The Ontario Securities Commission (“OSC”) and the Autorité des marchés financiers (“AMF”, and together with the OSC, the “Regulators”) recently completed a continuous disclosure review (the “CD Review”) related to independent...more
The Ontario Securities Commission (“OSC”) recently released its annual Summary Report for Dealers, Advisers and Investment Fund Managers (the “Report”), prepared by the Compliance and Registrant Regulation Branch, for the...more
The public comments on the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC)’s proposed whistleblower program (Program) evidence considerable concern that the Program could undermine issuers’ internal reporting and compliance programs,...more
On August 15, 2014, a California-based staffing company reached a settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Special Counsel for Immigration-Related Unfair Employment Practices (OSC), resolving...more
In an order issued on May 15, 2014 that takes a broad view of its jurisdiction over conduct that allegedly violates the Natural Gas Act’s (NGA) prohibition against market manipulation, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission...more
The time audit your I-9 practices is now. OK, we’ll let you finish your summer vacation. But right after that, you really need to dig into the I-9 rules and make sure that your company is in compliance....more
Originally published in the 2012 Edition of Inside the Minds published by Aspatore/Thomson West. Introduction - This chapter discusses the current immigration enforcement climate for US employers, which involves a...more