Canada’s Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act (CFPOA) will be strengthened, foreign affairs Minister John Baird announced on February 5, 2013. This law makes it a crime in Canada to bribe officials of other countries. The key amendments, in Bill S-14 in the Senate, are: Nationality jurisdiction: a long-standing weakness of the current CFPOA is that Canada only has jurisdiction to prosecute if at least part of the conduct giving rise to the offence occured in Canada. The amendments will allow Canadian authorities to prosecute foreign bribery by Canadian citizens (and permanent residents) and Canadian companies, even if no part [...] Full article
The Ontario Divisional Court set aside the decision of the Superior Court of Justice that removed Toronto Mayor Rob Ford from office for allegedly breaching the provincial Municipal Conflict of [...] Full article
Tim Hortons franchisees have lost their challenge to Tim Hortons’ “Always Fresh” model that allegedly reduced the profitability of donuts, TimBits, and other food items. In Fairview Donut Inc. v. [...] Full article
Five groups of defendants in the DRAM class action have agreed to pay over $29 million to settle allegations that they fixed prices for DRAM memory chips. DRAM, which stands [...] Full article
