Water quality trading ebbs away again
Ever since the Newt Gingrich “Common Sense Revolution”, much ink has been spent on the alleged superiority of economic instruments over “command and control”. In theory, government cannot efficiently or effectively tell people what to do; instead, government should give people an economic incentive to do the right thing, allowing them to use their own...
Continue reading the post titled Water quality trading ebbs away againFinancial Exploitation and Elder Abuse
What is Elder Abuse?[1] Several millennia have passed since, according to the Book of Genesis, Jacob and his mother, Rebecca, conspired to trick Isaac who was, according to biblical scholars, by then an ailing and blind 130 year old man. They tricked him into believing that Jacob was his brother, Esau, thereby securing for Jacob...
Continue reading the post titled Financial Exploitation and Elder AbuseDrinking water standards getting a little tighter
Health Canada has released its new Guidelines for Canadian Drinking Water Quality, prepared by the Federal-Provincial-Territorial Committee on Drinking Water (CDW).[1] This replaces the existing 1996 edition. Bottom line: the numbers are a little stricter than 15 years ago.
Continue reading the post titled Drinking water standards getting a little tighterBaffinland Iron Mines Corporation
In April 2011, a class action was commenced in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice in relation to the take-over bid for the securities of Baffinland Iron Mines Corporation completed in February of 2011. Siskinds LLP represents the Class. The class action alleged that the documents provided to Baffinland’s securityholders in respect of the take-over...
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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 OutbreakVictoria Gold Corp.
On August 13, 2024, Siskinds LLP and Slater Vecchio LLP commenced a proposed securities class action lawsuit in the Supreme Court of British Columbia against Victoria Gold Corp. and other defendants (“Victoria Gold”). Victoria Gold (TSX: VGCX; U.S.: OTC – VITFF) is a mining company. Its flagship mine and sole producing asset is the Eagle...
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On March 15, 2024, Siskinds LLP filed a proposed securities class action against Endeavour Mining plc (TSX: EDV) (“Endeavour”), their former Chief Executive Officer, Sébastien de Montessus, and other defendants. Endeavour is a mining company that owns and operates gold mines in West Africa. The class action alleges, among other things, that Endeavour Mining made...
Continue reading the post titled Endeavour Mining plc (TSX: EDV) (“Endeavour”)Forex
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 ForexReproMed Fertility
This class action has settled and the settlement funds have been distributed to approved claimants. Please see the Developments and Documents sections below for further details. This class action related to the malfunction of a cryogenic storage tank at a fertility clinic in Etobicoke, Ontario. The plaintiffs alleged that on or about May 22, 2018, there...
Continue reading the post titled ReproMed FertilityCapital One Privacy Breach
An application for a class action has been filed at the Quebec City courthouse by Siskinds, Desmeules, the Quebec firm affiliated with Siskinds LLP, on behalf of the group described below: “Anyone holding a credit card issued by the Defendants and/or who applied for a credit card with the Defendants, whose private personal information has...
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