News by subject: LAW/LEGAL ISSUES

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...

After the terrorist attacks on March 25, 2020 in Har Rai Sahib Kabul Gurdwara, the Sikh Diaspora moved swiftly to condemn the persons, organizations and governments responsible. UNITED SIKHS immediately asked the United States to  take action and ...

Barrick Niugini Limited (BNL), majority owner and operator of the Porgera gold mine in the Enga province of Papua New Guinea (PNG), said today the Government's decision not to extend its Special Mining Lease was tantamount to nationalisation without...

Edgewater Exploration Ltd. ("Edgewater" or the "Company") today announced that on April 14, 2020 the Tribunal in Corcoesto S.A. versus the Kingdom of Spain rendered its decision. The Company's wholly owned subsidiary, Corcoesto S.A. had commenced...

Governments at every level must do more for workers and their families. When it comes to rent relief, the cancellation or abatement of rent, evictions, and utility payments, are what is needed. Before April 1, Doug Ford assured tenants that if they...

The law firms of Waddell Phillips Professional Corporation and Podrebarac Barristers Professional Corporation announced today that the Ontario Superior Court of Justice has certified a national class action against luxury automaker Bayerische Motoren...

On Monday, April 6, 2020,  Chicago-based PureCircle, the leading global innovator and supplier of stevia ingredients, including sweeteners and flavor enhancers, filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia against...

The law firm of Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check, LLP reminds Tupperware Brands Corporation ("Tupperware") investors that a securities fraud class action lawsuit has been filed in the United States District Court for the Central District of California...

NCS Multistage Holdings, Inc. ("NCS" or the "Company") today announced that the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas, Waco Division, has awarded Repeat Precision, LLC, a 50 percent owned subsidiary of NCS ("Repeat...

Alberta Health Services has recommended that measures be taken to reduce the amount of time individuals spend in large crowds or in crowded spaces to help reduce the transmission of COVID-19 in the community.To protect the health and safety of all...

The following summarizes the developments with respect to legal actions currently being pursued by 2538520 Ontario Limited (the "Concerned Shareholder") in respect of transactions between Eastern Platinum Ltd ("Eastplats") and Union Goal Offshore...

Lydian International Limited ("Lydian" or the "Company") announced today that on February 26, 2020, the Administrative Court of the Republic of Armenia (the "Administrative Court") ruled in favor of Lydian Armenia (the Company's principal operating...

Hemostemix Inc. ("Hemostemix" or the "Company") provides the following update: On February 21, 2020, the Court Queen's Bench of Alberta (the "Court"), after having heard the concerns raised by the Company with respect to an application by J.M....

"What must we learn from the apparent murder/suicide by Robin Brown and Keira, Mr. Brown's four-year-old daughter?" asks family lawyer John T. Syrtash, Associate, Garfin Zeidenberg LLP, a Toronto family law lawyer for the past 39 years. The Judge,...

On February 3, 2020, the Quebec Superior Court granted BlackRock Asset Management Canada Limited, iShares Trust, iShares, Inc. and BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, N.A. (collectively, the "Plaintiffs") authorization to pursue a secondary market...

David Rosenkrantz ("Acquiror") announces that he has filed an early warning report under National Instrument 62-103 in connection with the acquisition of 1,579,000 voting common shares ("Shares") and 789,500 Share purchase warrants ("Warrants") of...

Densify, a provider of advanced virtual and cloud resource management and control software, has successfully defended its rights to key intellectual property underpinning its optimization technology. After a 9-day trial in Delaware federal court, an...

Fortuna Silver Mines, Inc. is providing an update on the status of a disputed royalty on one of its extracting mining concessions at the San Jose mine, located in Oaxaca, Mexico. In 2017 the Mexican Geological Service ("SGM") advised the Company...

Trakopolis IoT Corp. ("Trakopolis" or the "Company") announced the expiry of the stay of proceedings granted by the Alberta Court of Queen's Bench in favour of the Company and its subsidiary 2007996 Alberta Ltd. (formerly Trakopolis SaaS Corp.)...

Golden Leaf Holdings Ltd. ("Golden Leaf" or the "Company"), a pioneering cannabis solutions company and dispensary operator built around the recognized brands of Chalice Farms, and its wholly-owned subsidiaries GL Management, Inc. and Greenpoint...

HARTE GOLD CORP. ("Harte Gold" or the "Company") announced today that effective January 17, 2020, RSM Canada LLP ("RSM") has tendered its resignation at the request of the Company and KPMG LLP has been appointed as the successor auditor.   In...

On February 1, TVO presents the world broadcast premiere of TVO Original There Are No Fakes. The feature documentary from filmmaker Jamie Kastner dives into the shadowy world of art fraud in Canada and brings into question the legacy of Anishinaabe...

Generex Biotechnology Corporation (www.generex.com) today announced that it will hold an investor conference call on Tuesday January 21, 2020 at 9:30 am. Topics that will be covered in the call; The illegal selling of 8.4 million shares by the...

