First, do no harm: controlled burns and sea turtles
A coalition of animal protection and conservation groups filed a lawsuit on June 30 to stop BP from conducting “controlled burns” of spilled oil in the Gulf of Mexico. They allege that protected and endangered sea turtles were being incinerated alive.,
Continue reading the post titled First, do no harm: controlled burns and sea turtlesNanomaterials- are we protected?
Canada's regulators are struggling to catch up with the explosion of nanotechnology.
Continue reading the post titled Nanomaterials- are we protected?Understanding OHIP: What health care services are covered outside of Ontario?
OHIP covers many health care costs when you are in Ontario. But what about when you are abroad or if you want treatment that isn’t available in Ontario but is available elsewhere in Canada? Siskinds lawyer Maciek Piekosz looks at how OHIP covers you and outlines the steps involved in getting out-of-province coverage for treatment....
Continue reading the post titled Understanding OHIP: What health care services are covered outside of Ontario?Air 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...
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Siskinds LLP has filed a proposed class action alleging that the defendants conspired to fix, maintain, or stabilize the prices of HDD Suspension Assemblies sold in North America and elsewhere between May 1, 2008 and April 30, 2016. Siskinds’ Québec-based affiliate, Siskinds Desmeules, also filed a similar action on behalf of Québec residents. HDD Suspension...
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The law firms of Siskinds LLP, Sotos LLP, Koskie Minsky LLP, and Camp Fiorante Matthews Mogerman LLP are counsel in a class action against financial institutions (the “Defendants”) who conspired to fix, raise, decrease, maintain, stabilize, control or enhance unreasonably the price of gold and gold-related investment instruments. Siskinds’ Québec-based affiliate, Siskinds Desmeules, also filed...
Continue reading the post titled Gold Price ManipulationLinear Resistors
The linear resistors class action alleges that the Defendants unlawfully conspired to fix, increase, and/or maintain the price of linear resistors sold in Canada between at least as early as July 9, 2003 and up to the present. Linear resistors are a common electrical component used to regulate current in an electrical circuit. Almost all...
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The law firms of Siskinds LLP, Sotos LLP, Koskie Minsky LLP, and Camp Fiorante Matthews Mogerman LLP are counsel in a class action against financial institutions (the “Defendants”) who conspired to fix, raise, decrease, maintain, stabilize, control or enhance unreasonably the price of silver and silver-related investment instruments. Siskinds’ Québec-based affiliate, Siskinds Desmeules, also filed...
Continue reading the post titled Silver Price ManipulationDiscovery 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,...
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The law firms of Siskinds LLP, Sotos LLP, Koskie Minsky LLP, and Camp Fiorante Matthews Mogerman LLP are counsel in a class action against financial institutions (the “Defendants”) who conspired to fix, raise, decrease, maintain, stabilize, control or enhance unreasonably the price of supranational, sub-sovereign and agency bonds (“SSA bonds”) Beginning at least as early...
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