Why can't we protect trees?
Theoretically, some laws are supposed to protect trees, they aren't actually effective in practice.
Continue reading the post titled Why can't we protect trees?What is "storage"?
A recent Alberta case casts some light on the meaning of waste “storage”. Custom Environmental Services (CESL) sorts and recycles contaminated material, including PCBs. PCB material is brought to the CESL, sorted, cleaned, perhaps processed and placed in containers. Once a truckload has accumulated, it is transported to a disposal site. PCB material is present...
Continue reading the post titled What is "storage"?Harper promises more environmental enforcement
Prime Minister Harper promised today a substantial increase in federal environmental enforcement. Some of the proposed changes would be significant improvements.
Continue reading the post titled Harper promises more environmental enforcementKyoto Protocol Implementation Act
What does this mean for the future of climate change litigation in Canada? Not much.
Continue reading the post titled Kyoto Protocol Implementation ActQuΓ©bec activist wins pollution battle against City
Environmentalist Guy Drouin has won a long and lonely battle against sewage pollution by the City of Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts.
Continue reading the post titled QuΓ©bec activist wins pollution battle against CitySiskinds lawyers listed in Lexpertβs Report on Business Special Edition: Litigation.
Siskinds is pleased to announce that two of our lawyers have been identified as leaders in Litigation in Lexpertβs Report on Business Special Edition: Litigation.Β Β We would like to take this opportunity to congratulate: Scott Ritchie Q.C.Charles M. Wright Inclusion in the Special Report is based on Lexpertβs extensive peer review process and surveys in...
Continue reading the post titled Siskinds lawyers listed in Lexpertβs Report on Business Special Edition: Litigation.Impact of Tim Hortonsβ deal on franchisees remains to be seen
Siskinds partner Peter Dillon wrote an article for Advocatedaily.com regarding theΒ recently proposed Burger King – Tim Horton’s transaction and the potential impact it could have on franchisees.Full article, published on AdvocateDaily below. Weβve all heard the axioms that βnothing succeeds like success,β or βit takes money to make money.β In a world that is becoming...
Continue reading the post titled Impact of Tim Hortonsβ deal on franchisees remains to be seenPolyols de polyΓ©ther
En quoi consiste ce recours collectif? Dans le recours collectif des Polyols de PolyΓ©ther, il est allΓ©guΓ© que les dΓ©fenderesses ont complotΓ© de faΓ§on illΓ©gale afin de fixer, dβaugmenter, et/ou maintenir les prix des Polyols de PolyΓ©ther dans le marchΓ©. Lβexpression Β«Produits de Polyols de PolyΓ©ther Β» dΓ©signe des polyols de polyΓ©ther, du diisocyanate de...
Continue reading the post titled Polyols de polyΓ©therGeneral Chemical directors settle personal claim
This spring, the Environmental Review Tribunal approved a multi-million dollar settlement between the Ministry of the Environment and the officers and directors of General Chemical. General Chemical famously declared bankruptcy, abandoning a badly contaminated lagoon. Just before bankruptcy, General Chemical’s lenders had put up the $3.5M financial assurance the MOE demanded for the lagoon. When...
Continue reading the post titled General Chemical directors settle personal claimCV Technologies Inc.
The law firms of Siskinds LLP and Sutts Strosberg LLP are counsel in a jointly filed class action under Ontario’s new investor protection legislation, Part XXIII.1 of the Ontario Securities Act. The action is brought against CV Technologies Inc. (“CV”), the manufacturer of Cold-FX. Also named as defendants are CV’s CEO, two other members of...
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