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Legal trends '13: a forecast of the year ahead - financial services regulatory

  • Blake Cassels & Graydon LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • January 17 2013

Regulatory burden continues to be a major concern for Canadian financial institutions. In a 2012 survey of 39 Canadian banks, regulation was cited as

Importance of anti-money laundering controls

  • Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • July 16 2012

If businesses needed any evidence of the importance of having adequate anti-money laundering controls in place, perhaps the possibility of a $1 billion fine that could be imposed by U.S. regulatory authorities on a financial institution for having inadequate controls will get their attention

‘Knowing assistance’ class action certified

  • Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • July 10 2012

Good rule of thumb: don’t knowingly assist in someone else’s breach of trust; you’ll be liable too

Fraud and misconduct by financial intermediaries

  • McMillan LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • May 8 2012

Fraud or its synonyms “dishonesty, infidelity, faithlessness, perfidy, unfairness etc...” is the direct antithesis of “trust, good faith, fidelity, fiduciary etc...” which are the hallmarks of the relationship between a financial institution and its clients

Check those cheques: is the payee plausible?

  • McMillan LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • April 26 2012

Companies victimized by cheque fraud from within their own ranks often turn to their banks for recovery

Change is in the cards -- the Federal government contemplates extending the anti-money laundering regime to prepaid cards

  • Davis LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • April 10 2012

The Federal government, in line with other states internationally, is considering steps to strengthen the anti-money laundering (“AML”) legislative regime, specifically the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act

Department of finance initiates consultations on strengthening AMLATF regime

  • Stikeman Elliott LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • February 7 2012

Late last year, the Department of Finance released a consultation paper seeking views on measures to further strengthen the Canadian anti-money laundering (AML) and anti-terrorist financing (ATF) regime

Canadian government proposes comprehensive amendments to anti-money laundering legislation

  • Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • January 10 2012

On December 21, 2011, the Canadian federal government released a consultation paper (the Consultation Paper) containing certain proposals to strengthen Canada’s anti-money laundering (AML) and anti-terrorist financing (ATF) legislative framework, which is administered through the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act (PCMLA) and related regulations (collectively, AML Legislation

The autorité des marchés financiers initiates a consultation on the compensation of consumers of financial products and services

  • Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
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  • Canada
  • -
  • January 10 2012

In the wake of the scandals of Norbourg, Earl Jones and Mount Real, the Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF) initiated a public consultation on December 9, 2011, regarding the compensation of victims of financial crimes

Canada seeks to extend the antimoney laundering regime to emerging payment technologies

  • Torys LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • January 5 2012

On December 21, 2011, the Canadian government released its consultation paper Strengthening Canada's Anti-Money Laundering and Anti-Terrorist Financing Regime, which contains proposals to strengthen the Proceeds of Crime and Terrorist Financing Act

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