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By Occasional Contributors | 2 Minutes Read June 20, 2017

SEC awards whistleblower reduced amount citing whistleblower culpability

The February 28, 2017 order emphasized that the reduced award was a result of the whistleblower’s culpability in connection with the securities law violations and the whistleblower’s delay in reporting the violation to the SEC.

Article by Occasional Contributors / Business / anonimity for whistleblowers, financial rewards for whistleblowers, monetary incentives for whistleblowers, Osler, reprisals against whistleblowers, securities act, whistleblower, whistleblower culpability, whistleblower protections

By Occasional Contributors | 2 Minutes Read July 6, 2016

Whistleblowers: The AMF will not offer any reward

On February 18, 2016, after a thorough and rigorous analysis which included closely monitoring the rewards-based whistleblower programs offered by the U.S. and Ontario, the Autorité des marchés financiers (the AMF) announced that it does not intend to offer financial rewards to whistleblowers. Instead, the AMF wishes to promote a whistleblower program that builds on existing measures.

Article by Occasional Contributors / Business, Finance and Accounting, Information Technology, Not for Profit, Payroll, Privacy / AMF Whistleblower Program, anti-reprisal measures and anonymity for whistleblowers, Autorité des marchés financiers, confidentiality, confidentiality and anti-retaliation provisions, financial rewards to whistleblowers, Ontario Securities Commission, Osler, quality whistleblowing, Whistleblower Information Form, whistleblower programs, whistleblowing

By Occasional Contributors | 3 Minutes Read June 22, 2016

How to get Alberta, Canada’s green-energy pioneer, back in the saddle – The Globe and Mail

The farms and ranches in southern Alberta may not seem like fertile ground for the early adoption of new energy technology. However, southern Alberta is where Canada’s commercial wind energy industry got its start. Recently, other provinces have offered lucrative long-term contracts to attract renewable energy. Although Alberta has great wind and solar resources, a combination of low power prices and lack of such incentives has made it difficult to develop renewable-energy projects in the province. With new policies, can Alberta, Canada’s renewable energy pioneer, get back in the saddle?

Article by Occasional Contributors / Business / commercial wind energy industry, competitive market, electricity generation, farms and ranches in southern Alberta, fertile ground, green-energy, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP, Jeremy Barretto, Long-term agreements, new energy technology, Osler, renewable energy, wholesale electricity prices, wind and solar projects, wind and solar resources

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