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Budget 2024 proposes new reforms to combat financial crime in Canada

The federal government’s 2024 budget includes measures to combat financial crimes, with a particular focus on money laundering.

SEC wins novel ‘shadow trading’ trial against biopharma executive

A novel theory of insider trading known as “shadow trading” involves the use of material non-public information about a reporting issuer...

Compliance is starting to break the bank — it doesn’t have to

On February 21, 2024, LexisNexis Risk Solutions published its True Cost of Financial Crime Compliance Study, reporting on the results of a global...

What cloud platforms, social media sites and other ‘Internet intermediaries’ need to know about B.C.’s new Intimate Images Protection Act and Regulation

On January 29, 2024, the Intimate Images Protection Act (the Act) and Intimate Images Protection Regulation (the Regulation) will come into force in...

White-collar enforcement will continue to take shape in 2024

Canada continued to face international criticism for its perceived lack of white-collar crime enforcement in 2023.

Recent criticism of corruption enforcement and calls for a ‘failure to prevent’ offence in Canada

Following similar criticism from the OECD, a recent Transparency International Canada white paper highlights shortcomings in Canada’s...

Widening the lanes? Supreme Court of Canada weighs in on the territorial reach of Québec’s securities regulatory tribunal

On November 17, the Supreme Court of Canada directly addressed for the first time the question of whether provincial administrative tribunals have...

World Bank debarment of engineering consulting firm underscores importance of compliance in public procurement

The recent World Bank debarment of an engineering consulting firm for misrepresentations in bid documents underscores the need for compliance...

Canada’s enforcement of foreign bribery is ‘exceedingly low’, find its OECD peers in Phase 4 monitoring report

The OECD’s Stage 4 monitoring report published last week regarding Canada’s anti-corruption enforcement finds that Canada has not done...

Supreme Court of Canada provides further guidance on anti-SLAPP laws

The Supreme Court of Canada has released its latest decision interpreting anti-SLAPP legislation (Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation....