The debtor engaged in extensive shenanigans and transfers. He claimed a trust in favour of a corporation when the corporation was not incorporated until many years after the date the trust allegedly arose.

This week, Louis Morisset, the President and CEO of Quebec's Autorité des marchés financiers announced that they "have made suppressing illegal insider trading and market manipulation a top priority".

The Alberta Court of Appeal referred an insider trading sanctions of $1.75m in administrative penalties back to the Alberta Securities Commission ("ASC") because it saw no clear basis for the penalty that did not apparently consider the individual's financial difficulties.

The need for an internal investigation often arises in the midst of a crisis where both internal and external pressures create the risk of internal chaos.

Canadian Lawyer Magazine interviewed us last week on our recent post "OSC again uses public interest power to impose penalty where insider trading law technically does not apply".

In this episode of Elizabeth's video series on civil sexual assault law, Elizabeth describes the keys to assessing sexual abuse claims.

Many family law cases have parallel criminal proceedings. These proceedings may arise from events related to the family law case (domestic assaults, harassment, breach of court orders, etc.)...

On February 24, the Supreme Court of Canada heard the appeal in Teva Canada Inc. v. Bank of Montreal. The appeal concerns who bears the loss for cheques payable to fictitious or non-existing payees, which were fraudulently issued by an employee.

In this case, the documents in question were lease agreements.

In May, Alberta introduced new legislation which will provide IIROC and the MFDA with significantly more investigatory powers akin to those of the police and the OSC.

On paper, Bill C-16 looks like the system finally catching up to what survivors have been saying for years: abuse is not a one-off event.

Three civil suits have been commenced against Rev. David Woodall, a former United Church minister, and associated United Church entities.

Brenda Agnew, your host, welcomes Simona Jellinek to discuss the recurrent topic of sexual abuse in sports. This topic has become more prevalent lately as a result of the World Junior Hockey sex assault case...

The proper handling, management and protection of confidential information continues to be a major risk management issue facing companies, their executives, employees, and the boards that oversee them.

On the latest episode of the Canadian RegTech Association's podcast, Myron sat down with Alexon Bell, Chief Product Officer and Co-founder of Quantexa...

The cost of cargo crime in Canada is estimated to be around $5 billion annually, perpetrated primarily through the theft of trucks and transport trailers full of merchandise

The latest fraud for the Canadian taxpaying public to be aware of is phony emails that say they are from the Canada Revenue Agency and indicating that there is an Interac tax refund available.

For some people crime does pay, and the BC Supreme Court takes that face into account when considering awards for spousal and child support.

Insurance for loss resulting from the use of technology to commit fraud has existed for decades.

Transparency International’s annual assessment of the enforcement of the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention by member countries was released earlier today.