Sentences with phrase «shareholder class actions for»

The bulk is either mis - selling arguments or shareholder class actions for misleading the market.

Not exact matches

(Earlier Chainsaw rid himself of a class - action shareholder suit for $ 15 million, without admitting culpability.)

She has prosecuted a wide range of class action matters for over a decade, helping to recover millions in settlements on behalf of shareholders.

These costs include bankers» and lawyers» fees, the risk of class - action litigation, the need to reveal commercially sensitive information that could benefit rivals, and the prospect of fights with corporate raiders who want juicier returns for shareholders and social activists who want executives to pay heed to their values.

Lead counsel for a public healthcare company and its CEO in defense of a securities fraud class action and related shareholder derivative suit.

Christopher M. Placitella, shareholder at Cohen Placitella Roth PC, was recently selected by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America © 2018 in the fields of Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions — Plaintiffs and Personal Injury Litigation — Plaintiffs.

Many of its files will be familiar to regular readers of the national media, and include the $ 9 - billion Sino - Forest Corp. shareholder class action claim; an application against Rogers Communications Inc. and Chatr Wireless Inc. involving a constitutional challenge to the Competition Act; and a case concerning oil pollution in the Amazon in which the firm acted for Ecuadoran plaintiffs.

This e-newsletter recently reported that shareholders filed two potential shareholder class action lawsuits against Facebook (Pathan, No. 53760 / 12 and Dewhurst, No. 100 S of 2012) in Ontario and Saskatchewan for alleged collusion with bankers leading to investor losses.

Drawing on attorneys from across practice areas and offices, Weil has developed an impressive track record advising with respect to shareholder claims and demands for litigation, internal whistleblower complaints, class and collective actions brought by employees relating to pay, worker classification, and discrimination claims, product liability issues and recalls, privacy rights, intellectual property disputes (patents, trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets), regulatory investigations commenced by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, U.S. Department of Labor, U.S. Department of Justice, and state attorneys general, and major disputes with suppliers and competitors.

Griffin was lead counsel, with Peter Osborne and Shara Roy, for the defendant auditors of Sino - Forest Corp. in connection with a $ 9 - billion shareholder class action.

David acts for clients in a wide range of disputes, including shareholder and partnership disputes, securities litigation, class action defence, proceedings under the Competition Act, and professional negligence claims.

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.

As a litigation funding firm, we invest in commercial disputes brought by businesses, entrepreneurs, investors and shareholders, whether individually or seeking funding for class actions, at all stages of the litigation or arbitration process.

David has acted for clients in a wide range of disputes, including shareholder and partnership disputes, securities litigation, class action defence, proceedings under the Competition Act, employment law disputes, contract disputes, breach of confidence / intellectual property disputes, fidelity bond claims, and professional negligence claims.

His firm is known for its work in class actions relating to consumer issues, banking and shares: for example, it represented 32,000 convenience store owners in a successful challenge against the Office of Fair Trading, and 36,000 private shareholders in Northern Rock following the 2008 global financial meltdown.

In February, the SCC granted an application for leave to appeal filed by Theratechnologies Inc. and two of its administrators in a securities class action filed by a shareholder who lost money because of the issuer's alleged omission to properly inform its shareholders of a material change in the issuer's operations.