News by subject: LAW

A hearing panel of the Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization (CIRO) issued a decision on costs in the matter of Dominic Spooner following its Decision on Liability and Penalty, issued on July 23, 2023, available at Re Spooner 2023 CIRO 07....

The following merits hearing dates have changed in the above-named matter: the previously scheduled day of March 28, 2024 and April 22, 23, 24 and 25, 2024, will not be used for the merits hearing; andthe merits hearing shall commence on March 25,...

A Hearing Panel of the Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization ("CIRO"), has issued its Reasons for Decision dated November 27, 2023 ("Reasons for Decision"), in connection with a settlement hearing held electronically by videoconference in...

The Pritzker Hageman food safety lawyers have filed the first lawsuit (case file number 1:23-cv-00292-AW-MJF) arising from a fast-growing Salmonella Sundsvall outbreak linked to Trufresh cantaloupe sold under the brand names Malichita and Rudy....

Kasowitz Benson Torres, on behalf of two Jewish students, has filed a groundbreaking lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania against the University of Pennsylvania (Penn), alleging that Penn has...

Diamonds Direct, L.C. dba Lashbrook ("Lashbrook"), an industry leader in providing customer-designed custom wedding bands with unique materials and inlays, announced that on December 1, 2023 it filed a lawsuit against Manly Bands, LLC in the United...

Today, the Manitoba Métis Federation (MMF), the National Government of the Red River Métis, is fighting back against a unilateral decision made to remove educational signage that has been on display for over a year at an Ottawa airport....

Corwin Law, a litigation law firm specializing in consumer rights and intellectual property, announces the $250,000 settlement of Exotic Car Hacks' copyright infringement lawsuit against Ratiq S. DeWitt ("DeWitt") and Indefinite Wealth d/b/a Dream...

A hearing has been scheduled before a hearing panel of the Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization (CIRO) under the Investment Dealer and Partially Consolidated Rules in the matter of Teymur Englesby and Cale Nishimura. The hearing is open to...

The Financial Services Regulatory Authority of Ontario (FSRA) has initiated enforcement action against Nexus Seulal (Seulal). FSRA...

The Competition Bureau has reached an agreement with Montreal-based company Amp Me Inc. which offers a mobile application in Canada and the U.S. that synchronizes multiple devices to amplify the sound of music. This agreement addresses the Bureau's...

Inspire Advisors, a leading faith-based investing firm, has joined counsel America First Legal (AFL) and Boyden Gray PLLC in a lawsuit against Target Corporation and its Board of Directors. The lawsuit seeks to hold Target and its leadership...

Banco Safra today stated that it has filed a motion in the Americanas restructuring in the Brazilian courts, not a lawsuit as described in an earlier press release. The filing seeks to prevent Americanas and its controlling shareholders from moving...

Sade Crockett, 36, from Chicago, IL, was falsely arrested earlier this year, following a call to police for fraud by McGrath Kia located at 250 Skokie Valley Road in Highland Park, Illinois. During the arrest, which occurred, on March 10, 2023,...

According to a Department of Justice press release, a Las Vegas man was recently sentenced to serve more than a year in federal prison for committing federal tax crimes related to his real estate business. This story exemplifies the huge risk that...

In a groundbreaking decision that marks a significant victory for elder rights, particularly those of U.S. Veterans, the law firm of Lanzone Morgan, LLP has successfully litigated a case of financial elder abuse against Veterans Care Coordination,...

The previously scheduled day of December 5, 6 and 7, 2023 will not be used for the merits hearing in the above-named matter. The merits hearing will continue on December 8 at 9:30 a.m. by videoconference and will also continue on December 11, 14, 15,...

The following notice is being issued by the Court approved Class Administrator and has been authorized by the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey, in In re: Valsartan, Losartan, and Irbesartan Products Liability Litigation, Case No....

Banco Safra today filed suit to prevent Americanas (the "Company") and its controlling shareholders from moving forward with a deficient recovery plan that it believes would be nullified by the Judiciary. Americanas and its controlling shareholders,...

It is with great relief that Mr. Vincenzo Guzzo received confirmation that all penal proceedings, filed against him on June 26th 2023, have been stopped, following complaints in connection with a family conflict. Mr. Guzzo is profoundly grateful to...

The Tribunal issued its Reasons for Decision in the above named matters.  A copy of the Application dated August 16, 2023 (File No. 2023-17), the Amended Application dated September 25, 2023 (File No. 2023-18), the Application dated August 16, 2023...

Chicago whistleblower law firms Stephen B. Diamond, P.C. and Kim & Burns LLP and Florida law firm Buckner + Miles jointly announced an $11 million settlement among their clients Barrett Rodriguez and Jose De La Fuente, the State of Illinois and...

Plaintiffs and Google LLC have reached a settlement in a class action lawsuit entitled In re Google Location History Litigation. In that lawsuit, plaintiffs allege that Google collected and stored their location information without their...

A settlement has been approved in a class action lawsuit against Apache Corporation and Paramount Resources Ltd., on behalf of a subset of former employees of Apache Canada Ltd. The settlement of disputed claims provides a fund of $7 million USD,...

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURTNORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA   ELISSA M. ROBERTS, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated, Plaintiff, v. BLOOM ENERGY CORPORATION, KR SRIDHAR, RANDY FURR, L. JOHN DOERR, SCOTT SANDELL, EDDY ZERVIGON,...

