Waste manifests v TDGR: when fed/ prov rules conflict
New Transportation of Dangerous Goods Regulation (TDGR) requirements are no longer quite consistent with the federal/provincial waste manifest form. This is challenging for shippers and waste managers. One problem is the change in sequence of required items. TDGR s. 3.5 requires the sequence to be: UN No., Shipping Name, Class, Packing Group In order to qualify as a TDG shipping...
Continue reading the post titled Waste manifests v TDGR: when fed/ prov rules conflictThe Trillium Drug Program: Managing the Cost of Prescription Drugs
Serious financial issues arise out of serious injuries. Difficulties with income, money management, cost of care, and cost of medication, go hand in hand with serious injury, and an inability to work. In many instances Siskinds LLP represents individuals who have been seriously injured in an accident. They are incapacitated, and need help to access...
Continue reading the post titled The Trillium Drug Program: Managing the Cost of Prescription DrugsMOE wins: Kawartha Lakes must pay
innocent victims of contamination now have no defence against a Ministry cleanup order. They will be forced into the civil courts if they hope for any remedy
Continue reading the post titled MOE wins: Kawartha Lakes must payAir Cargo
This action relates to allegations that the defendants unlawfully conspired to fix prices of air cargo shipping services on shipments to/from Canada between January 2000 and September 2006. Surcharges are extra fees charged by airlines to their shipping customers above and beyond basic rates. Surcharges are typically priced by weight or volume, with the intent...
Continue reading the post titled Air CargoActos
Actos (pioglitazone hydrochloride) is an oral anti-diabetic drug manufactured by Takeda and prescribed to decrease blood sugar levels in patients with type 2 diabetes. A Canada-wide settlement has been reached in five proposed class actions relating to the prescription drugs ACTOS®, APO-Pioglitazone and SANDOZ-Pioglitazone. Hearings were held in the supervising Courts in Québec and Ontario...
Continue reading the post titled ActosCanadian Courts’ Jurisdiction Over Foreign Defendants in Cases Arising From E-Commerce Relations
With the internet expanding its reach globally, the marketplace participants increasingly turn to it in order to foster their businesses. Manufacturers, distributors, retail stores and service providers take advantage of the internet in order to increase their customer base. Customers, similarly, increasingly use the internet to access products and services. As a result, the past...
Continue reading the post titled Canadian Courts’ Jurisdiction Over Foreign Defendants in Cases Arising From E-Commerce RelationsDiscovery Air Inc.
Siskinds LLP, Kalloghlian Myers LLP, and Paliare Roland Rosenberg Rothstein LLP are co-counsel to the plaintiff in a class action filed against Discovery Air Inc. (“Discovery”), certain of its directors and officers, Clairvest Group Inc. and others. The action is brought on behalf of the holders of Discovery’s 8.375% convertible unsecured subordinated debentures and seeks,...
Continue reading the post titled Discovery Air Inc.SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. II (2019)
On February 6, 2019, Siskinds LLP and Siskinds, Desmeules Avocats s.e.n.c.r.l., filed a proposed securities class action in Québec against SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. (“SNC”), SNC’s President and Chief Executive Officer Neil Bruce, and SNC’s Executive Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer Sylvain Girard (the “Action”). The Action alleges that persons who acquired SNC shares between February...
Continue reading the post titled SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. II (2019)Flash Memory
This class action alleges that the Defendants unlawfully conspired to fix, increase, and/or maintain prices at which Flash Memory or products containing Flash Memory were sold in Canada. The plaintiffs allege that from at least January 1, 1999 through to the present, the defendants and their senior executives participated in illegal and secretive meetings and...
Continue reading the post titled Flash MemoryEndeavour Mining plc (TSX: EDV) (“Endeavour”)
On March 15, 2024, Siskinds LLP filed a proposed securities class action against Endeavour Mining plc (TSX: EDV) (“Endeavour”), their former Chief Executive Officer, Sébastien de Montessus, and other defendants. Endeavour is a mining company that owns and operates gold mines in West Africa. The class action alleges, among other things, that Endeavour Mining made...
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