News by subject: LAW/LEGAL ISSUES

New Frontier Data, the authority in data, analytics and business intelligence on the worldwide cannabis industry, releases its 2020 U.S. Election Special Report: Shifting Cannabis Sentiment & Consumption in partnership with global law firm Dentons...

The law firms of Waddell Phillips Professional Corporation and Klein & Schonblum, Associates today announced that the Ontario Superior Court of Justice has approved a settlement between the Plaintiffs and three of the defendants in the Global...

In response to rising case counts of COVID-19 across the province, Alberta's court system is asking people to hit the brakes if they're thinking of heading to a courthouse to deal with a traffic ticket. The Office of The Chief Judge has released...

Despite the (quasi-concealed) high-profile court filing predating an extraordinary, yet awkward first presidential debate for the general election that followed the U.S. president's nomination for new female U.S. Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney...

A policy brief released today by the Centre on Drug Policy Evaluation and the University of Toronto that examines race and gender of executives and directors in the Canadian cannabis industry found that Black and Indigenous people, and women, are...

Nikki Martin, President of the IAGC today issued the following statement regarding the United States District Court, District Of South Carolina, Charleston Division Dismissal Order in the Atlantic Seismic Survey litigation. "Today, Judge Gergel...

Waddell Phillips PC, Schneider Law Firm PC, and Howie Sacks & Henry LLP have commenced a proposed class action on behalf of the hundreds of thousands of Ontarians whose personal information was compromised in the 2018 CarePartners privacy breach....

Despite the (quasi-concealed) high-profile court filing predating an extraordinary, yet awkward first presidential debate for the general election that followed the U.S. president's nomination for new female U.S. Supreme Court Justice Amy Barret, and...

Two federal judges at the United States District Court for the Nevada District, that were statutorily disqualified for financial interests related to the Bernie Sanders campaign, participated in the 'sua sponte' order of dismissal and judgment (in...

NAV CANADA announced that it has been served with a rate appeal as filed by WestJet with the Canadian Transportation Agency (the Agency) in relation to the revised service charges set out in NAV CANADA's Announcement of Revised Service Charges dated...

Today, by Order G-242-20, the British Columbia Utilities Commission (BCUC) established an open and transparent public hearing process for the review of Parkland Corporation's application seeking an advanced ruling on fuel price reporting data...

Power Solutions International, Inc. ("the Company" or "PSI") , a leader in the design, engineering and manufacture of emission-certified engines and power systems, announced that it has entered into agreements with the United States Attorney's Office...

INV Metals ("INV Metals" or the "Company") provides an update on the Loma Larga gold-silver-copper project ("Loma Larga"), located in Ecuador. On September 21, 2020, the Ecuadorian Constitutional Court (the "Constitutional Court") upheld the rights...

The Lerman Law Firm (Cathy Jackson Lerman, P.A.) is issuing a Fraud Alert warning residents in North America of potential scams being perpetrated in Canada and the United States. Investors are warned that affiliates of the Palm Beach County-based...

DAVIDsTEA Inc. ("DAVIDsTEA" or the "Company"), a leading tea merchant in North America, announces that the Québec Superior Court today issued a Claims Process Order establishing the claims procedures for the Company's creditors under the Companies'...

Waddell Phillips PC, Schneider Law Firm PC, and Howie Sacks & Henry LLP have commenced a proposed class action on behalf of the hundreds of thousands of Ontarians whose personal information was compromised in the 2018 CarePartners privacy breach....

Primeline Energy Holdings Inc. ("Primeline" or the "Company"), announces that it has applied in the High Court of the Republic of Singapore to set aside the award in its previously announced arbitration with CNOOC and China National Offshore Oil...

Forterra, Inc. ("Forterra" or "the Company") , a leading manufacturer of water and drainage infrastructure pipe and products in the United States and Eastern Canada, today announced that a decision favorable to the Company has been rendered in the...

Just Energy Group Inc. ("Just Energy" or the "Company") , a retail energy provider specializing in electricity and natural...

In a letter released today, National Police Federation (NPF) President Brian Sauvé is calling on the Surrey Police Board to halt the rushed search for a Chief Constable, citing the woefully inadequate process that is underway. Sauvé says that when...

Stephen Aps and Flight Centre Travel Group (Canada) Inc. ("Flight Centre Canada") are pleased to announce that they have reached a settlement in the proposed employment class action, Aps v. Flight Centre Travel Group (Canada) Inc. In February 2019,...

Kuuhubb Inc. ("Kuuhubb" or the "Company") , a mobile game development and publishing company focused on providing the female audience with creative interactive gaming experiences, announces an award of monetary damages in addition to legal costs and...

Today, the British Columbia Utilities Commission (BCUC) welcomed the BC government's announcement establishing the regulations for fuel wholesalers in accordance with BC's Fuel Price Transparency Act (FPT Act). Order in Council (OIC) No. 474 outlines...

"We don't negotiate payment with patent trolls," said Pierre Racz, President of Genetec Inc, ("Genetec"), a leading technology provider of unified security, public safety, operations, and business intelligence solutions, as the company announced that...

Marksmen Energy Inc. and its wholly owned subsidiary, Marksmen Energy USA, Inc. ("Marksmen" or the "Company") announces that further to its news releases issued on November 28, 2019 and December 13, 2019, it has successfully defended a legal claim...

The Native Women's Association of Canada (NWAC) applauds today's decision by the Ontario Court of Appeal to strike down two sections of the Criminal Code of Canada that unjustifiably limit the ability of judges to allow conditional sentences for...

