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Ontario court finds police cannot circumvent Parliament’s tailor-made warrants for digital assets

As new technologies emerge in an evolving enforcement framework, companies should ensure their rights are understood and protected.

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.

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...

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...

Osler’s Year-End Professionalism Series: Is generative AI for me? Use cases for lawyers and professionals

Through this panel discussion, learn how you can use AI as part of your legal practice, while understanding and mitigating the associated risks.

UN Special Rapporteur raises concerns about Canada’s current approach to human rights due diligence for Canadian companies: What can businesses expect moving forward?

Canada’s record of white-collar crime enforcement remains the subject of criticism domestically and internationally.

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...

Ontario Superior Court provides guidance on the bribery offence under the CFPOA

Enforcement proceedings under Canada’s Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act have been relatively infrequent. A recent Ontario decision...