Should I practice through a professional corporation?
There are many benefits associated with incorporating a professional corporation, including lower corporate tax rates, investment and tax strategies, and planning for retirement. Professionals are advised to seek legal and accounting advice in order to determine whether incorporation is appropriate given their particular circumstances. In this article, retired Siskinds’ partner and business lawyer, Henry Berg, discusses...
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The Voluntary Land Stewardship Program is the critical innovation. It gives developers of rehabilitated contaminated sites certainty, by taking on their long term liability risk for a fixed fee.
Continue reading the post titled West Virginia gets serious about liability barriers to brownfield revitalizationIKO Roofing Shingles
What is this class action about? The representative plaintiff, on behalf of himself and the Class, claimed damages from the defendants (IKO Industries Ltd., Canroof Corporation Inc., and I.G. Machine & Fibers Ltd.) for the alleged negligent design and manufacture of IKO Organic Shingles. A settlement has been reached in the litigation. The settlement was...
Continue reading the post titled IKO Roofing ShinglesValeant Pharmaceuticals
Siskinds LLP (“Siskinds”) is co-counsel in proposed securities class actions against Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc. (“Valeant”), certain of its directors and officers, and its auditor PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (“PwC”). These class actions arise from the circumstances surrounding Valeant’s previously undisclosed relationships with Philidor Rx Services, LLC and other specialty pharmacies in the conduct of its business...
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(TSX: JE ; NYSE: JE; CUSIP: 48213W101; ISIN: CA48213W1014) On November 8, 2019, Siskinds LLP, along with Berger Montague (Canada) PC filed a proposed securities class action in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice against Just Energy Group Inc. (“Just Energy”), its former CEO, its current CFO and its auditor, Ernst & Young LLP (“EY”). The...
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On March 9, 2022, Siskinds Desmeules, the Quebec affiliated firm to Siskinds LLP, filed a class action on behalf of persons in Québec who suffered a major adverse cardiovascular event (MACE), including death, heart attack, coronary revascularization, stroke, hospitalization for heart failure, and/or cancer after using Xeljanz and/or Xeljanz XR (tofacitinib), and their family. On...
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How good is our blog? The best indicator is our CLAWBIE (Canadian legal blog award). But I was also glad to learn more about our Page Rank (PR). Page Rank is Google’s ranking system that indicates how authoritative and credible a website is.
Continue reading the post titled How good is our blog?Ontario Environmental Review Tribunal Upholds Another Wind Turbine Approval
On January 4th, 2019, the Ontario Environmental Review Tribunal (“Tribunal” or “ERT”) issued another decision in the long list of dismissed appeals of wind turbine approvals (“Renewable Energy Approvals” or “REAs”). The crux of the 143 page decision in Concerned Citizens of North Stormont v. Ontario (Environment, Conservation and Parks), 2019 CanLII 287 (ON ERT)...
Continue reading the post titled Ontario Environmental Review Tribunal Upholds Another Wind Turbine ApprovalNew rules for boreholes and other test wells
The Ministry of the Environment is seeking public comment on a draft manual on test holes and dewatering wells. A “test hole” is a type of “well” that is made to obtain information about groundwater, and is not used or intended for use as a source of water for consumption. It includes virtually all the...
Continue reading the post titled New rules for boreholes and other test wellsHow to trim eDiscovery costs part one: Lay the groundwork
Budgeting, spending and saving are top of mind for many people and businesses this year. In these uncertain times we are all looking for ways to economize. Discovery is often a costly step in litigation. Clients often ask how they can save money on their eDiscovery costs. In a plaintiff side class action practice, keeping our disbursements...
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