News by subject: LAW

Unauthorized fishing is a threat to the sustainability of fish stocks and undermines the livelihoods of law-abiding fish harvesters. The elver fishery is not open for 2024 in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, therefore any harvesting is unauthorized....

A hearing has been scheduled before a panel of the Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization (CIRO) pursuant to the Investment Dealer and Partially Consolidated Rules to consider a settlement agreement entered into between Enforcement Staff and the...

Representing the last two properties necessary for the City of Inglewood to complete its land acquisitions for the Intuit Dome basketball arena, Hill Farrer & Burrill LLP secured $6.23 million on behalf of the property owners. Days before...

An initial appearance in the matter of Lorne Stuart Allison was scheduled before a hearing panel of the Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization (CIRO) for March 15, 2024. The appearance was adjourned to April 2, 2024. The hearing is open to the...

The Alberta Securities Commission (ASC) has sanctioned Ali Ghani and the following entities he controlled for breaching Alberta securities laws and perpetrating a fraud on investors: Summerside Development Trust, Summerside Commercial Trust, Prism...

Russell Button and Ashley Knarr, two veteran child injury attorneys at The Button Law Firm in Texas, have been tapped by St. Louis-based personal injury firm Finney Injury Law to help three Jefferson County families seek justice. The lawsuit claims...

Today, all charges were withdrawn against our members, OPP Provincial Constables Nathan Vanderheyden, Kenneth Pengelly and Grayson Cappus in relation to a police-involved shooting in Lindsay on November 26, 2020....

Berger Montague (Canada) PC, a Toronto-based law firm that focuses on representing investors in cross-border and international shareholder disputes, is investigating SSR Mining Inc. and is subject to the disclosure rules created by the Province of...

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has commenced a "90-day policy sprint" to develop a whistleblower award program. On March 22, attorneys from the whistleblower law firm Kohn, Kohn & Colapinto (KKC) sent a letter to the DOJ offering detailed...

Following a settlement hearing held under the Mutual Fund Dealer Rules on February 28, 2024, a hearing panel of the Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization (CIRO) found that TD Investment Services Inc. (TDIS) failed to implement adequate...

Cronos Group Inc. Ontario Securities Class Action Notice Toronto, March 25, 2024 ? Important legal notice authorized by the Ontario Superior Court of Justice about a securities class action. If you acquired Cronos Group Inc. ("Cronos") shares in the...

Slater Vecchio LLP has announced a class action lawsuits filed in the Federal Court of Canada and in the Superior Court of Quebec against Bloomex, a floral products company. Among other conduct, the actions focus on Bloomex's failure to disclose...

McCune Law Group (MLG), a consumer-focused firm specializing in Civil Rights, Employment Rights, and Sexual Harassment cases, has secured a settlement from a lawsuit filed in 2021 alleging TikTok star and former Hype House influencer Tony Lopez...

Equinix, Inc. , the world's digital infrastructure company®, today filed an 8-K and announced that the Audit Committee of the company's Board of Directors has commenced an independent investigation to review the matters referenced in a recent short...

Legal-Bay Presettlement Lawsuit Funding reports that settlements are yet again delayed in the numerous weed killer lawsuits that have dragged on for years. To round up, nearly 30,000 plaintiffs have outstanding suits against a well-known chemicals...

On March 25, 2024, Dene lawyer Jennifer Duncan will be in Geneva to speak to the United Nations Human Rights Council on behalf of the Union of BC Indian Chiefs, the...

The National Association Of Realtors last week announced a bombshell, NAR has agreed on a settlement of a lawsuit regarding real estate commissions to the tune of $418 Million. The...

 ? Perpetual Energy Inc. ("Perpetual", or the "Company") is pleased to announce the resolution of the previously announced Sequoia litigation, repayment of its existing $2.7 million second lien term loan, (the "Term Loan") and the early redemption of...

The law firm of Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check, LLP (www.ktmc.com) informs investors that a securities class action lawsuit has been filed in the United States District Court for the Central District of California against Xponential Fitness, Inc....

The Tribunal issued a Notice of Hearing to consider the application dated February 29, 2024 made by Leszek Dziadecki to review a decision of the Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization dated January 30, 2024. A first case management hearing will...

Yesterday, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued a decision agreeing with Inhance Technologies that the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) acted unlawfully when it issued orders under the Toxic Substances...

Yesterday, the Illinois Supreme Court issued a decision ruling in favor of project44 in its defamation lawsuit against competitor FourKites, concluding that emails sent to project44's Board of Directors and executives from fake Gmail accounts...

The Public Inquiry into Foreign Interference in Federal Electoral Processes and Democratic Institutions will resume its public hearings on Wednesday March 27, 2024. Over the course of two weeks, the Commission will hear from over 40 individuals,...

Eight registered nurses represented by the Massachusetts Nurses Association at St. Vincent Hospital filed a lawsuit yesterday in Worcester Superior Court against the hospital and its owner, Dallas-based for-profit owner Tenet...

The Competition Bureau has launched a new reporting tool to help the public and business community report potential collusive agreements between competitors related to the FIFA World Cup 26. The new tool will help the Bureau identify this type of...

Ontario's Financial Services Regulator, FSRA, has refused to renew the mortgage agent licence of Aid Almusri (Almusri) and imposed administrative penalties in the amount of $30,000 against Almusri....

