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A recent federal court case in Friedman v MNR has denied protection to taxpayers whose affairs may come under tax audit by the Canada Revenue Agency (the "CRA").

A registered teacher's pre-registration conduct may, in some cases, be considered by the Ontario College of Teachers' (the "OCT") Discipline Committee in determining whether a Member is guilty of professional misconduct.

The SEC was also able to obtain an emergency court order to freeze the assets of PlexCorps, Lacroix and Paradis-Royer.

The 2020 M&A Deal Terms Study published by SRS Acquiom on May 5, 2020 provides an overview of market trends based on an analysis of over 1,200 of their private-target...

On December 7, 2012, the Québec National Assembly adopted An Act Respecting Contracting by Public Bodies, which outlines conditions for granting certain public contracts based upon the contractors’ and tenderers’ integrity (see our previous publication on this topic).

In Rizzuto v Hamilton Wentworth Catholic District School Board, 2023 ONSC 2011 (CanLii), the plaintiffs brought a mid-trial motion seeking admission of a typewritten police report ("Police Report").

On January 1, 2025, amendments to the Criminal Code provisions regarding the criminal rate of interest enacted through Budget Implementation Act 2023...

A recent Alberta Court of Appeal decision regarding standard of care, negligent misrepresentation, ...

The concept of causation is difficult to grasp at the best of times, as much ink has been spilled over the years since the decision of Athey v Leonati[1] in which the court applied the "material contribution" test.

With the growing sophistication and globalization of corporations, countries are increasingly looking for new methods to combat and prosecute corporate crime.

In a recent decision from the Ontario Court of Justice (R. v MacPherson, 2017 ONCJ 615 (CanLII)), an accused was facing charges of possession of crack cocaine for the purpose of trafficking...

On October 30, Canada removed the facilitation payments exemption from the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act (CFPOA). This change goes into effect October 31.

In 2015, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled in the Carter decision that sections of the Criminal Code which made it illegal for anyone, including a physician...

On May 28, 2020, the Autorité des marchés financiers, Quebec's securities regulator, published its Enforcement Report for the period April 2019 to March 2020.

When a company first becomes aware of financial irregularities in its business, the first reaction is usually to get to the bottom of the concerns.

Last week's acquittal of Senator Mike Duffy on fraud, corruption and bribery offences shows Ontario courts will not find "corrupt" intent lightly.

Reflecting the trend toward increasing monetary penalties, the Ontario Securities Commission (the "OSC") accepted an eye-popping $30 million settlement payment in the Katanga Mining Limited ("Katanga") matter.