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- FATF’s Re-Ranking of Canada’s Compliance with Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorist Financing Measures
The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) is an inter-governmental body that develops, monitors, and evaluates countries’ compliance with 40 anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing recommendations . Since Canada’s membership in 1990, Canada has routinely participated in mutual evaluation … Read more »
- The Canadian Patent Regime: A Complete Code
Canadian case law continues to mount against the use of the Statute of Monopolies to seek damages following the invalidation of a Canadian patent. In the recent decision of Justice Schabas in Apotex Inc. v. Eli Lilly Canada Inc. 2021 ONSC 1588 (“Zyprexa” decision), Apotex sought damages under the St … Read more »
- Quebec’s Bill 64 Introduces Unique Cyber Incident Reporting Obligations
The Act to Modernize Legislative Provisions respecting the Protection of Personal Information (“Bill 64” or the “Bill”) received royal assent on September 22, 2021, introducing new obligations for private sector businesses in Québec phased over the course of three years. As part of a series of blogs … Read more »
- Guidance Issued to Crypto-Trading Platforms on Requirements relating to Advertising, Marketing and Social Media Use
On September 23, 2021, the Canadian Securities Administrators (“CSA”) and the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (“IIROC”) jointly released Staff Notice 21-330 Guidance for Crypto-Trading Platforms: Requirements relating to Advertising, Marketing and Social Media Use (“Notice”). C … Read more »
- Bill 64 Receives Royal Assent: Major Québec Privacy Reform Bill Becomes Law
On September 22, 2021, the Act to Modernize Legislative Provisions respecting the Protection of Personal Information (“Bill 64”) received royal assent, just one day after its adoption by the Quebec National Assembly. The passage and royal assent of the Bill occurred quickly after the tabling and ado … Read more »