The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) announced today that Festus Bayden of Brampton, Ontario, was sentenced on February 27, 2024, in the Ontario Court of Justice in Brampton, to three years in jail. Bayden pleaded guilty to one count of fraud over $5,000...

The Gen7 Fuel bank account at BMO's North Bay branch has been frozen after KMPG's lawyers at Bennett Jones LLP presented a letter demanding the action. The letter was issued to the bank as part of KMPG's court-appointed monitoring of the debt...

Ecopetrol S.A. informs that Refinería de Cartagena S.A.S. ("Reficar") has been notified of the decision to approve the alternative financial restructuring plan of Chicago Bridge & Iron Company N.V. ("CB&I N.V."), reached today, March 21, 2024, by...

Platinum Equity issued the following statement today regarding the matter of M.M. v. King: "The complaint against Platinum Equity and its executives is both misguided and misdirected. Platinum wholeheartedly supports efforts to reform business...

Nadrich & Cohen Accident Injury Lawyers, a California-based personal injury law firm, finds Uber's protocols intended to prevent sexual assault to be inadequate. "Uber has known for years that...

A Richmond man has been charged with two offences under B.C.'s Securities Act after an investigation by the Criminal Investigations Branch of the B.C. Securities Commission (BCSC). Richard Yung Shyang Chen made his first appearance March 18 in...

The Tribunal issued its Reasons and Decision in the above-named matter. A copy of the Reasons and Decision dated March 20, 2024 is available at capitalmarketstribunal.ca  Registrar, Governance & Tribunal SecretariatOntario Securities Commission...

Today, Andreozzi + Foote, a nationally recognized leader in civil litigation known for successful advocacy on behalf of survivors of sexual abuse, announced the filing of a civil lawsuit on behalf of V.B., a resident of Philadelphia County, against...

Following a settlement hearing held pursuant to the Investment Dealer and Partially Consolidated Rules on February 20, 2024, a hearing panel of the Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization (CIRO) found that Fortrade Canada Limited (Fortrade), an...

Regan Zambri Long PLLC recently filed a $60 million lawsuit against Amazon and Orion's Harp LLC, on behalf of their clients, Rita Iannazzi and her husband, Gianfranco Mancini. Ms. Iannazzi was severely injured following an accident with an Amazon...

Medtronic , the global leader in healthcare technology, today announced that the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has affirmed the validity of claims in two of its patents in an ongoing patent infringement...

Following a settlement hearing held pursuant to the Investment Dealer and Partially Consolidated Rules on August 17 and September 28, 2023, a hearing panel of the Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization (CIRO) found that Zhiping (Davis) Dai...

Sharestates, an originator and servicer in the private lending and loan syndication industry, today announced a landmark legal victory in a case at the heart of mortgage enforcement and lending industry business practices. The case is considered a...

Notice of Class Action Settlement If you transacted in Euroyen-Based Derivatives1 from January 1, 2006 through June 30, 2011, inclusive, then your rights will be affected and you may be entitled to a benefit.  This Notice is only a summary of the...

A $70 million settlement in a whistleblower lawsuit against eight of the nation's largest banks has been finalized and executed, making it the largest reported settlement ever under the Illinois False Claims Act. The whistleblower, identified in the...

Michael T. van der Veen, founding partner of van der Veen, Hartshorn, Levin & Lindheim along with William J. Brennan of Brennan Law Offices appeared in Delaware County District Court this morning with Brandon "Bam" Margera where all charges were...

Bound2B B.V., the creator and owner of several resealable beverage can patents and technologies in Europe and the US, today announced that it has successfully...

Banco San Juan Internacional (BSJI) announced today that a three-judge panel in Lisbon, Portugal agreed to keep in place an attachment of nearly $150 million in funds held in a Portuguese bank by affiliates of Petróleos de Venezuela, S.A., the...

The San Diego labor law attorneys at Zakay Law Group, APLC and JCL Law Firm, APC, filed a class action complaint against Equipmentshare.com Inc. (hereinafter, "EquipmentShare") for allegedly failing to provide meal and rest breaks. The class action...

Slater Vecchio LLP announces that it has submitted a class action complaint alleging Uber and Lyft are breaching the Human Rights Code by failing to offer wheelchair-accessible services across British Columbia. While Uber and Lyft offer...

OPSEU/SEFPO filed an Unfair Labour Practice (ULP) complaint with the Labour Board yesterday over yet another egregious instance of interference by Premier Doug Ford into union bargaining rights and democracy. The incident happened the day after the...

Ten former AAA agents with a combined tenure of 250 years, filed suit in Contra Costa County for age and race discrimination, wrongful termination and other charges against the American Automobile Association of Northern California, Nevada & Utah, et...

American Outdoor Brands, Inc. , ("AOB") an industry- leading provider of products and accessories for outdoor enthusiasts, today announced that it has reached an amicable settlement agreement with Vista Outdoor Sales LLC ("Vista") and Bushnell...

Attorneys from Milberg Coleman Bryson Phillips Grossman ("Milberg") and Miller Monroe & Plyler have filed a class action lawsuit on behalf of University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ("UNC") student Reese Brantmeier alleging antitrust violations...