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In the light of recent anti-corruption company cases, the Government of Canada has showed its continuing commitment to fight foreign corruption by proposing significant amendments to the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act.

As a result of renewed efforts to enforce Canada’s "Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act" and the most-recent proposed amendments to the Act earlier this year to extend jurisdiction to Canadian corporations’ activities abroad, boards of directors, senior management, and internal auditors have been encouraged to renew their efforts to protect their companies from the legal and reputational risks associated with breaches of our anti-corruption legislation.

Entering into a loan transaction that also has an equity component, such as the issuance of shares or warrants, has previously given rise to some concern that the loan could ultimately run afoul...

In a recent decision, a panel of the Ontario Securities Commission dismissed allegations against two prominent mining executives who were alleged to have committed insider trading and tipping violations in connection with a hostile takeover bid for Baffinland in 2010.

There is never a dull moment when it comes to cryptocurrency: whether it is the hacking of a South Korean crypto exchange, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission announcement that Ether is not a security ...

Last month in Part I of this series we introduced you to the new equity crowdfunding prospectus exemption and rules regarding Multilateral Instrument 45-108.

On August 26, 2014, a panel of the Ontario Securities Commission released its highly anticipated decision involving allegations of insider trading.

Recent cases, particularly in the U.S., have highlighted the challenges regulators face in pursuing individuals for tipping (disclosing material non-public information to third parties) and trading on the basis of a tip.

The British Columbia Securities Commission (BCSC) recently considered whether a consultant for a law firm had committed insider trading...

On April 5, 2016, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) Unit of the U.S. Department of Justice's (DOJ) Criminal Division announced a one-year pilot project designed to "motivate companies"...

On October 19, 2023, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Working Group on Bribery in International Business Transactions (the Working Group) released its report...

The government of Canada has recently announced important amendments to the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act.

The Superior Court of Quebec (Court) recently published its decision approving Canada's second-ever remediation agreement.

For the first time in Canada, an individual has been sentenced to jail time for bribing a foreign public official.

The new Criminal Interest Rate Regulations (Regulations) announced on December 23, 2023, give rise to several important civil implications for lenders and service providers throughout Canada...

In our last article - Mitigating the Company's Risk After an Employee Fraud - we discussed a few of the steps a company should take to preserve evidence, protect its position pending litigation, as well as some costs and benefits ...

Conventional and cyber-related fraud schemes are on the rise. These include fake supplier fraud and CEO fraud, which seek to misappropriate funds, and phishing, which targets confidential information.

In light of the recent decision of R v. Dunn, in which the former CEO, CFO, and Controller of Nortel Networks Inc. were acquitted of fraud, the question of whether Canada is a tough jurisdiction for corporate criminals has again become a subject of popular discussion.