Are the Halcyon Days of Cryptocurrency Over?
- June 15, 2023
- Clayton Rice, K.C.
The United States Securities and Exchange Commission has initiated two enforcement actions in two days against major platforms in the cryptocurrency market environment. The two civil cases are another push by the SEC to flex its muscle over crypto markets…
The Surrey Six: A New Test for Summary Dismissal Applications
- May 31, 2023
- Clayton Rice, K.C.
The Supreme Court of Canada has ruled that a motion in a criminal proceeding may only be summarily dismissed if it is manifestly frivolous. In a unanimous opinion in the notorious Surrey Six murder case an eight member panel held…
The Story of Tammy Bouvette
- May 15, 2023
- Clayton Rice, K.C.
Marginalized, overwhelmed and intellectually challenged. That is how three Canadian judges described a woman who accepted a powerful inducement held out by the state when she pleaded guilty ten years ago to causing the death of a child in her…
The Seizure of Genesis Market
- April 30, 2023
- Clayton Rice, K.C.
An international law enforcement operation involving seventeen countries has shut down a notorious online purveyor of stolen identities. The worldwide cyber investigation seized the infrastructure of Genesis Market in another blow to the cybercrime ecosystem. The dismantling of the user…
A Russian Spy and the Arrest of Evan Gershkovich
- April 15, 2023
- Clayton Rice, K.C.
Brazilian citizen Victor Muller Ferreira was ecstatic when he received his student visa. “Man, I got it,” he said in an electronic message. “Now we are in the big-boys league.” But Ferreira wasn’t his real name and he wasn’t from…