Why the Grocery Code of Conduct Won’t Lower Prices and What It Shows About Industry Self-Regulation
Canada’s first grocery code of conduct likely won’t lower prices but it offers a useful illustration of the limits of industry self-regulation.
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Using Design Thinking to Solve Real-World Problems: My Experience Teaching Design Thinking to the OLG’s Governance, Legal & Compliance Group
This Fall, I had the incredible opportunity to lecture at a three-part Innovation Masterclass workshop with Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG), introducing a group of Legal, Compliance, Governance and AML professionals to design thinking. As someone who practices legal design and applies these principles in compliance and the law, my goal was to show
Legal Design and Regulatory Compliance with the Lawyers Design School – Our Good Morning/Afternoon Chat (depending on your time zone)
How luck am I? I got to start off my morning speaking with Legal Design great, Hannele Korhonen. Even though it was the morning in Ontario (the afternoon for Hannele in Finland), our discussion about Legal Design and how it can be effectively used in regulatory Compliance was anything but a “snoozefest”. Check out
Behavioural Economics and Legal Design: Choice Architecture
What can behavioural economics teach us about legal design?
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Compliance Training Video For Firms (Animated) – CSA’s Amendments to Older and Vulnerable Clients
In July 2021, the CSA published Notice of Amendments to NI 31-103 and the Companion Policy entitled Registration Requirements, Exemptions and Ongoing Registrant Obligations to Enhance Protection of Older and Vulnerable Clients. These amendments were adopted by IIROC and the MFDA (jointly CIRO). This is an excerpt from a 30+ minute Compliance Training video created
Compliance Training Video For Firms (Illustrated) – CSA’s Client Focused Reforms on Know-Your-Client, Know-Your-Product and Suitability
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CSA’s Client Focused Reforms on Suitability, Know-Your-Client, Know-Your-Product – How these Regulatory Obligations “Fit” Together.
Policies, Procedures & Forms – Old School versus the New School Method
Reinvent your policies, procedures & governance documentation
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FinTechs and Celebrity Endorsements – Do Consumers Need More Clarity?
Consumers should be cautious of celebrity endorsements when choosing a FinTech
FinTechs and Celebrity Endorsements – Do Consumers Need More Clarity? Read More »
Making the Legal Design Sausage – Introducing you to our CSA KYC, KYP and Suitability Compliance Training
In my earlier blog, I introduced readers to the concept of Legal Design and arguing that there is no one-size-fits-all definition. We also talked about three potential applications of the Design Thinking methodology in the approach to Legal Design (1. Document and Policy Design – the layout, the plain language; 2. Service Design – re-designing something
