Manulife Financial Corporation
Please be advised that the claims process is now complete and all payments have been distributed. This action, which was commenced in July 2009, alleges that Manulife Financial Corporation (“Manulife”) and certain of its current and former officers and directors negligently made misrepresentations relating to Manulife’s risk management practices and policies during the period between...
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Smith et al v. The Corporation of the Municipality of Brockton, et al A settlement was reached for residents and non-residents of Walkerton, Ontario who were affected by the e-coli outbreak in the water system in May, 2000. The judgment of the Court and the transcript of the reasons of Mr. Justice LeSage, dated March...
Continue reading the post titled Walkerton E-coli OutbreakFujitsu MPG3 Series Hard Drives
In February of 2003, a class action was commenced against Fujitsu Canada, Inc. and others alleging negligence in relation to certain computer hard disk drives in the MPG3xxx and MPF3xxx-AH series (the “Drives”), which the plaintiff claims may fail at an unacceptably high rate. While Defendants deny the alleged negligence, the class action litigation in...
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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...
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Settlement Notice: The deadline for applying to receive settlement benefits has passed and all settlement funds have been distributed. There are 2 separate Class Actions underway involving the diet drugs Fenfluramine Dexfenfluramine. Fenfluramine was sold under the trade names of Ponderal and Pondimin. Dexfenfluramine was sold under the trade name of Redux. We are class...
Continue reading the post titled Diet DrugsCIBC Mortgages Prepayment Charge
Two actions (Jordan v CIBC Mortgage Inc. and Sherry v CIBC Mortgage Inc., together the “Class Actions”) were brought against the defendant CIBC Mortgages Inc. (“CIBC”) in connection with the calculation of certain prepayment charges on mortgages across Canada, excluding Quebec. The Class Actions apply to CIBC mortgages as well as mortgages through related entities...
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In 2011, Siskinds LLP and Siskinds Desmeules filed proposed class actions in Ontario and Québec against Armtec Infrastructure Inc. (TSX: ARF) (“Armtec”). 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 (“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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**The deadline for filing a claim has passed and all settlement funds have been distributed. ** The Lithium Ion Batteries (LIB) class action alleges that the Defendants unlawfully conspired to fix, increase, and/or maintain the price of Lithium Ion Batteries sold in North America and elsewhere between January 1, 2000 and January 1, 2012.
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In August 19, 2010, a motion to authorize the bringing of a class action and to ascribe the status of representatives was commenced by Siskinds, Desmeules, the Quebec firm affiliated to Siskinds LLP, against the defendant Bayer Inc. (the “defendant”), on behalf of all persons in Québec, including their successors, assigns, family members and any...
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