February 06, 2015 by Jordan Deering in Breach of Fiduciary Duty
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Employers Be Aware: OSC Proposes Incentive-Based Whistleblower Program

The Ontario Securities Commission (the OSC) recently published “OSC Staff Consultation Paper 15-401” which sets out a proposed framework for an incentive-based whistleblower program. This program aims at incentivising whistleblowers to report Secur...

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June 10, 2014 by Jordan Deering in Breach of Fiduciary Duty, Confidentiality/Trade Secrets
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Lack of Full Disclosure: Special Costs in Failed Anton Piller Order

In recent years, employers have increasingly sought and obtained Anton Piller Orders (“APO”) where a departing employee leaves with confidential information. The strategy is often extremely effective: the employer recovers the confidential informat...

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January 17, 2014 by Jordan Deering in Criminal Offences by Employees, English, Ontario
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Settling With a Fraudulent Employee: Will you be the next Defendant?

A recent Ontario decision dealt with the issue of liability as between two defrauded employers: is a past (former) employer liable to a new employer when a fraudulent employee steals money from the latter to satisfy its debt to the former? In the recen...

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