February 28, 2010By: Susan Kohn Ross
There was much fanfare in the general press in January concerning Department of Justice’s arrest and indictment of 22 executives and employees of companies that transact business involving military and law-enforcement products....
Posted in Anti-Bribery/Anti-Money Laundering, Anti-Corruption - Foreign Corrupt Practices Act/Corruption of Foreign Public Officials, Africa, Australia / New Zealand, Canada, China, European Economic Community, India, Mexico, South Korea | No Comments
February 28, 2010By: Susan Kohn Ross
In a January 2010 Alert, we mentioned the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) indictment of John Warwick of Ports Engineering Consultants Corp. (PECC). For more details and background, click...
Posted in Anti-Bribery/Anti-Money Laundering, Africa, Australia / New Zealand, Canada, China, European Economic Community, India, Mexico, South Korea, Thailand | No Comments
February 28, 2010By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
On February 25, 2010, Canada's Department of Finance released its proposed harmonized sales tax (HST) place of supply rules which will be used to determine whether a supplier (Seller) must charge, collect and remit HST in...
Posted in Canada Law Blog, GST/PST and Other Non-Income Taxes, Harmonization, Canada, International Transactions | No Comments
February 26, 2010By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
I am a huge fan of Seth Godin. However, he scared me this morning by beating me to a post. While Seth's post entitled "It's easier to teach compliance than initiative" (go to the following link - sethgodin.typepad.com) has...
Posted in GST/PST and Other Non-Income Taxes, Harmonization, Administrative and Regulatory Law, Canada, Customs Duties, Global Compliance & Risk Management, Government Relations, International Tax, International Transactions | No Comments
February 26, 2010By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
On February 25, 2010 (88 days until harmonization implementation in Ontario and British Columbia), the Department of Finance released the proposed harmonized sales tax (HST) place of supply rules. Here is a link to the pages of...
Posted in Canada Law Blog, GST/PST and Other Non-Income Taxes, Canada, Government Relations, Global Compliance & Risk Management, International Tax, International Transactions, Taxation, Harmonization | No Comments
February 23, 2010By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
On February 22, 2010, the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) has issued final determinations of dumping and subsidizing in respect of oil country tubular goods, made of carbon or alloy steel, welded or seamless,...
Posted in Canada, China, Government Relations, Global Compliance & Risk Management, Anti-Dumping, Countervailing Duties | No Comments
February 23, 2010By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
On February, 23, 2010, the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) concluded a reinvestigation of normal values and export prices regarding certain waterproof footwear and bottoms made of plastic or rubber from the People's Republic...
Posted in Canada, China, Global Compliance & Risk Management, Government Relations, Anti-Dumping | No Comments
February 23, 2010By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
Canada has imposed antidumping duties on bicycles from China and Taiwan for over 17.5 years. On February 22, 2010, the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) commenced a reinvestigation of normal values and export prices on...
Posted in China, Canada, Customs Duties, Government Relations, Global Compliance & Risk Management, Anti-Dumping | No Comments
February 23, 2010By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
On February 22, 2010, the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) posted an internal audit report concerning the adequacy and effectiveness of the control framework for the administration of permit, licence and other requirements...
Posted in GST/PST and Other Non-Income Taxes, Administrative and Regulatory Law, Food Law, Agriculture, Border Security Initiatives, Canada, Food and Drug Regulation, Food Safety, Global Compliance & Risk Management, Government Relations | No Comments
February 22, 2010By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
The rumour mill is that the Canada Border Services Agency is considering implementing 10+2 reporting requirements on all modes of importation. The 10+2 reporting requirements are to be implemented by way of regulation. This means...
Posted in GST/PST and Other Non-Income Taxes, Trade Law, Border Security Initiatives, Canada, USA, Customs Duties, Global Compliance & Risk Management, Government Relations | No Comments
February 21, 2010By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
A recent British Columbia Court of Appeal decision (issued on January 25, 2010)allows a defeated party in an arbitration to start over. In Westnav Container Services Ltd. v. Freeport Properties Ltd. (2010 BCCA 33), the British...
Posted in Litigation & Class Actions, Canada | No Comments
February 21, 2010By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
There is information available on the Internet that the United Arab Emirates is the back door or intermediary for the flow of goods to Iran. Please see this article -...
Posted in Canada Law Blog, Trade Law, Border Security Initiatives, Canada, Export Controls and Economic Sanctions, Global Compliance & Risk Management, Government Relations, Shipping & Transport | No Comments
February 21, 2010By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
It is embarrassing - Canada signed the Convention on the Settlement of Investment Disputes between States and Nationals of Other States (the ICSID or the Washington Convention) on December 15, 2006 and passed legislation granting...
Posted in Trade Law, Bilateral Investment Treaties (BITs)/ FIPAs, Canada, Investment Dispute Settlement, International Arbitration, Dispute Settlement, Free Trade Agreements, Government Relations, International Transactions | No Comments
February 19, 2010By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
Keeping track of the documents provided to any auditor (income tax, sales tax, customs duties, antidumping duties, etc.) is very important. I cannot say how many times I have come in after an auditor's visit to a new client and...
Posted in Canada Law Blog, Administrative and Regulatory Law, GST/PST and Other Non-Income Taxes, Harmonization, Taxation, Trade Law, Canada, Customs Duties, Dispute Settlement, Government Relations | No Comments
February 15, 2010By: Susan Kohn Ross
Over the last year or two, we have heard a good deal about Fusion Centers. These are locations where the federal government electronically shares details about individuals with state and local governments (which also share data...
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February 15, 2010By: Susan Kohn Ross
Another case involving the FCPA has recently made headlines. This one involves bribes allegedly paid to Panamanian port authority government officials in order to obtain and keep contracts having to do with maintaining...
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