Express Entry
An immigration program available to skilled immigrants who wish to settle in Canada permanently and who have the skills and ability to contribute to Canadaβs economy.
Continue reading the post titled Express EntryOptical Disc Drive (“ODD”)
The Optical Disc Drives class action alleges that the defendants unlawfully conspired to fix, increase, and/or maintain the price of Optical Disc Drives sold in North America. Optical Disc Drives are used to read or write to discs, including CDs, DVDs, or Blu-Ray discs. Optical Disc Drives are used in consumer products such as desktop...
Continue reading the post titled Optical Disc Drive (“ODD”)Armtec Infrastructure Inc.
In 2011, Siskinds LLP and Siskinds Desmeules filed proposed class actions in Ontario and QuΓ©bec against Armtec Infrastructure Inc. (TSX: ARF) (βArmtecβ). Also named as defendants were certain officers and directors of Armtec, and certain underwriters in an Armtec share offering conducted pursuant to a prospectus dated April 6, 2011. In February 2014, the parties...
Continue reading the post titled Armtec Infrastructure Inc.Diet Drugs
Settlement Notice: The deadline for applying to receive settlement benefits has passed and all settlement funds have been distributed. There are 2 separate Class Actions underway involving the diet drugs Fenfluramine Dexfenfluramine. Fenfluramine was sold under the trade names of Ponderal and Pondimin. Dexfenfluramine was sold under the trade name of Redux. We are class...
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Smith et al v. The Corporation of the Municipality of Brockton, et al A settlement was reached for residents and non-residents of Walkerton, Ontario who were affected by the e-coli outbreak in the water system in May, 2000. The judgment of the Court and the transcript of the reasons of Mr. Justice LeSage, dated March...
Continue reading the post titled Walkerton E-coli OutbreakFujitsu MPG3 Series Hard Drives
In February of 2003, a class action was commenced against Fujitsu Canada, Inc. and others alleging negligence in relation to certain computer hard disk drives in the MPG3xxx and MPF3xxx-AH series (the βDrivesβ), which the plaintiff claims may fail at an unacceptably high rate. While Defendants deny the alleged negligence, the class action litigation in...
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Honda Odometer A class proceeding was commenced in November 2006 alleging that Honda and Acura vehicles sold in Canada by the defendant Honda Canada Inc. contained odometers that were designed and manufactured to inflate the kilometers driven by the vehicle. A settlement has been reached. A settlement approval hearing took place in the Ontario Superior...
Continue reading the post titled HondaArctic Glacier Income Fund
In September 2008, Siskinds LLP filed a $165 million class action under Ontario’s new investor protection legislation (Part XXIII.1 of the Ontario Securities Act) against Arctic Glacier Income Fund (“Arctic Glacier”), Arctic Glacier Inc, trustees, directors and senior officers of Arctic Glacier and Arctic Glacier Inc. The class action arises out of Arctic Glacier’s announcement...
Continue reading the post titled Arctic Glacier Income FundZyprexa
Frequently Asked Questions about the Zyprexa Settlement [PDF Document] UPDATE (October 25, 2011): The claims deadline has now passed and all claims have either been approved or rejected. The courts are currently in the process of determining the remaining appeals. Once all appeals have been determined, the final amount of the settlement can be calculated...
Continue reading the post titled ZyprexaBreast Implants
Siskinds class action group are the leaders in Breast Implant litigation in Ontario. We have had successes for several groups of clients over the past few years. During this time frame, our team was counsel on the Breast Implant Settlements with Bristol Myers, Baxter Healthcare and Dow Corning Corporation totalling in excess of $40 Million....
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