February 05, 2013By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
On February 5, 2013, Canada took a leap forward by tabling in the Senate amendments to the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act (CFPOA). Bill S-14 "An Act to Amend the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act"...
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June 09, 2011By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
The Export Development Corporation (EDC) asks entities with which it does business to make certifications regarding compliance with Canadian and other anti-corruption/anti-bribery laws. Pursuant to the Corruption of Public...
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March 06, 2011By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
Canadian businesses should continue to pursue international business opportunities because we can and should. Canadian businesses should also reflect on current events in Egypt, Tunisia and Libya (and Madagascar, Honduras, Oman,...
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March 03, 2011By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
On March 1, 2011, the Office of Superintendent of Financial Institutions Canada released a notice regarding the new regulations implementing the United Nations Resolution on Libya and taking special economic measures. For a copy...
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March 03, 2011By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
On March 3, 2011, Canada's Prime Minister Harper and Justice Minister Nicholson introduced in Canada's House of Commons important new legislation (the Freezing Assets of Corrupt Regimes Act), which will, when passed, provide the...
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February 03, 2011By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
Transparency International Canada stated in a press release issued on January 31, 2011 that:
The recent revelation from the RCMP Sensitive Investigations and International Anti-Corruption Unit that 23 CFPOA investigations are...
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January 25, 2011By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
You do not need be a psychic to make predictions. I have been watching the trends in the new trade laws and cases. The trends are:
A. Accountability - Following the law is not a suggestion - individuals and partnerships will be...
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January 23, 2011By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
My friend Tom Fox has recently posted two posts on FCPA Compliance and Ethics Blog:
1. Jonathan Marks' 13 Step FCPA Compliance Action Plan (January 11, 2011) -...
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January 18, 2011By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
The answer is: Higher! Deeper!
If we take a moment to look at the headlines of 2010, we should predict what are the new risks that will need to be covered:
Preventing Wikileaks and similar divulgence of sensitive...
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December 18, 2010By: Susan Kohn Ross
The International Law Section of the American Bar Association held its fall meeting in Paris the first week in November. One of the more interesting programs was entitled "Briber Beware: International Enforcement of the Foreign...
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November 04, 2010By: Susan Kohn Ross
OECD Report Released
During an October 2010 webinar hosted by the Journal of Commerce and moderated by Susan Kohn Ross of Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp, Chuck Duross, Department of Justice (Justice) Deputy Chief, Fraud Section,...
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October 19, 2010By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
On October 2, 2010, I gave a presentation at the University of Windsor, Center for Transnational Law and Justice concerning Canada's anti-bribery laws. The theme of my presentation was that Canada takes a balanced approach to...
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August 10, 2010By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
In March 2010, MiningWatch Canada and a coalition of Canadian non-governmental organizations and labour rights groups asked the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Anti-Corruption Unit (RCMP-AICU) to investigate Blackfire Exploration...
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May 04, 2010By: Susan Kohn Ross
Much has been made in the general press about the 87-month sentence recently handed down to Charles Jumet in connection with bribes paid to former Panamanian government officials to secure contracts for his company, Ports...
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April 13, 2010By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
Four Avon Products International (Avon) employees (including the President and Chief Financial Officer of the China operations) have been suspended after an internal investigation into improper payments (bribery) to Chinese...
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