The Québec class action landscape has seen shifting trends lately regarding authorization and preliminary motions. Although the Québec Court of Appeal…
Recent Decision Increases Class Action Risk for Companies that Utilize Pre-Installed Software and Adware
In modern commerce, it is quite common for manufacturers and service providers to pre-install software on a consumer’s computer and mobile devic…
OSC Panel To Consider Livent Co-Founder Drabinsky’s Sanction
Having already served his time following a fraud conviction over 5 years ago, a panel of the Ontario Securities Commission will ultimately have to det…
R. v Shafia: Court of Appeal Applies Stringent Standard for Admitting Fresh Evidence Challenging Jurisdiction of Trial Court
In R v Shafia, the Court of Appeal for Ontario refused to admit evidence proffered, for the first time on appeal, to establish that the trial court la…
Alberta Securities Commission considering whistleblower program with no financial rewards
The Alberta Securities Commission recently announced its three-year
Ontario Court Acquits Former SNC-Lavalin Executives in Foreign Corruption Case
In a significant setback to the enforcement of foreign corrupt practices in Canada, three individuals – including two former SNC-Lavalin ex…
Skunk v Ketash: Order Dismissing Summary Judgment Motion is Generally Interlocutory
In Skunk v Ketash, the Court of Appeal for Ontario found that an order dismissing a summary judgment motion was interlocutory. Hoy A.C.J.O., on behalf…
Former General Counsel of Bio-Rad is Awarded $8 million for Employer Retaliation Claim Following Whistleblower Report
While massive awards paid out by regulators to whistleblowers continue to dominate headlines, a U.S. jury recently awarded a significant damages award…
ISDA and other associations ask for extension for Variation Margin Requirements
On February 7, 2017, multiple organizations — The International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA), the Global Financial Markets Asso…
Saskatchewan Court of Appeal clarifies the role of out of province representative plaintiffs
In Ammazzini v Anglo American PLC, 2016 SKCA 164, the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal clarified the rights of an out of province representative …
