News by subject: LAW/LEGAL ISSUES

Protech Home Medical Corp. ("Protech" or the "Company") , a healthcare services company with operations in the United States, is pleased to report an update related to the cyberscam breach that the Company previously disclosed in a press release...

Core Gold Inc. ("Core Gold" or the "Company") announces it has closed the transaction (pursuant to the news release on June 17, 2019) to issue 2,560,134 common shares of the Company (the "Shares"), at a deemed price of C$0.26 per share, in payment...

Bill 9, the Public Sector Wage Arbitration Act, is much more draconian than the UCP has led Albertans to believe, says the Alberta Federation of Labour. "Jason Kenney and his ministers have said that this Bill is merely about postponing process, but...

IAVGO learned Wednesday that Legal Aid Ontario cut 22% from our budget retroactively to April 1 2019. The cuts will have an immediate and devastating effect on client services. Cuts to IAVGO and other specialty clinics are part of a direct,...

At 12:30 pm EST today, Health Canada will provide an update on the legalization and regulation of cannabis in Canada. The new legislation will make it legal to purchase edible cannabis, cannabis extracts and topicals for consumption this fall. Here...

Alberta labour leaders will present a united front today as they gather at the legislature to protest what they describe as the UCP's latest attack on workers' rights. "Despite the innocuous sounding name, the government's latest bill isn't about...

Core Gold Inc. ("Core Gold" or the "Company") announces today that it has filed and served a Notice of Civil Action in the Supreme Court of British Columbia against its former CEO, Keith Piggott. The lawsuit claims that Mr. Piggott misappropriated...

Husky entered guilty pleas today on federal and provincial charges related to a 2016 oil spill in Saskatchewan and will pay fines totaling $3.82 million. Husky subsidiary Husky Oil Operations Limited was fined $2.5 million under the federal...

Canada Carbon Inc. (the "Company") , (FF:U7N1) provides a further update to the Company's May 21, 2019 press release where the attorneys for Canada Carbon attended the Quebec Court of Appeal to review the judgment rendered by Judge Turcotte, who...

The government of Ontario has tabled a Bill to limit salary increases to a rate well below inflation. This is another example of the Conservative's continuing attack on the workers of Ontario. Never in Ontario's history has this type of legislation...

Midas Gold Corp. (MAX:TSX / MDRPF:OTCQX) ("Midas Gold" or the "Company") today announced that it has been advised that the Nez Perce Tribe intends to initiate legal action against the Company and its subsidiaries related to water quality impacts...

The government of Ontario has tabled a Bill to limit salary increases to a rate well below inflation. This is another example of the Conservative's continuing attack on the workers of Ontario. Never in Ontario's history has this type of legislation...

UFCW Canada, the country's leading advocate and union for migrant and temporary workers, welcomes a new government work permit initiative to protect migrant workers across Canada from abusive employers. Effective June 4, 2019, migrant workers...

We fully respect all journalists' responsibility to ask questions.  Irving Shipbuilding has given dozens of interviews and has invited media to the shipyard on several occasions. We also believe that all responsible reporters have an obligation to...

Alignvest Acquisition II Corporation ("AQY" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that, at a court hearing earlier today, it obtained the final order of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice for the Company's previously announced proposed...

Bellatrix Exploration Ltd. ("Bellatrix" or the "Company") announced today that, in connection with the previously announced recapitalization transaction (the "Recapitalization Transaction") described in the Company's management information circular...

Petrocapita Income Trust ("Petrocapita" or the "Trust") announces that as of May 22, 2019, Petrocapita Oil and Gas L.P. was served a Statement of Claim by Safeway Holdings (Alberta) Ltd (the "Claim"). The Claim seeks full payment to Safeway in the...

JDRF Canada, the leading global funder of type 1 diabetes (T1D) research, welcomes the release of the Disability Advisory Committee's (DAC) First Annual Report, in particular, the DAC's recommendation that all Canadians receiving life-sustaining...

Giyani Metals Corp. May 24, 2019 (WKN:A2DUU8) ("Giyani" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that The Department of Environmental Affairs ("DEA") in Botswana has approved the Environmental Management Plans ("EMP") for its K.Hill and Otse...

Post Holdings, Inc. , a consumer packaged goods holding company, and TreeHouse Foods today announced that the Federal Trade Commission has granted early termination of the waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of...

Goldgroup Mining Inc. ("Goldgroup" or the "Company") is very pleased to announce a final judgment in the United States District Court for the District of Colorado (the "Court") confirming Goldgroup's previously announced favorable award in the...

Deans Knight Income Corporation (the "Company") announces that the Company has received notification that the Canada Revenue Agency (the "CRA") has filed an appeal with the Federal Court of Appeal ("FCA") regarding the Tax Court of Canada (the "TCC")...

Alio Gold Inc. ("Alio Gold" or the "Company") The Company announces that it has received today a Notice of Civil Claim from a former shareholder of Rye Patch Gold Corp. whose shares were acquired by the Company by way of Plan of Arrangement on May...

Day Scholars addresses a remarkable court judgment recently released, in which a Federal Court Judge has criticized Canada for its approach to the Day Scholars Class Action. While the Day Scholars were unsuccessful in their attempt to get a rare and...

The Association of Community Legal Clinics of Ontario (ACLCO) is extremely concerned about announced funding cuts to Legal Aid Ontario (LAO) and urges the Attorney General to reconsider these cuts. Community legal clinics will not be able to maintain...

