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15 december 2023

15:13
The previously scheduled days of January 29, 30 and 31, 2024 will not be used for the merits hearing in the above-named matter. The merits hearing will continue on February 1, 5, 6, 12, 13, 14, April 30 and May 1, 2024 at 10:00 a.m. on each day.   ...

12:17
The merits and sanctions hearing in the above-named matter scheduled to be heard on January 11, 2024 at 10:00 a.m. will instead be heard on February 8, 2024 at 10:00 a.m. The hearing will be held at the offices of the Tribunal at 20 Queen Street...

11:45
Following a disciplinary hearing held on May 19, 2023, in Toronto, Ontario, a hearing panel of the Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization (CIRO) under the Mutual Fund Dealer Rules found that Antonio Luciano contravened Mutal Fund Dealer Rule...

11:30
A disciplinary hearing was held on January 23, 2023, in Vancouver, British Columbia before a hearing panel of the Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization's Pacific District Hearing Committee.  Prior to the hearing the parties filed an agreed...

11:00
Following a settlement hearing held on March 29, 2023, in Winnipeg, Manitoba, a hearing panel of the Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization (CIRO) under the Mutual Fund Dealer Rules found that Megha Arora altered client contact information on...

10:35
A jury in Tampa, FL returned a verdict of $680,656.00 on May 11, 2023, finding that the negligence of Summit Adventure Park Spring Hill, a now defunct Tampa-based...

10:17
The Financial Services Regulatory Authority of Ontario (FSRA) has initiated enforcement action against Samuel Dawson (Dawson). FSRA...

08:00
A settlement has been reached in a class action lawsuit against Northern Dynasty Minerals Ltd. ("Northern Dynasty"), Ronald W. Thiessen, Thomas C. Collier, Cantor Fitzgerald Canada Corporation, Canaccord Genuity Corp., BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc.,...


14 december 2023

18:47
The Tribunal issued an Order in the above-named matter. A copy of the Order dated December 14, 2023 is available at capitalmarketstribunal.ca Registrar, Governance & Tribunal SecretariatOntario Securities Commission SOURCE Ontario Securities...

17:05
The Vinyl Institute today responded to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announcement that vinyl chloride will be one of the next five chemicals selected for prioritization under the Toxic Substances Control Act. Below is a statement to...

16:33
The attendance in the above-named matter scheduled to be heard on June 10, 2024 at 10:00 a.m. will instead be heard on June 7, 2024 at 10:00 a.m. by videoconference. Members of the public may observe the attendance by videoconference, by selecting...

15:49
Today the national food safety law firm of Ron Simon & Associates, along with Meyers & Flowers, Trial Attorneys, filed the first lawsuit in the Salmonella Outbreak linked to Trufresh Cantaloupes, sold as Malichita and Rudy brand cantaloupes. Both...

13:48
The U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts has entered a consent decree of permanent injunction ordering Pharmasol Corporation, a Massachusetts-based company, and President Marc L. Badia to stop distributing drugs until the company...

11:57
The Lawfare Project (LP) announced that they filed a complaint yesterday in the Western District of Pennsylvania on behalf of a courageous Jewish student at Carnegie Mellon School of Architecture. The student, who was subjected to alleged pervasive...

11:32
The Commissioner of Canada Elections (CCE), Caroline J. Simard, announced today the publication of four administrative monetary penalties (AMPs) to address violations under the Canada Elections Act (the Act). To maintain transparency, and as required...

11:30
The San Diego labor law attorneys at Zakay Law Group, APLC and JCL Law Firm, APC, filed a class action complaint against The Neighborhood House Association (hereinafter, "Neighborhood House Association") for allegedly failing to provide meal and rest...

11:12
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13 december 2023

15:30
Following a settlement hearing held on March 1, 2023, in Toronto, Ontario, a hearing panel of the Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization (CIRO) under the Mutual Fund Dealer Rules found that Poorvika Kandiah altered client contact information on...

15:00
The Hearing on the Merits previously scheduled for February 6-7, 2023 has been converted to a Settlement Hearing scheduled for February 6, 2023, before a hearing panel of the Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization (CIRO) under the Mutual Fund...

14:47
Noted trial attorney Rogge Dunn has filed two class action lawsuits in state court in Dallas County against Loan Depot, Inc., and Cardinal Financial Corporation alleging the companies violated the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act, as well as...

14:18
Levy Konigsberg has filed a lawsuit against the State of Maryland, alleging that the Maryland Department of Juvenile Services ("DJS") failed to protect children from decades of sexual abuse...


12 december 2023

20:25
Koskie Minsky LLP is pleased to announce that the Ontario Superior Court of Justice has certified a national class action lawsuit against Monsanto and Bayer centering on allegations that Roundup products cause non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma (NHL). The...

18:06
Inhance Technologies today announced the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has granted its motion to stay the one-sided orders issued by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on December 1, 2023. If allowed to take effect, the orders would have...

16:04
A hearing has been scheduled before a hearing panel of the Alberta District Hearing Committee of the Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization (CIRO) under the Mutual Fund Dealer Rules in the matter of Susan Armitstead. The hearing is open to the...

16:00
A sanctions hearing has been scheduled before a hearing panel of the Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization (CIRO) under the Mutual Fund Dealer Rules in the matter of Leszek Dziadecki. The hearing panel will consider the sanctions to be imposed...

