We will continue to monitor developments in this case and other similar
litigation against Canadian multinational corporations.
Not exact matches
[18] To the extent the doctrine of champerty and maintenance remains relevant in
Canadian common law, even as means of protecting the courts and vulnerable litigants
against abuses, its purpose is not and was never intended to be achieved by conferring on the courts the discretion to inquire into and approve or disapprove of a plaintiff's funding arrangements as a condition precedent to instituting or pursuing
litigation.
As we discussed in an earlier article on this blog,
against the backdrop of hardening and expanding international business and human rights standards and norms, there is increasingly a risk of
litigation being commenced
against Canadian companies for overseas human rights violations.
Notable mandates: Counsel on Accor SA's sale of Motel 6 chain regarding
Canadian assets worth about $ 30 million;
litigation counsel to CourtCanada Ltd. in its multi-million-dollar lawsuit
against the Ontario Government; acted in resolution of shareholder dispute in real estate holding companies valued at over $ 70 million; counsel to Harris & Partners Inc. in its capacity as CCAA monitor in restructuring of The Futura Loyalty Group Inc.; acted as vendor of assets of a
Canadian company and U.S. affiliate valued at over $ 25 million to a U.S. private equity fund.
Specifically will a
Canadian court take an adverse inference
against a party who has deliberately used an ephemeral messaging platform to discuss matters that are at issue in
litigation?
Notable mandates: Acted for Soltoro Ltd. in connection with its successful disposition by plan of arrangement to Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd.; co-counsel for Trillium Motor World Ltd. in class action
against General Motors of Canada Ltd. and Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP; acted for
Canadian Solar Inc. in connection with raising an aggregate of US$ 50 million in equity and US$ 100 million in debt financing for acquisition financing and working capital purposes; external counsel to the Regional Municipality of York, providing a wide range of municipal, real estate, expropriation,
litigation, and commercial law advice and services; counsel to minority shareholder of a Nevis LLC worth more than US$ 500 million with respect to a claim for relief from unfair prejudice in
litigation in Nevis and the Commercial Division of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court in British Virgin Islands, and in contemporaneous related actions in Belize and the United States.
Acting for the City of Vancouver in
litigation and regulatory proceedings
against Canadian Pacific Railway in respect of the Arbutus Corridor.
Represented a
Canadian bank and affiliated entities in federal
litigation asserting commercial tort claims
against the originator of securitized lease assets
Our leading expertise in dispute resolution and international trade
litigation has also involved
litigation against both the federal and provincial governments on matters relating to international trade regulations, government measures, and actions and policies that impede access to the
Canadian and foreign markets.
The spate of U.S.
litigation should prompt
Canadian employers to mull over the following obvious questions: Do plan fees hold up
against a benchmark of fees charged by other plans?