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California’s new ‘Climate Accountability Package’

California’s legislature recently passed two bills that impose significant mandatory climate-related reporting requirements for large public...

Canada’s enforcement of foreign bribery is ‘exceedingly low’, find its OECD peers in Phase 4 monitoring report

The OECD’s Stage 4 monitoring report published last week regarding Canada’s anti-corruption enforcement finds that Canada has not done...

Amendments to British Columbia’s Securities Act grant BCSC new powers

On July 17, 2023, legislative amendments to British Columbia’s Securities Act, targeted at “modernizing” the statute and improving...

Streamlining enforcement of minor infractions: the British Columbia Securities Commission’s ‘traffic ticket’ style mechanism

On April 26, 2023, the B.C. Securities Commission introduced its newest mechanism for levying administrative monetary penalties without a hearing for...

CIRO outlines first steps in bulletin on priorities for FY2024

Having closed the transaction which saw the amalgamation of Canada’s two self-regulatory organizations effective January 1, 2023, the Canadian...

The state of corporate climate litigation

The 2023 Global Climate Change Litigation Report indicates that, between July 2020 and December 2022, there were 630 climate change...

Canadian securities regulators publish results of review of conflicts of interest practices

On August 3, 2023, Canadian securities regulators released the findings of their joint review of conflicts of interest practices at 172 investment...

IMF’s push for CBDCs: the beginnings of the global CBDC platform

A blog by Matt Burgoyne and Annal Li suggests central bank digital currency may become a reality in Canada in the not-too-distant future.

Regulators’ data breach response signals challenges to compliance with its own rules

The SEC’s recent statement revealing the true impact of an internal data breach highlights the potential challenges of complying with its own...

A ripple in the pond of crypto regulation: The U.S. District Court’s ruling in SEC vs. Ripple

A recent U.S. District Court ruling indicates that certain digital tokens may be outside the regulatory jurisdiction of American securities...