Polluter must pay for cleanup, twice
It’s not safe for a polluter to trust a subsequent owner to clean up contamination, even if the polluter has specifically paid for the cleanup, and even if the new owner signs a contract relieving the original polluter of liability. None of this will prevent environmental regulators from ordering the original polluter to pay for...
Continue reading the post titled Polluter must pay for cleanup, twicePoseidon Concepts Corp.
The deadline to submit a claim for compensation from the Poseidon Concepts Corp. settlement fund has passed. For further information, please visit the following website: https://www.poseidonclassactionsettlement.com/ All inquiries related to the claims process may be directed to the Claims Administrator: Poseidon Concepts Corp. Securities Litigation Claims Administratorc/o Epiq Class Action Services Canada IncLes services d’actions...
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Trailing commissions (also known as trailer fees) paid on mutual funds are intended to compensate mutual fund dealers for investment advice they provide to investors. Trailing commissions are also paid to discount brokers. Discount brokers primarily operate online and include BMO InvestorLine, TD Direct Investing, RBC Direct Investing, CIBC Investor’s Edge, Scotia iTRADE and National...
Continue reading the post titled Mutual Fund FeesSino-Forest Corp.
In June 2011, Siskinds LLP, Siskinds Desmeules and Koskie Minsky LLP filed proposed class actions in Ontario and Quebec against Sino-Forest Corp. (“Sino,” TSX: TRE), its senior officers and directors, auditors, underwriters, and certain others. The actions allege, among other things, that the defendants materially misstated Sino’s assets and results of operations, and thereby misrepresented...
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The law firms of Siskinds LLP, Sotos LLP, Koskie Minsky LPP, and Camp Fiorante Matthews Mogerman LLP are counsel in a class action against financial institutions (the “Defendants”) who conspired among themselves to fix, raise, maintain, stabilize, control, or enhance unreasonably the price of currency purchased in the foreign exchange or foreign currency market (the...
Continue reading the post titled ForexThe Cash Store Financial Inc.
In June and July of 2013, class actions were commenced in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, the Alberta Court of Queens’s Bench and the Quebec Superior Court against Cash Store Financial Services, Inc. (“Cash Store”) and certain of its officers and directors (the “Individual Defendants”). In November 2013, a class action lawsuit was commenced...
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*** THE CLAIM PERIOD IS CURRENTLY IN PROGRESS *** The online claim filing portal will be closed shortly after March 8, 2024 for any class members with a claim ID and PIN. Further information can be found at www.autopartsettlement.ca Note: Clicking on the “Join” button above is NOT filing a claim. The claims process relates to...
Continue reading the post titled Auto PartsLinear 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...
Continue reading the post titled Linear ResistorsCathode Ray Tubes (“CRT”)
The CRT class action relates to allegations that from between March 1995 to November 2007 the defendants unlawfully conspired to fix, increase, and/or maintain prices at which CRTs and products containing CRTs were sold in Canada. Siskinds and Siskinds Desmeules filed class actions in Ontario and Quebec respectively. CRTs are a form of display devices...
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