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The Ontario Court of Appeal has delivered a landmark ruling that fundamentally reshapes personal liability for corporate officers and directors involved in fraudulent conduct.

In Aquino v. Bondfield Construction Co. 2024 SCC 31, the Supreme Court of Canada provided clarity about when fraud by a corporation's directing mind can be attributed to the corporation.

An understanding of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) and Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act (CFPOA) provides a framework to consider how, when and why these laws are enforced.

In addition to mitigating regulatory risks that can lead to the imposition of fines and imprisonment arising from conviction under relevant law...

The RCMP recently announced a rising trend of companies self-reporting potential acts of bribery and corruption.

This case arises out of the tragic death of the plaintiffs' son on December 9, 2001 after he fell from a ten-storey apartment building.

The Canadian Government has announced that it will be moving forward, albeit slowly, with a Deferred Prosecution Agreement (DPA) system

Many jurisdictions around the world have implemented frameworks to deter and address the consequences of criminal and quasi-criminal business practices by corporations

The Court regarded this business as being somewhat risky by nature, always entailing the risk of losses, which must be borne by the agency, in this case by Gescoro.

More and more, victims of sexual harassment and sexual assault are seeking justice through Ontario's Human Rights Tribunal system.

The U.S. Supreme Court has overturned Arthur Andersen’s 2002 criminal conviction for obstructing justice by deliberately shredding documents pertaining to Enron.

The continuing rise to prominence of environmental, social and governance (ESG) compliance is one of the biggest legal trends of 2022. Investors and other stakeholders are increasingly expecting...

DPAs are sentencing agreements negotiated between a prosecution authority and a corporation charged with an offence.

A recent case from New Brunswick involving the conviction of a site supervisor for criminal negligence causing death may signal a new era of criminal law enforcement for workplace safety in Canada.

On November 9, 2020, Brown J.A., writing for a unanimous Ontario Court of Appeal, released his decision in Kearns v Canadian Tire Corporation Limited...

In a bizarre case, a backhoe operator has been convicted of assault under the Criminal Code after he tried, in a fit of rage, to throw a co-worker off the backhoe by rotating the machine four full rotations while the worker held on to a railing as his feet were flying free of the machine.

One of the most interesting questions that arose after the Bill C-45 amendments to the Criminal Code, is whether a defendant could face criminal charges after pleading guilty or being convicted of charges under provincial OH&S legislation.