Klean Industries Inc ("Klean") is advising its shareholders that it has filed suit against ReKlaim Inc.("ReKlaim") in the Circuit Court of Morrow County, Oregon, asserting claims for breach of contract, breach of the covenant of good faith and fair...

BIGG Digital Assets Inc. ("BIGG" or the "Company"), owner of Blockchain Intelligence Group ("BIG"), a leading developer of Blockchain technology search, risk-scoring and data analytics solutions, is the first to announce routing of funds from...

Lydian International Limited ("Lydian" or the "Company") announced today that the Company, together with Lydian Canada Ventures Corporation ("Lydian Canada") and Lydian U.K. Corporation Limited ("Lydian UK" and together, the "Applicants"), have...

Thomson Rogers has issued a Canada-wide class action proceeding claiming $100 million in damages on behalf of Canadian businesses who have been denied business interruption insurance by Aviva Insurance Company of Canada ("Aviva") during the COVID-19...

FLYHT Aerospace Solutions Ltd. (the "Company" or "FLYHT") has received a statement of claim from Thomas R. Schmutz (former Chief Executive Officer of FLYHT) in the amount of $525,000 CAD in relation to the termination of his employment with the...

In response to the call for racial justice, more than 1,600 people from 34 countries registered to view Responding to Racism: A Lasallian Dialogue, a livestream discussion on June 25, 2020. The Lasallian Association of Colleges and Universities...

Green Growth Brands Inc. ("GGB" or the "Company") announced today the expiry of the forbearance period ("Forbearance Period") pursuant to the terms of the forbearance agreement (the "Forbearance Agreement") with Green Ops Group LLC ("Green Ops")...

In a ground-breaking decision released this morning, the Supreme Court of Canada made it easier for workers to challenge unfair contractual terms imposed by companies that hire them, whether or not they are in a formal employment relationship. The...

Klean Industries Inc ("Klean") is pleased to announce that its wholly owned subsidiary Carbon Resources Recovery GmbH ("CRR") located in Berlin, Germany has won a Final and Binding Injunction against ReOil Sp. z o.o. The Binding Injunction Order...

Hudbay Minerals Inc. ("Hudbay" or the "company") today announced the filing of the company's initial brief ("Hudbay Brief") with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in relation to the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona's...

It's a match one could say was made in heaven. The Native Women's Association of Canada (NWAC) is the national Indigenous organization that enhances, promotes, and fosters the social, economic, cultural, and political well-being of Indigenous women,...

The Federal Court of Canada handed BRP an important victory against its competitor Arctic Cat regarding BRP's frame patent, which was at the heart of the Ski-Doo REV revolution;The Federal Court of Canada issued a permanent injunction prohibiting the...

Woodbridge Vista is a long-term care home owned by Sienna Senior Living Inc., located in Woodbridge, Ontario. In recent weeks, dozens of residents at Woodbridge Vista have died as a result of contracting COVID-19 and related illnesses and neglect. ...

Ontario unions are renewing their call for the Ford government to repeal Ontario's wage control legislation (Bill 124), after a court ruling struck down a similar law in Manitoba. The Ontario challenge, brought by a coalition of unions against the...

The National Police Federation is calling on the governments of Canada and Nova Scotia to ensure the recently announced joint federal-provincial inquiry has sufficient scope to look at all issues relevant to Canada's largest-ever, tragic mass...

Thomson Rogers has issued a class action proceeding claiming $20 million dollars in damages on behalf of residents of Altamont Community Care (Altamont) and their families on June 1st, 2020. Altamont is a long-term care home owned by Sienna Senior...

On May 26 at 9 pm ET, TVO presents the world broadcast and online premiere of TVO Original The Arrest on TVO and tvo.org.     This gripping documentary by journalist and filmmaker Martin Himel (Undercover in ISIS), follows several Ontarians whose...

Primeline Energy Holdings Inc. ("Primeline" or the "Company"), listed on the TSX Venture Exchange under the trading symbol "PEH", is announcing an update regarding its previously announced arbitration with China National Offshore Oil Corp. and CNOOC...

The plaintiffs, Sam Berg, Lukas Walter, Travis McEvoy, Kyle O'Connor and Thomas Gobeil and their counsel at Charney Lawyers PC, Goldblatt Partners LLP and Savonitto and Ass. Inc. are pleased to announce that they have reached a settlement with the...

In 2014, three lawsuits were commenced in Ontario, Quebec and Alberta, claiming that major junior hockey players in the Canadian Hockey League (CHL) are employees subject to employment standards legislation, rather than student athletes. The CHL and...

Prison Fellowship®, the nation's largest Christian nonprofit serving prisoners, former prisoners, and their families, released a state-by-state map showing the number of COVID-19 positive cases and deaths in state and federal prisons across the...

FIRST MAJESTIC SILVER CORP. (the "Company" or "First Majestic") announced today that the Mexican tax authority, the Servicio de Administracion Tributaria ("SAT"), has by its various actions exhibited a total disregard for the applicable provisions of...

Balmoral Resources Ltd. ("Balmoral") announces that it has obtained the final order from the Supreme Court of British Columbia approving the previously announced plan of arrangement with Wallbridge Mining Company Limited ("Wallbridge") pursuant to...

Dealnet Capital Corp. (the "Company" or "Dealnet"). A group of concerned shareholders of Dealnet are announcing that they have issued a shareholder meeting requisition dated May 4, 2020 (the "Requisition").  The Requisition was issued by Capital...