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Title fraud occurs where an imposter sells or refinances your home without your knowledge. The question then becomes: if it happens without your knowledge, how can you protect yourself?

The Budget Implementation Act, 2022, No. 1 (the Act), first introduced on April 28, 2022, received royal assent on June 23, 2022. The Act largely implements some of the tax measures announced in the 2022 Federal Budget...

According to statistics released by the International Monetary Fund, 12 of the 20 fastest-growing economies into 2015 will be African nations.

The Ontario Superior Court in Ottawa sentenced business executive Nazir Karigar to three years in prison for conspiracy to bribe foreign public officials.

On June 8, 2016, Canada's House of Commons announced that it would be undertaking a review of the Special Economic Measures Act and the Freezing of Assets of Corrupt Foreign Public Officials Act.

American gun manufacturer Smith & Wesson became the latest high-profile target of the Securities & Exchange Commission’s enforcement of the FCPA.

As agreed by the Court, "the [Act] itself is a difficult one, and … the precise interpretation of section 152(4) is in the upper limits of those difficulties."

Arbitration offers contracting parties a typically faster and more cost-effective dispute resolution alternative to traditional court proceedings.

However, at trial, BTL argued that it should be relieved of the obligation to pay its debt to KTPL.

The defendant Nevsun Resources Inc. ("Nevsun") is a B.C. mining company that entered into a joint venture with Eritrean state companies to develop and operate the Bisha gold mine near Asmara, Eritrea.

On September 5 2018 the Court of Appeal of England and Wales handed down its highly awaited judgment in Serious Fraud Office v Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation [2018] EWCA Civ 2006.

The Supreme Court of Canada has released its long-awaited decision in two companion appeals that have significant implications for class actions alleging conduct that contravenes the criminal provisions found in Part VI of the Competition Act.

The Ontario Court of Appeal's recent decision in 2730453 Ontario Inc. v. 2380673 Ontario Inc., 2025 ONCA 112, provides important guidance on the doctrine of part performance as an equitable exception...

On April 5, 2024, the Supreme Court of Canada released reasons for decision in Eurobank Ergasias SA et al. v. Bombardier Inc. et al.

A bank issuing a letter of credit has a near absolute duty to honour a demand for payment under the letter. Notwithstanding, one such exception to this near absolute duty is the fraud exception.

More sophisticated methods and technology have changed how Canadians are being scammed. Learning what to keep an eye out for can make all the difference.

In the first part of our Canadian series "Focus on Investigations", we explore the purpose of internal investigations, the type of cases that could benefit from them...

2025 may prove to be a year of significant change to the Canadian payments landscape due to the expansion of Payments Canada membership and further development of the Real-Time Rail (RTR) payment system.