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Insider trading better safe than sorry

Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
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Canada
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May 7 2013

A series of recent Alberta Securities Commission decisions recently underscored the inherent dangers of buying or selling securities of companies in

Piercing the corporate veil

Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
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Canada
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May 7 2013

The Alberta Court of Appeal has recently released a decision that adds much needed clarity to when an officer or director of a corporation will be

Recent statutory and case law developments in anti-money laundering compliance

Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
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Canada
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April 22 2013

In February, 2013, new Regulations to the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Regulations (the "Regulations") were published

Expanding SNC investigation illustrates key difference between us and Canadian foreign corrupt practice legislation

Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
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Canada, USA
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March 28 2013

The Globe and Mail recently reported that the RCMP executed a search warrant at the home of a former senior executive of SNC, Sami Bebawi. Mr. Bebawi

Griffiths Energy International pleads guilty to CFPOA charges; FCPA investigation outstanding

Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
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Canada
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January 23 2013

On January 22, 2013, Griffiths Energy International Inc. (GEI), a privately held oil and gas company based in Calgary, plead guilty to bribery

Anti-foreign corruption legislation has more bite: are you ready?

Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
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Canada
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January 3 2013

Among OECD countries, Canada has historically had a reputation of being soft on fighting foreign corruption. In response, Canada ratified the OECD

Guidance on the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act

Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
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Canada, USA
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November 30 2012

On 14 November 2012, the United States Department of Justice and Securities and Exchange Commission published FCPA: A Resource Guide to the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act

Employee fraud: boost your bottom line by banning the “F” word

Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
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Canada
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November 30 2012

Fraud is a crime you can’t afford to ignore

No insider trading because no ‘special relationship’, but trades still contrary to public interest

Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
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Canada
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September 19 2012

Staff at the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) may have thought they had a compelling case that Paul Donald, a vice-president at Research in Motion (RIM) had violated s 76(1) of the Securities Act, which makes it an offence for a person to trade in the securities of an issuer with which the person is in a ‘special relationship’ on the basis of a material fact or material change about the issuer that has not been generally disclosed

Corruption of foreign officials: say “no” abroad or expect prosecution at home

Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
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Canada
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August 31 2012

The Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act (“CFPOA”), which makes it an offence for Canadian companies or individuals to engage in bribery of foreign officials, has quietly been in force for over a decade

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