Peter Dillon Featured in Franchise Law Journal – Canada’s Developing Franchise Jurisprudence
The Franchise Law Journal is a respected collection of franchising news, published seasonally by the American Bar Association. Franchise lawyer Peter Dillon was recently featured in the winter 2017 edition for his article Canada: It’s Like Watching A Car Crash in Slow Motion. With homage to …
View the post titled Peter Dillon Featured in Franchise Law Journal – Canada’s Developing Franchise JurisprudenceLinda Visser Quoted in Canadian Lawyer Magazine
Representatives from Siskinds LLP, Sotos LLP & Koskie Minsky LLP have brought the issue of an uncoordinated process for multi-jurisdictional class action lawsuits to the attention of the Canadian Bar Association. Class action lawyer Linda Visser describes how the Canadian framework diff…
View the post titled Linda Visser Quoted in Canadian Lawyer MagazineReport from Relativity Fest 2017
Members of our e-Discovery group recently attended Relativity Fest in Chicago. This annual four day conference is hosted by the legal software company Relativity and is attended by over 2000 people in the legal tech industry. Siskinds uses Relativity to manage large document collections exch…
View the post titled Report from Relativity Fest 2017Linda Visser Quoted in The Lawyer’s Daily About Price Fixing Case
Linda Visser was interviewed by the Lawyer’s Daily this month to provide insight into Airia Brands Inc. v. Air Canada, a price fixing case. Read the full article here.
View the post titled Linda Visser Quoted in The Lawyer’s Daily About Price Fixing CaseClass Actions Team Ranked Top-Tier Nationwide
Congratulations to Siskinds’ team of class action lawyers for their recognition as a top-tier plaintiff class action team nationwide by Chambers and Partners. Congratulations also to lawyers Charles Wright, Michael Robb and Linda Visser who were individually recognized. We are proud of the o…
View the post titled Class Actions Team Ranked Top-Tier NationwideThe Environmental Law Team Welcomes Dr. Jane Sadler Richards
Siskinds is proud and pleased to announce that Dr. Jane Sadler Richards is now a member of the Siskinds Environmental Group. Jane is a scientist, an agrologist, and a paralegal. Her work focuses on regulatory issues related to environment and land, and agriculture and food production. At Sis…
View the post titled The Environmental Law Team Welcomes Dr. Jane Sadler RichardsBest Lawyers Canada
Siskinds is happy to extend congratulations to Charles Wright of class action litigation, Henry Berg of corporate law, Jim Virtue of insurance law, Andre Michael of medical negligence, and Jim Mays of personal injury litigation for their recognition in this year’s edition of Best Lawye…
View the post titled Best Lawyers CanadaQuébec – New Code of Civil Procedure – Tolling Agreements
We continue to explore the new rules of civil procedure in Quebec as of January 1, 2016. Today’s feature is tolling agreements. Based on the Civil Code of Quebec, tolling agreements aimed at suspending limitation by agreement are not possible in Quebec: 2883. Prescription may not be renounce…
View the post titled Québec – New Code of Civil Procedure – Tolling AgreementsQuébec – New Code of Civil Procedure – Costs
Here is the second installment of brief summaries relating to the new rules of civil procedure in Quebec as of January 1, 2016. Today’s feature is costs. The cost regime in Quebec has always been favorable to the plaintiffs. The main difference with Common law jurisdictions is that in Quebec…
View the post titled Québec – New Code of Civil Procedure – CostsQuébec – New Code of Civil Procedure – Experts
On January 1, 2016, a New Code of Civil Procedure (NCCP) came into effect in Quebec. The spirit of the NCCP is to encourage lawyers to adopt the philosophy of Dispute Prevention and Resolution instead of litigation. The entire Code has been revamped and we anticipate a learning curve for law…
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