A new kind of climate change tax
Faced with the increasingly certain prospect of widespread infrastructure failure related to climate change San Francisco is proposing an interesting new measure—a $12 a year property tax upon property owners. While taxation is not a new tool for battling climate change, this proposed tax is unique in that is aimed wholly at dealing with climate adaptation,...
Continue reading the post titled A new kind of climate change taxPredatory Marriage: A Modern Day Marriage Trap
Predatory marriages are a developing phenomenon in Ontario. Predatory spouses take advantage of elderly victims and assume control of their financial affairs. This can have severe consequences for the victim and their family. Recently Canadian courts have taken a stricter stance on what sort of capacity is required for marriage. In this article, Dagmara Wozniak...
Continue reading the post titled Predatory Marriage: A Modern Day Marriage Trap‘Predator’ Spouse, Take Note of Hunt v. Worrod
Predatory marriages have drawn a lot of attention in recent years. They are believed to be on the rise. For families with single, elderly family members, this phenomenon is alarming. For Ontario’s estate litigators, the governing legal principles are infuriating. Too often in the past, the predatory spouse has prevailed because the common law offers...
Continue reading the post titled ‘Predator’ Spouse, Take Note of Hunt v. WorrodGreenStar Agricultural Corporation
(TSX-V Delisted: GRE; CUSIP: 39573T101; ISIN: CA 39573T1012) On October 20, 2014, an action was commenced in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice (Toronto Region) against GreenStar Agricultural Corporation (“GRE”), certain of its former directors and executive officers and its former auditor. The Action arises from the collapse of GRE. The Plaintiff alleges that certain...
Continue reading the post titled GreenStar Agricultural CorporationMindGeek (Pornhub)
On December 29, 2020, Siskinds, Desmeules Avocats, the Quebec firm affiliated with Siskinds LLP, in collaboration with Sotos Class Actions, commenced a proposed class action against MindGeek entities. The proposed class action alleges that MindGeek, the parent company popular pornography websites such as Pornhub, illegally disseminated intimate videos and photos including child sexual abuse material,...
Continue reading the post titled MindGeek (Pornhub)Interior molded doors
On May 15, 2020, Siskinds Desmeules, the Quebec firm affiliated with Siskinds LLP, commenced a proposed class action against two of the largest Interior Molded Door manufacturers in North America – JELD-WEN Inc., Masonite International Corporation, and their subsidiaries (the “Defendants”). On September 9, 2020, Siskinds LLP filed a similar proposed class action lawsuit in Federal...
Continue reading the post titled Interior molded doorsSunscreens Containing Benzene
On July 27, 2021, Siskinds Desmeules, the Quebec firm affiliated with Siskinds LLP, filed an application for authorization to bring a class action against Johnson & Johnson, Johnson & Johnson Inc., Johnson & Johnson Consumer Inc. and Neutrogena Corporation (“Defendants”). This action was filed on behalf of residents of Quebec who have purchased and/or used...
Continue reading the post titled Sunscreens Containing BenzeneSurgical Staplers
Siskinds LLP has launched class action lawsuits against Covidien and J&J, manufacturers of surgical staplers, on behalf of Canadians who have suffered serious injuries and complications arising from the use of their products. Surgical staplers are used internally during surgeries such as bowel resections, bariatric surgery, and thoracic surgery to anastomize or join tissues together....
Continue reading the post titled Surgical StaplersSalmon
On March 25, 2020, Siskinds Desmeules, the Quebec firm affiliated to Siskinds, filed a proposed class action lawsuit against some of the biggest farmed Atlantic salmon producers in the world, namely Grieg Seafood ASA, Lerøy Seafood Group ASA, Mowi ASA, Ocean Quality AS, Salmar ASA, Scottish Sea Farms Ltd and their North American subsidiaries (“the...
Continue reading the post titled SalmonCanadian Solar Inc.
In August 2010, Siskinds LLP filed a secondary market class action against Canadian Solar Inc., as well as Canadian Solar’s Chief Executive Officer and Chairman, Shawn Qu, and its former Chief Financial Officer, Arthur Chien. The class action alleges that Canadian Solar’s financial statements for the 2009 financial year did not comply with GAAP and...
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