North America: Criminal Law

The White House has announced the creation of a new senior enforcement role focused on identifying, coordinating and advancing large-scale fraud matters across federal programs and the private sector...

While government shutdowns temporarily affect the pace of whistleblower investigations, enforcement under the False Claims Act and related programs remain resilient.

The Canada Revenue Agency occupies a central role in administering Canada's tax system, collecting public revenue, and safeguarding confidential taxpayer information.

The Federal Court of Appeal (FCA) has ruled that Cabinet lacked reasonable grounds to believe that a national emergency existed when it invoked...

Dozens of college and university campuses experienced protests in April and May of 2024 due to the ongoing conflict in the Middle East. Many were peaceful, but some turned violent...

Ben Cohen charged with "unlawful entry" whilst protesting against the prosecution of Julian Assange.

While law enforcement uses a variety of tools to identify and disrupt fraud and public corruption schemes, no tool is more important than identifying people with knowledge of such schemes and incentivizing them to report on them.

The United States Supreme Court unanimously held that restitution imposed under the Mandatory Victims Restitution Act of 1996 (MVRA) is "plainly"...

The rapid evolution of generative artificial intelligence ("GenAI") — capable of autonomously producing text, images, and video — is nothing short of astounding.

The Department of Justice (DOJ) Fraud Section released its 2025 Year-in-Review (YIR) last week, revealing an expanded enforcement blueprint that suggests heightened regulatory risk and more aggressive...

The goal of recent law reforms in many jurisdictions is to make it easier to hold businesses to account for offenses committed by their directors, employees, agents and other associated parties, a corporate criminal liability risk that has been developing over several years.

Corporate crime and investigations in 2026 continue to be shaped by national security and geopolitics, producing overlapping...