Actos
Actos (pioglitazone hydrochloride) is an oral anti-diabetic drug manufactured by Takeda and prescribed to decrease blood sugar levels in patients with type 2 diabetes. A Canada-wide settlement has been reached in five proposed class actions relating to the prescription drugs ACTOSยฎ, APO-Pioglitazone and SANDOZ-Pioglitazone. Hearings were held in the supervising Courts in Quรฉbec and Ontario...
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A Canada-wide settlement was reached and approved on June 13, 2019 by the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia. The Claims Deadline for filing a claim under the settlement was on July 15, 2020. The settlement has now concluded and no further claims are being accepted. Avandia, a drug used to treat diabetes, is associated with...
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In 2011, Siskinds LLP and Siskinds Desmeules filed proposed class actions in Ontario and Quรฉbec against Armtec Infrastructure Inc. (TSX: ARF) (โArmtecโ). 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...
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Siskinds LLP and Spiteri & Ursulak LLP have filed a proposed national class action against Shoppers Drug Mart Inc. and Shoppers Drug Mart (London) Limited (โShoppersโ). The proposed class action alleges that Shoppers misclassified its former Associates as independent contractors and terminated their employment without providing them with reasonable notice or pay in lieu thereof....
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Siskinds Desmeules, and Sotos LLP are class counsel in a class action against financial institutions (the โDefendantsโ) who conspired to fix, raise, decrease, maintain, stabilize, control or enhance unreasonably the price of precious metals and precious metals market related investment instruments, including metal such as gold, silver, platinum and palladium. On January 8, 2021, Siskinds...
Continue reading the post titled Precious metals manipulationSNC-Lavalin Group Inc. II (2019)
On February 6, 2019, Siskinds LLP and Siskinds, Desmeules Avocats s.e.n.c.r.l., filed a proposed securities class action in Quรฉbec against SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. (โSNCโ), SNCโs President and Chief Executive Officer Neil Bruce, and SNCโs Executive Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer Sylvain Girard (the โActionโ). The Action alleges that persons who acquired SNC shares between February...
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Transvaginal Mesh (also referred to as pelvic mesh, vaginal mesh, a โhammock,โ or a โslingโ) is used to treat pelvic organ prolapse (โPOPโ) and stress urinary incontinence (โSUIโ) in women. It is associated with the development of a number of side effects including mesh erosion through the vaginal wall, infection, pain, urinary problems, recurrence of...
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The major difference between bottled water and municipal tap water is that we know less about what is in bottled water.
Continue reading the post titled What's in bottled water?TransCanada to sue US under NAFTA over Keystone XL decision
Calgary-based pipeline company TransCanadaย has filed a Notice of Intent to Arbitrate (“Notice”) under article 11 of the North American Free Trade Agreement (“NAFTA”). It issued the Notice in response to US president Barack Obama’s November 6, 2015ย refusal to grant theย necessary approval to complete construction ofย Keystone XL, a proposed trans-national pipeline that would deliver crude oil...
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