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The B.C. Supreme Court has certified Siskinds LLP’s paraquat (Gramoxone®) class action lawsuit against global agriculture firm Syngenta over claims that its herbicide products cause Parkinson’s disease, as reported by CBC News.

Canadians who invested in RBC or PH&N Mutual Funds could be included in Siskinds LLP’s proposed class action against RBC Global Asset Management Inc. and RBC Investor Services Trust, as reported by Daily Hive Canada. The lawsuit alleges that the defendants paid excessive and unearned trailing commissions to discount brokers, reducing the value of mutual...

Siskinds LLP’s paraquat (Gramoxone®) class action has been certified by the B.C. Supreme Court, as reported by The Vancouver Sun. Paraquat is an active ingredient in some popular commercial herbicides, the most common formulation of which is known under the trade name Gramoxone®. The proposed class action alleges, among other things, that exposure to paraquat...

Chris Sinal, a labour and employment partner at Siskinds LLP, was quoted in a Canadian HR Reporter article by Sarah Dobson discussing the ethical and practical considerations of using AI in drafting employment agreements and HR policies. He views generative AI as a “thought partner” rather than a tool for creating final documents, emphasizing its...