With the winter Olympics going full swing in Canada, I thought I would look to how that country is dealing with securities class actions. NERA Economic Consulting just released their 2009 Update on Trends in Canadian Securities Class Actions. Some tidbits: Eight securities class actions were filed in 2009, compared with the 10 filings in [...]
Tag Archives: Canada
Monitoring Employee E-mail in Canada
The key to a defensible system of e-mail monitoring is the creation of a comprehensive and communicated computer use policy. That is apparently as true in Canada as it in the United States. Brian Bowman and Andrew Buck put together an excellent privacy primer on Monitoring employee e-mail: a privacy primer. In what situations is [...]
Compliance Bits and Pieces
Here are some interesting compliance stories that have not made their into their own posts: Canada’s Commitment to Combating the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials: Watching Bill C-31 from the Wrageblog Bill C-31, An Act to amend the Criminal Code, the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act and the Identification of Criminals Act, was introduced [...]
Canada’s Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
In the United States, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act has received significant attention due to some recent high-profile prosecutions. Just to the North, there is the Canadian equivalent to the FCPA: the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act. It has not yet been a significant concern for most businesses that fall within its jurisdiction. But [...]
Canadian Real Estate Developers and Money Laundering
Eli Udell of Perley-Robertson, Hill and McDougall LLP penned a summary of the effect of the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act on Canadian real estate developers: Real Estate Developers And Money Laundering Law – What You Need To Know. What Must a Developer Do To Comply? 1) Implementation of a “Compliance [...]
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