CTV News Interviews Jill McCartney about PHYSIOMESH Class Action
CTV News interviews Siskinds LLPβs Jill McCartney and the Representative Plaintiff for the PHYSIOMESH class action. Watch the full interview here. For more information or to join the class action, visit our web page: https://www.siskinds.com/physiomesh-hernia-mesh/
Continue reading the post titled CTV News Interviews Jill McCartney about PHYSIOMESH Class ActionWhat is Alternative Dispute Resolution?
In the context of a personal injury claim, alternative dispute resolution (also referred to as βADRβ), is a means for the parties to discuss a settlement of the claim without the need for a trial.Β The term ADR can refer to mediation, arbitration or even formal settlement discussions.Β ADR is becoming an increasingly popular approach to resolving...
Continue reading the post titled What is Alternative Dispute Resolution?Easy useful things to support public transit, now
At this week’s meeting of the Eco Babes, a group of women in the sustainability professions agreed to work together to build support for public transit in the Greater Toronto Area. If you’d like to help, read on.
Continue reading the post titled Easy useful things to support public transit, nowLosing our touch? Environmental Commissioner reports
Ontario’s Environmental CommissionerΒ Gord Miller has issued another sobering report. “Losing our Touch” is Part 2 of the 2011/2012 Annual Report. He concludes: “We are no longer a jurisdiction that the world looks up to.” (I admit I thought that Mike Harris made sure of that.) The Commissioner lists chapter after chapter of “bumbles and foibles”,...
Continue reading the post titled Losing our touch? Environmental Commissioner reportsExamining Shared Environmental Interests with the Michigan State Bar Webcast
On November 12th, members of State Bar of Michigan and the Ontario Bar Association come together to discuss environmental law topics relevant to lawyers on both sides of the border. Moderated by Siskinds LLP partner Paula Lombardi, speakers will discuss the impact of the deep geological repository, and other nuclear waste disposal options, aquaculture, development...
Continue reading the post titled Examining Shared Environmental Interests with the Michigan State Bar WebcastComputers in Law Offices: Good or Bad for the Environment?
How do computers affect the environmental footprint of law offices?It’s easy to add up the negatives. Computers and their peripherals (printers, modems, cables, hubs, etc.) have large resource demands, pollute indoor air and create hazardous waste. Computers chew up power, paper and other resources. In the average office, 14% of the energy purchased is used...
Continue reading the post titled Computers in Law Offices: Good or Bad for the Environment?Zofran: A Drug Manufacturerβs Duty to Warn
The Class Actions team at Siskinds LLP recently commenced a new case against the pharmaceutical manufacturers of Zofran. The class action claim alleges that the drug manufacturers failed to warn that Zofran is unsafe for pregnant women. In Canada, drug manufacturers have a duty to warn of the risks associated with the use of their...
Continue reading the post titled Zofran: A Drug Manufacturerβs Duty to WarnFederal Carbon Tax Constitutional
Today, Ontarioβs Court of Appeal found that the Federal Governmentβs Carbon scheme is constitutional, βregulatory in natureβ, and βnot a tax.β The Honourable Strathy, Chief Justice of Ontario, wrote that the Act[1] βis within Parliamentβs jurisdiction to legislate in relation to matters of βnational concernβ under the βPeace, Order, and good Governmentβ (βPOGGβ) clause of...
Continue reading the post titled Federal Carbon Tax ConstitutionalLawsuits and claims for accident benefits
As an Ontario driver, if you are injured in a car crash, your auto insurance company should provide medical, rehabilitation, and lost wage benefits.Β If the car crash was not your fault, you could also sue the at-fault driver for compensation.Β In Ontario, a lawsuit and a claim for benefits are meant to provide an injured person...
Continue reading the post titled Lawsuits and claims for accident benefitsBusiness Essentials – Episode 2: How to keep your companyβs data as clean as your hands
In Business Essentials, a limited-run podcast series, Chris Sinal of Siskindsβ Labour & Employment Group sits down with some of the firmβs business lawyers to discuss current issues and challenges facing our clients as they adapt to the new business environment resulting from COVID-19. Be sure to like and subscribe to the podcast by searching...
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