Nevsun Resources Ltd.
Siskinds LLP, together with the Vancouver law firm Camp Fiorante Matthews Mogerman LLP, are co-counsel for a number of Eritrean refugees who have commenced proceedings in the Supreme Court of British Columbia (βCourtβ) against Nevsun Resources Ltd., a Vancouver-headquartered mining company incorporated in British Columbia (βNevsunβ). The gravamen of the claims against Nevsun is in...
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In March 2005, FMF Capital Group Ltd. (“FMF”) issued securities in an initial public offering (“IPO”) to the Canadian public. The IPO was underwritten by a syndicate of 6 underwriters, led by BMO Nesbitt Burns, Inc. (“Nesbitt Burns”), and was effected pursuant to a prospectus. Following the IPO, FMF’s securities began to trade over the...
Continue reading the post titled FMF Capital Group SecuritiesZungui Haixi Corporation
TSX-V Symbol βZUNβ CUSIP 98982N 10 5 In October 2011, Siskinds LLP, acting on behalf of two investors in Zungui Haixi Corporation (βZunguiβ), commenced an action in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice against: (a) Zungui; (b) Ernst and Young LLP, Zunguiβs auditor; (c) Zunguiβs former directors, including certain of its former executive officers; and...
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Siskinds LLP filed a proposed class action against General Motors (βGMβ) and Bosch alleging that illegal defeat devices were installed in certain Chevy Silverado 2500 or 3500 vehicles model years 2011-2016, GMC Sierra 2500 or 3500 vehicles model years 2011-2016, and Chevrolet Cruze vehicles model years 2014-2015. Siskinds is of the opinion that the proposed...
Continue reading the post titled GM EmissionsThe Rise And Fall Of Chadha v Bayer
Introduction Although numerous price-fixing conspiracy class actions have been commenced in Canada, only a relatively small number have proceeded to a contested certification motion.Β For those that have proceeded to a contested certification, one of the main challenges for plaintiffs has been overcoming the high evidentiary threshold established primarily by the Ontario Court of Appeal...
Continue reading the post titled The Rise And Fall Of Chadha v BayerFeds publish proposed microbeads ban
The federal governmentΒ will go ahead with a ban of microbeads in personal hygiene products. We wrote lastΒ summer about both the then-Conservative government’s announced intention toΒ institute a banΒ as well as the problems to Canadian waterways posed by the presence of microbeads in personal care products such as face wash, toothpaste,Β and soap. The Federal government Β has now...
Continue reading the post titled Feds publish proposed microbeads banPlastic-bottled water ban on the horizon in Montreal?
Not long after announcing his cityβs intention to ban single-use plastic bags by 2018, Montreal mayor Denis Coderre has indicated that banning plastic-bottled water may be next. Bottled water has long been decried for its heavy environmental footprint. Not only is it unnecessary where safe and effective municipal systems exist, plastic bottles create an enormous...
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On Thursday, April 4, 2019 the Supreme Court of Canada dismissed the attempts of Ecuadorβs Lago Agrio Region requiring Chevron to pay for water and soil contamination relating to Texacoβs activities in the area. The contamination was caused by Texacoβs activities between the years 1964 and 1992. Chevron acquired Texaco in 2001. In 2011 the...
Continue reading the post titled $9.5 Billion Dollar Claim to Enforce Judgment DismissedRegulation of noise
Noise is one of the classic irritants that drives neighbours crazy.
Continue reading the post titled Regulation of noiseDrinking water standards getting a little tighter
Health Canada has released its new Guidelines for Canadian Drinking Water Quality, prepared by the Federal-Provincial-Territorial Committee on Drinking Water (CDW).[1] This replaces the existing 1996 edition. Bottom line: the numbers are a little stricter than 15 years ago.
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