Sentences with phrase «brought against canadian»

These actions are commonly brought against Canadian or multinational corporations with global operations.

In a series of blog posts published over ten days, McIntyre attacked climate scientist Professor Michael Mann in relation to a defamation suit the scientist brought against Canadian conservative commentator Mark Steyn and others.

Not exact matches

Two Canadian firms said last week that they were bringing a class - action suit against Avid seeking upwards of $ 760M in damages.

A Canadian gallery has brought a federal complaint against a New York art dealer alleging he tried to give works by the American «Pop» artist Jasper Johns official provenances.

In the wake of the high - profile protests against the proposed Keystone XL pipeline and 1,250 arrests, some of the world's best - known Nobel Peace Prize winners are lending their voices in opposition to the 1,700 mile project that would bring Canadian tar sands oil down to Texas.

These activists include Sharon Eubanks, a former US Department of Justice attorney who once helped bring a similar case against Big Tobacco; House Democrats Ted Lieu and Mark DeSaulnier; Canadian eco-loon Bill McKibben (who talks, with characteristic wry understatement, of Exxon's «sheer, profound, and — I think — unparalleled evil»); and, of course, Rhode Island senator Sheldon Whitehouse, another attorney determined to use lawfare to shut down the debate on climate change once and for all.

Tribal leaders are on their way to Texas to warn Kinder Morgan stockholders against expanding its controversial Trans Mountain Pipeline project, which brings Canadian oil to Washington state.

Last May, we brought the Pacific Climate Warriors, Pacific Island activists organizing against fossil fuels, to the Canadian tar sands to build solidarity with Indigenous allies.

In a recent review of Canadian jurisprudence, Lorian Hardcastle identifies several types of claims that may be brought against the government: claims for mishandling pandemics; claims related to system management failures; and claims for deaths caused by long wait times.

Notable mandates: The firm is currently co-representing the plaintiffs in a long - standing class action in Quebec brought against the three major Canadian tobacco manufacturers.

The class action brought against FCA NV, FCA and FCA Canada Inc. (FCA Canada) alleges that Canadian purchasers of the Vehicles were deceived by the defendants» failure to disclose the presence of this software, resulting in losses and damage to members of the class.

Other developments also include a class action lawsuit filed last week in the Saskatchewan Court of Queen's Bench and which has been brought against the federal government and the Canadian Wheat Board on behalf of western Canadian farmers seeking to recover the alleged value of the assets of the Canadian Wheat Board.

Two recent decisions suggest that Canadian courts are ever more inclined to assume jurisdiction over civil claims brought by foreign plaintiffs against Canadian multinationals operating abroad.

The plaintiff, Stephanie Ozorio (the «plaintiff») brought a motion on consent for a summary judgement against the defendant, the Canadian Hearing Society (the «defendant») for wrongful dismissal.

-LSB-...] Unprecedented $ 3 million dollar lawsuit filed against McMaster librarian for blogpost (blog post from the Canadian Association for Professional Academic Librarians, bringing together a lot of links and information)-LSB-...]

On Tuesday, August 31, 2010, the Canadian Press reported that a Montreal man filed a motion for leave to bring a class action suit against the Community of the Clerics of St. Viateur in Montreal and the Raymond - Dewar Institute (also known as the Institute for the Deaf and Dumb) and its priests.

A class action suit has been brought against Sino - Forest Corp., adding yet another element to the drama playing out with what was considered one of the biggest Canadian - based forest products companies operating overseas.

[1] The moving party, Amnesty International («Amnesty»), brings this motion for an Order granting it leave to intervene in three related actions brought by the individual plaintiffs, Mayan Q'eqchi» individuals from Guatemala, who claim alleged human rights abuses committed against them by the subsidiaries of Canadian mining companies.