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FCPA Compliance Report: Fraud Risk Management - Insights and Experiences with Peter Schablik
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REFRESH Five Tax Traps for Business Lawyers Advising Nonprofit Organizations
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Compliance Tip of the Day: Middle Managers as the Eyes and Ears of Compliance
Episode 365 -- Four Sanctions Cases Everyone Should Know
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Compliance Tip of the Day: The role of Compliance in Auditing AI
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Auditing Your Hotline and Case Management System
Hospice Insights Podcast - Controlling the Narrative: A New Tactic for Auditors and ALJs
Improving Your Code of Conduct
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Preparing for — and Surviving — an OFCCP Audit
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The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) has taken a significant step into the digital age by making online mail delivered through the My Business Account portal the default method for most business-related communications. This...more
If you own a U.S. trademark registration, you have likely encountered (or will encounter) an audit by the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). The audit program, launched by the USPTO in November 2017, was enacted as a...more
Le Conseil canadien sur la reddition de comptes (le « CCRC ») a récemment modifié ses règles (les « Règles ») applicables aux cabinets d’experts-comptables prenant part à son programme de surveillance. Il s’agit des premières...more
The Canadian Public Accountability Board (CPAB) recently amended its rules (Rules) applicable to accounting firms that participate in its oversight program. This marks the first amendment to the Rules since they were...more
Foster better organizational transparency with insights into whistleblowing regulations and safeguards across the globe. Whistleblowers act as vigilant public advocates, exposing fraud and abuse. According to the...more
Changes to National Instrument 52-108 Auditor Oversight and its Companion Policy (the Amendments) require auditors that perform a significant portion of a reporting issuer’s audit work to provide the Canadian Public...more
L’Agence des services frontaliers du Canada (l’« ASFC ») effectue régulièrement des vérifications auprès des importateurs afin d’évaluer leur conformité à la législation douanière du Canada. De telles vérifications peuvent...more
The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) regularly conducts audits or “verifications” of importers, to assess compliance with Canada’s customs laws. Such verifications could result in additional duties, GST and/or other...more
The Canadian Institute is proud to announce the Virtual 6th Annual Forum on Economic Sanctions For Canadian Operations taking place virtually on November 19, 2020. This program offers a full day of up to the minute analysis...more
The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) updated its online statement of its current trade verification (audit) priorities in July 2019. Importers of goods targeted for verification would be wise to ensure that they have...more
In January 2019, Canada’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, QuadrigaCX, announced that it had lost $180 million of virtual currency, prompting calls for tighter regulatory oversight of the industry....more
Nissan’s Carlos Ghosn problems now extend to the United States, where the Securities and Exchange Commission has opened a probe into the accuracy of the company’s financial disclosures and internal controls....more
Institutional Shareholder Services ("ISS") and Glass, Lewis & Co ("Glass Lewis") have both released their updates to their respective Canadian proxy voting guidelines for the 2019 proxy season. The ISS updates apply to...more
In a New Year's tradition, the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) has published its trade verification (audit) priorities for 2018. The audits cover three programs that affect the amount of duties and Goods and Services...more
The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) has announced that it will not seek leave to appeal the Federal Court of Appeal's decision in the BP Canada case. This means that the Court's decision to deny the CRA general and unrestricted...more
Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) and Glass, Lewis & Co (Glass Lewis) have both released their updates to their respective Canadian proxy voting guidelines for the upcoming 2017 proxy season. The ISS updates apply to...more
Most jurisdictions in Canada require the unanimous consent of all shareholders (including non-voting shareholders) in order for a non-distributing corporation to dispense with an audit. The requirement is absolute and...more
In its first public report of 2016, the Office of the Auditor General of Alberta reviewed, among other things, IT security for industrial control systems used in Alberta’s oil and gas industries (Report of the Auditor General...more
In preparation for the audit of Canada’s anti-money laundering and terrorist financing regime by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) in the fall of 2015, the Department of Finance and the Financial Transactions and Reports...more
This month, the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) updated its customs compliance verification priorities for 2015. Trade program verifications of tariff classification, customs valuation and origin are not limited to...more
As discussed in our July 2014 Blakes Bulletin: Alberta’s New Pension Legislation to Take Effect September 1, 2014, the Alberta government has announced that the new Employment Pension Plans Act (New Act) and its associated...more
As is its practice, the Canada Border Services Agency recently announced its semi-annual trade verification targets for the balance of 2014. Many targets continue from the past, while new ones have been added....more
On October 21, 2013, Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS), an influential proxy advisory firm, released three proposed updates to its Canadian proxy voting guidelines. The proposed updates relate to director overboarding,...more