Avandia
A Canada-wide settlement was reached and approved on June 13, 2019 by the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia. The Claims Deadline for filing a claim under the settlement was on July 15, 2020. The settlement has now concluded and no further claims are being accepted. Avandia, a drug used to treat diabetes, is associated with...
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Two actions (Jordan v CIBC Mortgage Inc. and Sherry v CIBC Mortgage Inc., together the βClass Actionsβ) were brought against the defendant CIBC Mortgages Inc. (βCIBCβ) in connection with the calculation of certain prepayment charges on mortgages across Canada, excluding Quebec. The Class Actions apply to CIBC mortgages as well as mortgages through related entities...
Continue reading the post titled CIBC Mortgages Prepayment ChargeCapital One Privacy Breach
An application for a class action has been filed at the Quebec City courthouse by Siskinds, Desmeules, the Quebec firm affiliated with Siskinds LLP, on behalf of the group described below: βAnyone holding a credit card issued by the Defendants and/or who applied for a credit card with the Defendants, whose private personal information has...
Continue reading the post titled Capital One Privacy BreachHorne Smelterβs contaminants emission
On October 23, 2023, Siskinds Desmeules filed for the Plaintiffs Julie Fortier and Miguel Charlebois an application for authorization to institute a class action against Glencore Corporation Canada and the Government of Quebec for damages caused to residents of the City of Rouyn-Noranda as a result of the release of toxic and carcinogenic contaminants (including...
Continue reading the post titled Horne Smelterβs contaminants emissionZungui 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...
Continue reading the post titled Zungui Haixi CorporationNevsun 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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Jensen Shawa Solomon Duguid Hawkes LLP (βJSS Barristersβ) are Class Counsel in a class action commenced in Alberta against Hyundai Auto Canada Corp., Hyundai Motor America, Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Alabama LLC, and Hyundai Motor Company (collectively, βHyundaiβ) alleging that the panoramic sunroofs installed in certain vehicles are susceptible to spontaneous shattering. On March 20, 2019,...
Continue reading the post titled Hyundai Panoramic SunroofsDonnybrook Energy Inc. and Donnycreek Energy Inc.
In August 2013, Siskinds LLP and Jensen Shawa Solomon Duguid Hawkes LLP filed a class action against Donnybrook Energy Inc. (now known as Stonehaven Exploration Ltd.) (βDonnybrookβ), Donnycreek Energy Inc. (now known as Kicking Horse Energy Inc.) (βDonnycreekβ) and their current or former directors and officers in the Alberta Court of Queenβs Bench. The lawsuit...
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Siskinds LLP is part of a consortium of counsel acting for the plaintiffs and a group of investors in Maxar Technologies Inc. (“Maxar”) in a securities class action filed in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice. The class action alleges that Maxar’s disclosure documents, issued during the class period, violated Canadian securities laws and were...
Continue reading the post titled Maxar Technologies Inc.FMF Capital Group Securities
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...
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