On November 30, 2023, following a four-week trial before the Honorable Paul I. Marx, a Westchester County jury returned a record-setting $120 million medical malpractice verdict against Westchester Medical Center. ...

Environment and Climate Change Canada wildlife enforcement officers work across the country to enforce the laws and regulations that protect and conserve wildlife and its habitat. Their work aims to reduce threats and damage to biodiversity for the...

Thirty-two female student-athletes filed a detailed sex discrimination class action over 100 pages long against the University of Oregon today for depriving women of equal treatment and benefits, equal athletic aid, and equal opportunities to...

This week Irish Master of the High Court, Edmund Honohan appeared at the invitation of The Brehon Law Society of New York for a press conference in New York to defend his paper on "Title to Land Charges in Ireland - A Legal Fiction?" and highlighted...

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURTEASTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK   IN RE NANO-X SECURITIES LITIGATION   Case No. 1:21-cv-05517-RPK-PK     Hon. Rachel P. Kovner   Hon. Magistrate Judge Peggy Kuo SUMMARY NOTICE OF PROPOSED SETTLEMENT OF CLASS ACTION TO: ALL...

Today, the claim submission process begins for the largest private antitrust class-action settlement in U.S. history, and millions of business owners nationwide are expected to submit claims to get their portion of the court-approved $5.54...

The Tribunal issued an Order in the above-named matter. A copy of the Order dated November 30, 2023 is available at capitalmarketstribunal.ca Registrar, Governance & Tribunal SecretariatOntario Securities Commission SOURCE Ontario Securities...

On November 14, 2023, further to proceedings instituted by the Autorité des marchés financiers (the "AMF"), the Financial Markets Administrative Tribunal (the "Tribunal") issued a decision sanctioning the operators of the crypto asset trading...

Following a settlement hearing held on October 3, 2023, in Toronto, Ontario, a hearing panel of the Investment Dealer Division of the Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization (CIRO) found that Gravitas Securities failed to have and maintain risk...

The Tribunal issued its Reasons and Decision and an Order in the above-named matter.  A copy of the Reasons and Decision and the Order dated November 29, 2023 are available at capitalmarketstribunal.ca Registrar, Governance & Tribunal Secretariat...

Notice is hereby given that the Superior Court of Quebec issued a Claims Process Order on October 27, 2023, pursuant to which the Court ordered the Receiver to notify potential investors in the aforementioned cases and to implement a Claims Process....

Inland Empire plaintiff law firm McCune Law Group (MLG) has filed a public entity claim and a California Civil Rights Department (CRD) discrimination complaint against Riverside University Hospital Behavioral Health (Arlington Campus) over alleged...

The Tribunal issued an Order in the above named matter.  A copy of the Order dated November 30, 2023 is available at capitalmarketstribunal.ca Registrar, Governance & Tribunal Secretariat Ontario Securities Commission SOURCE Ontario Securities...

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURTNORTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXASDALLAS DIVISION  LUIS TORRES, ALLIA DEANGELIS, DARRICK INMAN, Individually and On Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated,                                                       Plaintiffs,        ...

Camac Partners, LLC ("Camac") announced today that it has ceased filing reports in accordance with the alternative monthly reporting system under Part 4 of National Instrument 62-103 The Early Warning System and Related Take-Over Bid and Insider...

Today, the Friends of West Shore, TahoeCleanAir.org, and North Tahoe Preservation Alliance, ("Conservation Groups") filed a lawsuit against Placer County, CA for failing to comply with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) in approving new...

The Competition Bureau announced today that it has entered into a consent agreement with the Northwest Territories Association of Realtors (NWTAR) to address concerns with its membership practices in the real estate sector. A Bureau investigation...

On August 25 and 29, 2023, a hearing panel of the Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization (CIRO) held a hearing to consider whether the panel should accept a settlement agreement between Enforcement Staff and Yujie (Jared) Liu and BMO Nesbitt...

Following a settlement hearing held on October 24, 2023, a hearing panel of the Investment Dealer Division of the Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization (CIRO) issued reasons for its decision to accept a settlement agreement, with sanctions,...

The Tribunal issued its Reasons for Decision in the above-named matter. A copy of the Application dated October 3, 2023 and the Reasons for Decision dated November 28, 2023 are available at capitalmarketstribunal.ca  Registrar, Governance & Tribunal...

Whistleblower attorneys Stephen M. Kohn and Dean Zerbe are pleased to announce today that a joint client ? who wishes to remain anonymous ? received an IRS whistleblower award of $15.1 million. The whistleblower provided the IRS with information that...

Today, the Ontario Superior Court, sitting as a youth justice court, imposed an adult sentence on a young person. The young person, Oguzhan Sert, was sentenced to life imprisonment without parole eligibility for 10 years for the first-degree murder...

The Applicant, Mithaq Canada Inc. filed a Further Amended Application dated November 20, 2023. The hearing of the Application in the above-named matter scheduled to be heard on December 12, 2023 and December 13, 2023 at 10:00 a.m. on each day will...

Maxeon Solar Technologies, Ltd. , a global leader in solar innovation and channels, today announced that it has initiated an investigation of several companies for infringement of Maxeon patents pertaining to TOPCon (Tunnel Oxide Passivated Contact)...

TO: All persons or entities who acquired securities issued by Kew Media Group Inc. in the secondary market between March 28, 2017 to January 16, 2020, inclusive, other than Kew Media Group Inc. and its directors and officers. CERTIFICATION OF THIS...