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Published on: 3 Aug 2021 By

Gramoxone® (Paraquat) associated with Parkinson’s Disease

Gramoxone® is a non-selective herbicide used to control broadleaf weeds and grasses with an active ingredient called paraquat.  It is alleged that paraquat exposure is linked to Parkinson’s disease. Siskinds Desmeules, Siskinds LLP’s Quebec-based affiliate, has filed a class action law…

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Published on: 22 Apr 2019 By ,

Mandatory Arbitration Provisions in the Class Action Context

Mandatory Arbitration Provisions in the Class Action Context: TELUS Communications Inc. v. Wellman, 2019 SCC 19 On April 4, 2019, the Supreme Court of Canada issued reasons in TELUS Communications Inc. v. Wellman. The Supreme Court’s 5-4 decision provides important guidance on the applicabil…

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Published on: 5 Nov 2015 By

Cross-Border Cooperation in Class Action Litigation

This is an excerpt from an article written by Siskinds Class Action lawyers Ron Podolny and Daniel Bach and originally published by the American Association for Justice. Introduction  Counsel in Canada and the U.S. frequently pursue parallel class actions on the basis of identical allegation…

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Published on: 2 Jul 2014 By

Basic’s Alive – The Judicial Oak Weathers the Storm

For over 20 years, securities class actions in the U.S. have relied on the ‘fraud-on-the-market’ theory of reliance for investors. This was established by the 1988 case Basic Inc v Levinson. Recently some have question this theory. Earlier this week the Supreme Court released its decision in…

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Published on: 23 Aug 2013 By

All That e-Glitters: Bitcoins and Securities Regulation

What are Bitcoins and what laws apply to them? In a new post, Siskinds class action lawyer Daniel Bach explains what Bitcoins are and looks at a recent US court decision considering whether or not they should be governed by securities laws. The age-old question: “if a new security purports t…

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