13:30
Following a disciplinary hearing held on January 23 and June 21, 2023, in Calgary, Alberta, a hearing panel of the Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization (CIRO) under the Mutual Fund Dealer Rules found that John Dixon Moody contravened Mutual...

12:28
The merits and sanctions hearing in the above-named matter will continue on January 11, 2024 at 10:00 a.m. The hearing will be held at the offices of the Tribunal at 20 Queen Street West, 17th floor, Toronto. Members of the public may observe the...

09:00
Today MiningWatch Canada releases a report describing gross violations of human rights at Barrick Gold's North Mara Gold Mine in Tanzania. Thousands of Indigenous Kuria near the mine have been forcibly evicted from their lands to make room for the...

08:44
Winnow Solutions, LLC, the award-winning compliance and automated change management provider, has been named a finalist in the "Legalweek Leaders in Tech Law Awards 2024." The company gained acknowledgments in the "Regulatory, Governance and...

08:00
DiCello Levitt LLP announces that purchasers or acquirers of ACELYRIN, Inc. ("Acelyrin" or the "Company" ? NYSE: SLRN) securities between May 4, 2023 and September 11, 2023, inclusive (the "Class Period") have until January 16, 2024 to seek...

06:30
Legal-Bay LLC, the premier pre settlement funding company, announced today that they expect a multitude of new funding applications this holiday season. While dealing with the financial woes that come with a higher cost of living, plaintiffs are...


11 december 2023

17:08
A Meeting of Creditors was held today to consider the Revised Proposal in Bankruptcy of Metroland Media Group Ltd. ("Metroland"). Koskie Minsky LLP is the court-appointed Representative Counsel to the non-unionized employees and voted in favour of...

16:28
A proposed Settlement of Economic Loss Claims has been reached in a U.S. class action lawsuit against Defendants Philips RS North America LLC ("Philips RS"), Koninklijke Philips N.V., Philips...

14:30
Following a disciplinary hearing held on March 9-10 and May 18, 2023, in Toronto, Ontario, a hearing panel of the Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization (CIRO) under the Mutual Fund Dealer Rules found that Patricia Sonne obtained, possessed, and...

14:00
A hearing has been scheduled before a hearing panel of the Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization (CIRO) to consider under the Investment Dealer and Partially Consolidated Rules whether the hearing panel should accept a settlement agreement...

10:00
Ontario Ombudsman Paul Dubé today announced a new systemic investigation into the Ministry of Education's direct payment programs for parents and students, due to concerns about a lack of fairness and transparency....

09:17
Do No Harm, a prominent national nonprofit committed to safeguarding healthcare from radical and divisive ideology, filed a lawsuit against the unlawful and discriminatory leadership program offered by Vituity in which there are leadership incentives...

09:08
A proposed Settlement of Economic Loss Claims has been reached in a U.S. class action lawsuit against Defendants Philips RS North America LLC ("Philips RS"), Koninklijke Philips N.V., Philips...

09:00
Eden, et al. v. Bradley County, Tennessee, et al., No. 1:18-cv-217-CHSU.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee What Is This Notice About? A lawsuit pending in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee...

08:00
On November 16, 2023 The Lawfare Project (LP) and counsel in Poland appealed the District Court in Warsaw's decision to dismiss the case of Krystyna Budnicka, Micha? G?owi?ski and Leszek ?ukowski (plaintiffs) against Andrzej Ryba (defendant). With...

08:00
: ("Euromax" or the "Company") announces that the Higher Administrative Court (the "Higher Court") has issued its decision in respect of the Company's appeal challenging the rejection of the Company's application for an exploitation permit for the...

06:00
Plintron Mobility Solutions Pvt. Ltd. ("Plintron Mobility"), a global leader in cloud communications solutions, has confirmed a significant legal triumph in Brazil's highest appellate court, the Superior Tribunal de Justiça (STJ). The STJ's ruling...


8 december 2023

17:15
Red Roof confirmed today that they experienced a data incident on September 23, 2023 and issued notices to potentially-affected individuals and relevant state agencies about the incident.   What Happened?  On September 23, 2023, Red Roof detected...

17:13
Inhance Technologies today announced it is seeking review by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals to stop the one-sided orders issued by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on December 1. If allowed to take effect, the orders will...

16:20
Following a disciplinary hearing held on December 1-2, 2021, and a penalty hearing on December 17, 2021, a hearing panel of the Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization issued their Reasons for Decision. The hearing panel's decision dated...

15:36
Today, legal firm Rogge Dunn Group, PC announced that it has filed three racial discrimination lawsuits against sports collectibles company Panini America on behalf of three former employees: Nora Vargas, La Shanda Woods and Derrick Pickett. The...

15:18
Commissioner of Official Languages Raymond Théberge made the following statement today following the Supreme Court of Canada's decision in the Commission scolaire francophone des Territoires du Nord?Ouest's case against the Minister of Education,...

14:47
The Tribunal issued an Order in the above-named matter. A copy of the Order dated December 8, 2023 is available at capitalmarketstribunal.ca Registrar, Governance & Tribunal SecretariatOntario Securities Commission SOURCE Ontario Securities...

14:00
Following a settlement hearing held on May 16, 2023, in Toronto, Ontario, a hearing panel of the Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization (CIRO) under the Mutual Fund Dealer Rules accepted the settlement agreement dated March 9, 2023 between...

13:00
A hearing has been scheduled before a hearing panel of the Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization (CIRO) under the Investment Dealer and Partially Consolidated Rules to consider whether the panel should accept a settlement agreement entered into...