The Ontario Confederation of University Faculty Associations (OCUFA) has voted to join ten unions representing more than 250,000 Ontario workers to launch a coordinated Charter challenge against the Protecting a Sustainable Public Sector for Future...

Trulieve Cannabis Corp. ("Trulieve" or the "Company") , a leading and top-performing cannabis company in the United States, announced today that it has filed a lawsuit in Florida state court against GRIZZLY RESEARCH LLC ("Grizzly") alleging, among...

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...

Goldblatt Partners LLP has commenced a class action on behalf of retirees of Avon Canada Inc. for terminating the post-retirement benefits they earned over years of employment. Avon Canada Inc. has announced that, effective January 1, 2020, it will...

Niko Resources Ltd. ("Niko" or the "Company") announces that an amendment to the production sharing contract for the D6 Block ("D6 PSC") in India has been executed, reflecting the assignment of the 10 percent interest previously held by the Company's...

Star Navigation Systems Group Ltd. ("Star" or the "Company") announces that, further to its press release dated December 12, 2019, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice (Commercial List) (the "Court") will hear an application on January 22, 2020...

Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check, LLP reminds iRobot Corporation ("iRobot") investors that the firm has filed a securities fraud class action lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York on behalf of those who...

Goldblatt Partners LLP has commenced a class action on behalf of retirees of Avon Canada Inc. for terminating the post-retirement benefits they earned over years of employment. Avon Canada Inc. has announced that, effective January 1, 2020, it will...

Waddell Phillips PC and Klein & Schonblum Associates have launched a national privacy breach class action against LifeLabs and associated companies on behalf of the estimated 15 million Canadians whose personal information, including highly sensitive...

Otis Gold Corp. ("Otis" or the "Company") is pleased to report that Idaho federal district court Judge B. Lynn Winmill issued a decision in Idaho Conservation League et al v. U.S. Forest Service (or "Forest Service") that confirms Otis' right to...

BELGRAVIA HARTFORD CAPITAL INC. (formerly, Belgravia Capital International Inc.) (d/b/a Belgravia Hartford) ("Belgravia Hartford". "Belgravia" or the "Company") today announce a corporate update. Zonetail Inc. Application for Bankruptcy Order In...

RavenQuest BioMed Inc. (the "Company" or "RavenQuest").  On November 6, 2019 the Company announced that it and others have been sued in the Federal Court of Canada for alleged patent infringement of a stackable modular orbital gardening patent...

Today, ten Ontario unions representing more than 250,000 thousand affected broader public sector employees, announced their intention to launch a coordinated Charter challenge against Bill 124. As well, the Ontario Labour movement, with the Power of...

Wayland Group Corp. ("Wayland" or the "Company") today announced that  the Company, Maricann Inc. and NanoLeaf Technologies Inc. (collectively, the "Wayland Group") have been granted a second amended and restated initial order (the "Comeback Order")...

Prism Resources Inc. (the "Company") announces that its application for Summary Judgement against Detour Gold Corp. ("Detour") has been scheduled for hearing in Ontario Superior Court of Justice on May 28, 2020.  The Company announced on April 30,...

DIRTT Environmental Solutions Ltd. ("DIRTT" or the "Company") , an interior construction company that uses technology for client-driven design and manufacturing, filed a federal lawsuit in the U.S. District Court of Utah against Falkbuilt Ltd,...

A class action lawsuit brought against the Government of Ontario on behalf of foreign-born Crown wards is moving forward, with the filing of an updated statement of claim. "Immigrant Crown wards" are non-citizen children who were removed from...

Wayland Group Corp. ("Wayland" or the "Company") today announced that the Company, Maricann Inc. and NanoLeaf Technologies Inc. (collectively, the "Wayland Group") have been granted an order (the "Initial Order") from the Ontario Superior Court of...

Nutritional High International Inc. ("Nutritional High" or the "Company") is pleased to comment on the successful passing of the Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement Bill of 2019 ("MORE") by the House Judiciary Committee. Yesterday,...

Belo Sun Mining Corp. ("Belo Sun" or the "Company") reports on two court rulings:  The Agrarian State Judge of the Court of Altamira has made available on its electronic system (the official publication in the legal gazette is expected shortly), an...

Lydian International Limited ("Lydian" or the "Company") commented on a decision by Armenia's Administrative Court to reject an Application calling for the Minister of Environment to revoke the Environmental Impact Assessment ("EIA") of the Amulsar...

"OLISOL Petroleum Limited" (hereinafter - "Olisol" or the "Company") provides up-to-date information on the lawsuit concerning the TethysAralGas ("TAG") dispute, and the legality of pledging TAG assets. The decision of the Supreme Court of...

The Canadian Steel Producers Association (CSPA) welcomes Canada Border Services Agency's (CBSA) investigation into the injurious dumping and subsidization of corrosion resistant steel sheet from Turkey, the United Arab Emirates and Vietnam....

BIGG Digital Assets Inc. ("BIGG" or the "Company") , owner of Blockchain Intelligence Group (blockchaingroup.io) ("BIG"), a leading developer of Blockchain technology search, risk-scoring and data analytics solutions, announces that a lawsuit has...