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Source: Tax Law Link: .7M for CRA’s “Malicious Prosecution” Set Aside on Appeal The British Columbia Court of Appeal (the “BCCA”) reversed (the “Decision”) a landmark decision (the “Lower Court Decision”) that had awarded a B.C. couple (the “Samaroos”) $1.7 million in damages for the

Source: All Cleared Link: Does Bill C-93 give people with a criminal record a better way to start fresh? The federal government’s recently-proposed marijuana pardon legislation, Bill C-93, is already under fire. Last week the federal government proposed new legislation to pardon those Canadians previously convicted of simple cannabis possessi

Source: Tax Law Link: Bribery and Corruption in International Business The SNC-Lavalin affair has dominated the Canadian news media for two months without complete revelation of what really happened. All that we know for sure is that SNC-Lavalin was charged with violations under the anti-corruption statute and that they sought a remediation agreeme

The recent ruling of the Supreme Court of the United States in South Dakota v. Wayfair, Inc.,1 while receiving little coverage here in Canada, may have a substantial impact on how Canadian companies do business in the United States. In what may be a game changer for online retailers, the ruling has opened the door for individual states to

Source: Canada US Link: OFAC Brings the Hammer In March, there was a good deal of consternation in the general press trying to understand news that President Trump had overruled the actions of the Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) to impose additional sanctions on North Korea. Beside the oddity of a President overruling actions