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New Public Register Proposed for Advocates of Foreign State-Owned and Controlled Enterprises

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As part of a new bill intended to combat foreign interference in Canadian affairs, the Canadian government has proposed that any person advocating for certain types of foreign actors with respect to activities intended to...more

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Show Me the Money! British Columbia’s Money Judgement Enforcement Act

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A legal system cannot adequately function without providing an effective mechanism for litigants to acquire their monetary judgements. The legislative methods employed in British Columbia to enforce money judgements have been...more

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CRTC Enforces CASL in Case of Malware Distribution

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While there has been controversy about the enforcement of the electronic communication provisions of Canada's Anti-Spam Law (CASL) due to the ambiguities of the complex scheme, there is widespread support for the anti-malware...more

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US reaches settlement with General Electric over alleged sanctions violations

Report on Supply Chain Compliance 2, no. 20 (Oct. 24, 2019) - The U.S. Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) reached a settlement with General Electric Company regarding transactions involving a...more

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Costco Pharmacies receive $7.25M penalty for accepting drug rebates

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On February 1, 2019, the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care (“Ministry”) announced that CWC Pharmacies (Ontario) Ltd. (“Costco Pharmacies”), a subsidiary of Costco, was ordered to pay an Administrative Monetary...more

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Double Jeopardy Argument Fails in Ponzi Fraud

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In R. v. Samji, 2017 BCCA 415 [Samji], the B.C. Court of Appeal decided that a $33-million administrative monetary penalty (AMP) assessed by the province’s Securities Commission against a person who had run a massive Ponzi...more

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The Long Arm of U.S. Sanctions: Penalty Imposed Against Canadian Subsidiary of U.S. Subsidiary of Japanese Company

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On June 8, the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced a monetary penalty against American Honda Finance Corporation (American Honda) for alleged violations of the Cuban Assets Control Regulations (CACR), the...more

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Canadian Government Suspends Private Right of Action Under Anti-Spam Law

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In an order dated June 2, 2017, the Canadian government indefinitely suspended a key provision in Canada’s anti-spam legislation (CASL), which was set to take effect on July 1, 2017. While CASL initially came into force in...more

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New Canada Anti-Spam Rules Take Effect July 1 – Additional Teeth Behind New Rules

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Organizations that do business in Canada should be aware of key changes coming to Canada’s Anti-Spam Legislation (“CASL”). Beginning July 1, 2017, CASL will place stricter conditions on how companies can market their services...more

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CPSC Recall Snapshot: CPSC Goes International

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Welcome to the December edition of the Alston & Bird CPSC Recall Snapshot. In November, the CPSC, Health Canada and Mexico’s Consumer Protection Federal Agency (PROFECO) held their Third North America Consumer Product...more

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Revised Capital Markets Act: Amendments to Regulatory and Criminal Enforcement Provisions

The recently released revised consultation draft of the Capital Markets Act (CMA) for the proposed Cooperative Capital Markets Regulatory System (Cooperative System) includes changes to the proposed rules around regulatory...more

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Update on Significant DOT, FAA and Other Federal Agencies’ Aviation-Related Regulatory Actions - October 2015

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This edition of the Cozen O’Connor Aviation Regulatory Update reports on Congress’s six-month extension of FAA’s reauthorization; new U.S. Bilateral Aviation Safety Agreements with the European Union and Canada; the FAA’s...more

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Health Canada Releases New Guidelines for Civil Penalties System

Readers of our blog tend to pay a lot of attention to federal and state product safety developments for obvious reasons. But, if your firm sells consumer products abroad, such as to Canadian consumers, paying attention to...more

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Changing Landscape for Occupational Health and Safety in Alberta: Administrative Penalties and Tickets

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For the first time in Alberta, companies and individuals (including workers) could face a monetary penalty for breaches of the Occupational Health and Safety Act (the Act), the Occupational Health and Safety Regulation (the...more

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