guilty to a single charge under Canada's Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act (CFPOA), the first major public enforcement action Canada has taken since its 1999 proclamation. CanadaCriminal LawOsler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
ArticleCanadian Oil & Gas Company Fined $9.5 Million For Bribery Of Foreign OfficialNiko Resources Ltd. (Niko) pleaded guilty today to one charge of bribing a foreign official contrary to the Canadian Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act (CFPOA). CanadaCriminal LawBennett Jones LLP
ArticleCanadian Sentenced To 3 years In Prison For Foreign Bribery AttemptThe Ontario Superior Court sentenced an Ottawa-based business executive to a three-year prison term for attempting to bribe foreign public officials.CanadaCriminal LawStikeman Elliott LLP
ArticleCanadian Soldier Charged With Seven Counts Of VoyeurismA Toronto-based soldier, Master Warrant Officer Mardie Reyes of the 7th Toronto Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery was charged last week with seven counts of voyeurism, after allegedly recording video of Canadian armed forces members ...CanadaCriminal LawDevry Smith Frank LLP
ArticleCase Bulletin - Day V. Woodburn, 2019 ABQB 356On May 13, 2019, the Honourable Justice W.N. Renke of the Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta released his decision in Day v. Woodburn ...CanadaCriminal LawDentons Canada LLP
Article"Defence of Others" Raised In Fatal Hit And Run CaseAfter a number of court appearances there has been a major development in the case involving a man who claims he ran over someone to save a woman's life.CanadaCriminal LawDevry Smith Frank LLP
ArticleFailure To Contact Interpreter Critical In Decision To Set Aside Over 80 ConvictionIn the recent case of R. v. John, a summary conviction appeal court set aside a conviction for Over 80 as a result of the police not contacting an interpreter when they should have done so.CanadaCriminal LawDevry Smith Frank LLP
ArticleFraud Prevention: An Essential Function During The PandemicThe fraud triangle is a well-known tool in understanding fraud. The three sides – opportunity, incentive, and rationalization – offer an explanation to a person's decision to commit fraud.CanadaCriminal LawNorton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP
ArticleGovernment Fraud And Corruption: Ex-Mayor And Engineer Convicted In Major Municipal Corruption Case In QuebecOn September 15, 2015, the Court of Québec rendered a judgment in which it found a former mayor and a vice-president of an engineering firm guilty of several criminal offences relating to municipal corruption.CanadaCriminal LawBlake, Cassels & Graydon LLP
ArticleKarigar Receives Three Years In Landmark Corruption SentencingNazir Karigar was sentenced to three years in prison for offering to bribe foreign officials contrary to the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act.CanadaCriminal LawBlake, Cassels & Graydon LLP
ArticleLawyer As Gatekeeper: Ending Up On The Wrong Side Of The LawThere were plenty of headlines in 2015 for Martin Shkreli, the 32-year old former CEO of Turing Pharmaceuticals and self-professed "Pharma Bro", who eventually became known as the "most hated man in America."CanadaCriminal LawOsler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
ArticleLegal Redress Options Available To Abuse VictimsSally is a working mother who was sexually abused as a child by her teacher. When her daughter was about to begin school. CanadaCriminal LawLerners LLP
ArticleNew SFO Policy On Self-ReportingOn October 9, 2012, the UK’s Serious Fraud Office (SFO) released a new policy for corporations on self-reporting in relation to enforcement of the UK Bribery Act 2010. CanadaCriminal LawBorden Ladner Gervais LLP
ArticleO.J. Simpson Granted Parole After 8 Years Behind BarsLast month we published a post about O.J. Simpson being granted a parole hearing for his 2008 arrest.CanadaCriminal LawDevry Smith Frank LLP
ArticleOntario Court Clarifies Law For The Commencement Of Limitation Periods For Prosecutorial TortsIn the recent decision of MacKinnon v. Halton Regional Police Services Board et al, 2020 ONSC 6908, the Ontario Superior Court dismissed a plaintiff's claim on a motion for summary judgment for being commenced ...CanadaCriminal LawBorden Ladner Gervais LLP
ArticleOntario Disability Support Program Changes Help Abuse SurvivorsThe Ontario Government has made changes to social assistance programs that will provide increased support to sexual abuse survivors.CanadaCriminal LawTorkin Manes LLP
ArticlePersonal Liability For Corporate Fraud: What You Need To KnowAs the COVID-19 pandemic continues to wear on, corporations must remain vigilant against the increased risk of fraud. Unfortunately, due to the covert nature of many fraudulent schemes, the full extent...CanadaCriminal LawNorton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP
ArticleRemoving Locked Bikes From Public Property: Bad Idea, But Not Theft.Earlier this month, Torontonians learned that Brookfield Property Group was cutting the locks off of bikes parked outside their Hudson’s Bay Centre Building. CanadaCriminal LawSiskinds LLP