Essential Energy Services Ltd. ("Essential") announces it has won the patent appeal. Essential has been advised that the Federal Court of Appeal ("Appeal Court") has rendered its decision with regard to the appeal filed by Packers Plus Energy...

BELGRAVIA CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL INC. ("Belgravia" or the "Company") is pleased to provide the following corporate update on a number of key strategic initiatives as well as forward progress on recently announced projects: Belgravia holds various...

The Toronto Real Estate Board (TREB) is confirming that the Federal Court of Canada has issued an Order against the operators of Mongohouse.com for their unauthorized access and use of TREB's MLS® data, including granting a permanent injunction. The...

Hudbay Minerals Inc. ("Hudbay" or the "company") today announced that Waterton Global Resource Management, Inc. ("Waterton"), which is currently waging a proxy contest against the company, has commenced a legal proceeding in the Ontario Superior...

Almaden Minerals Ltd. and its 100% owned Mexican subsidiary ("Almaden" or "the Company"; TSX: AMM; NYSE American: AAU) has learned that a lower court in Puebla State has ruled that Mexico's mineral title system is unconstitutional because...

Qase today announces the BC launch of its new service to help people find and work with lawyers online. Over half of Canadians will encounter at least one legal problem in any three-year period. Most never seek help from a lawyer. By making it easy...

IBC Advanced Alloys Corp. ("IBC" or the "Company") a leading beryllium and copper advanced alloys company, has received notice of a decision by the U.S. District Court in the District of Massachusetts affirming a September 9, 2017 arbitration award...

By passing Bill 66, the government is showing its disdain for the workers of Ontario, says the Ontario Federation of Labour.  "Bill 66 is going to cost Ontario workers by reducing the overtime hours they're paid for, at the same time as it...

Canada Carbon Inc. (the "Company") announces that on March 1, 2019 the attorneys for Canada Carbon sent a proposal to GSLR's attorneys that would reduce the length of the Judicial review hearing related to GSLR council's resolution of noncompliance...

The Trial Lawyers Association of British Columbia (TLABC) has launched a constitutional challenge to protect the charter rights of British Columbians as regulations come into effect for the new ICBC legislation for those injured on our roads....

Keith Piggott, Director of Core Gold Inc. ("Core Gold") today responded to alleged misleading and incomplete disclosure by Core Gold. Core Gold directors allegedly improperly terminated Mr. Piggott as CEO of Core Gold in alleged retaliation for...

Lydian International Limited ("Lydian" or the "Company")  today announced that the Republic of Armenia Government has commenced its third-party assessment ("Third Audit")  of the Amulsar Gold Project's environmental impact on water resources,...

The members of the Association of Legal Aid Lawyers (A.L.L.) have voted to withdraw their services beginning April 1st. An overwhelming 97% of those members who cast votes March 11-13 did so in favour of the job action, which will limit or suspend...

Safe Food Matters Inc. (SFM) has retained Andrea Gonsalves of the leading Toronto law firm Stockwoods LLP to take its case on glyphosate to the Federal Court of Canada. The national food safety non-profit and its president are asking for judicial...

On March 7, Goldcorp filed its proxy circular in connection with its proposed acquisition by Newmont, where it was disclosed that: "In contemplation of the Arrangement, Goldcorp and Ian W. Telfer (Chairman) amended the terms of Mr. Telfer's...

French bank BNP Paribas, its Chairman Jean Lemierre, CEO Jean Laurent Bonnafé and the bank's legal representative Valérie Lafarge-Sarkozy are the subjects of a lawsuit filed on behalf of Jacob Agam and Vertical Group Holding Ltd by Farrugia, Gatt &...

Assure Holdings Corp. (the "Company" or "Assure") , a provider of intraoperative neuromonitoring services, has entered into a settlement and mutual release agreement (the "Settlement Agreement") with Matthew Willer, the former president and director...

Canada Carbon Inc. (the "Company") announces that on February 28th, 2019, the Company's lawyers appeared before a Judge of the Superior Court of Quebec as part of advancing the Court's judicial review proceedings. The purpose of this hearing was as...

Reliq Health Technologies Inc. ("Reliq" or the "Company"), a technology company that develops innovative mobile health (mHealth) and telemedicine solutions for the community-based healthcare market, today issued the following statement. On...

Court rules that GrowMax's board of directors acted appropriately in postponing meeting because BullRun's September 18 press release was misleading to shareholders until it was later corrected; orders BullRun to pay GrowMax's directors' court costs....

Serinus Energy plc ("Serinus", "SEN" or the "Company") (AIM:SENX, WSE:SEN), announces that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Serinus Energy Canada Inc., has filed a suit against Aval Engineering Inc. of Alberta and Kocken Energy Systems Incorporated of...

On Wednesday, Feb. 20, the Fraser Institute will release a new book on First Nations in Canada. The Wealth of First Nations compares the living standards of business-oriented First Nations that generate their own revenue with First Nations that rely...

Arctic Glacier Income Fund (the "Fund") is providing a default status report, in accordance with the alternative information guidelines set out in National Policy 12-203 Cease Trade Orders for Continuous Disclosure Defaults ("National Policy...

On February 8, 2019, Canada Zhoufa Agricultural Holding Company Limited ("Canada Zhoufa") of 6625 - 818 Cambie Road, Richmond, BC V6X 3X9 disposed of 2,700,000 common shares ("Common Shares") of Empire Industries Ltd. ("Empire" or the "Company") via...

ICC International Cannabis Corp. ("ICC" or "International Cannabis" or the "Company") announces that it has received inquiries from the British Columbia Securities Commission (the "BCSC") with respect to its agreement involving Green Gene Research...