News by subject: LAW/LEGAL ISSUES

The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) announced that Alexander Wiafe of Toronto, Ontario was sentenced on November 8, 2017 to five years in prison and, in lieu of a forfeiture order, was fined $96,000. If the fine remains unpaid after five years from his...

Orbite Technologies Inc. (NEX:ORT.H) ("Orbite" or the "Company") announced today it has filed a motion with the Québec Superior Court (the "CCAA Court") for the issuance of certain orders against Royal Sun Alliance ("RSA"), Orbite's insurer for its...

At the halfway mark of the Make a Will Month public awareness campaign, 500 members of the public have attended free legal information sessions - some with standing room only - across Toronto, at libraries and community hubs.  Kathryn Balter, a...

Copper One Inc. ("Copper One" or the "Company") reports that on November 15, 2017, Copper One and the Québec Government entered into a settlement agreement which facilitates an end to Copper One's participation in the Rivière Doré Project. Pursuant...

Align Technology, Inc. today announced that it has filed six patent infringement lawsuits asserting 26 patents against 3Shape A/S, a Danish corporation, and a related U.S. corporate entity, asserting that 3Shape's Trios intraoral scanning system and...

Network-1 Technologies, Inc. announced today that a jury in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, Tyler Division, determined that certain claims of Network-1's Remote Power Patent (U.S. Patent No. 6,218,930) are...

The Supreme Court of Canada has confirmed it will hear the appeal of the Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) and Orphan Well Association on the Redwater decision. ?For the past two years, we have worked very hard at all levels of court to ensure the...

Network-1 Technologies, Inc. announced today that it agreed to settle its patent litigation against Juniper Networks, Inc. ("Juniper") pending in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, Tyler Division, for infringement...

Old PSG Wind-down Ltd. (formerly, Performance Sports Group Ltd.) (the "Company") today announced that the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware (the "Bankruptcy Court") has approved the disclosure statement (the "Disclosure...

Fenwick & West today released a report covering the Results of the 2017 Proxy Season in Silicon Valley.The report summarizes significant developments relating to stockholder voting at annual meetings in the 2017 proxy season among the technology and...

World Wildlife Fund Canada congratulates the government on making significant increases in the amount of the country's marine territory protected. Marine protected areas (MPAs) where wildlife and ecosystems can recover from human impacts are vital to...

Over 200 community members, families, and property and business owners are still fighting Agnico Eagle and Yamana Gold over the impacts from the Canadian Malartic gold mine ? the biggest open pit mine located on the edge of a community in Canada. The...

A British Columbia Securities Commission (BCSC) panel has fined and permanently banned David Tuan Seng Lim and Michael Mugford from B.C.'s capital markets for market manipulation. Lim, a Vancouver resident, was an investment advisor who was...

Has Filed Second Amended Plan of Reorganization Supported by all Major Creditor GroupsLaunches Exit Financing Process with Approximately $3 Billion in Commitments SecuredRemains on Track to Emerge in 2017Avaya announced today that it has reached...

Ayaz Dhanani (a.k.a. Alex Dhanani, Azim Virani, Michael Lee, Alex Nebris, Paul Dhanani, Samuel Ramos and Rahim Jiwa), 37, of Vancouver, B.C., was arrested on October 2, 2017, following an investigation by the Criminal Investigations Branch of the...

AGF Management Limited (AGF) today announced that AGF, Westwood Holdings Group Inc. (Westwood), Patricia Perez-Coutts and a number of related parties have resolved the AGF and Westwood actions arising from the simultaneous resignations of Ms....

Perfectus Aluminum Inc. has issued the following: On October 12, 2017 the Aluminum Extruders Council (AEC), an industry group representing largely American aluminum extruders, posted to its blog a false narrative regarding a suit to which Perfectus...

Former sports agent Stacey McAlpine has been arrested and charged by the Winnipeg Police for fraud, theft and money laundering. McAlpine represented various elite athletes including former NHL forward Daniel "Dany" Heatley. Heatley said, in a...

Part of Ontario's new omnibus legislation, Bill 154, Cutting Unnecessary Red Tape Act, 2017, appears to be modelled on an executive order signed by US President Donald Trump - an order that forces the gutting of government regulations, says CUPE...

Microbix Biosystems Inc. , an innovator of biological products and technologies, is pleased to announce the withdrawal of legal claims alleging patent infringement that were filed in Canadian Federal Court against Microbix by ZeptoMetrix Corporation...

A British Columbia Securities Commission (BCSC) panel has reciprocated enforcement orders against two individuals sanctioned by the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada and the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. They...

Stalwart Law Group, an award- winning litigation firm, announces the launch of its new Trial Team Practice Group. Stalwart formed its Trial Team Practice Group to fill a vast need in the marketplace after recognizing that a majority of plaintiffs'...

Explor Resources Inc. ("Explor" or the "Corporation") (BERLIN:E1H1) is pleased to announce that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding ("MOU") with the Matachewan First Nation of Matachewan, Ontario and the Mattagami First Nation of Gogama,...

On May 23, 2017, Frederick Johnathon Nielsen (a.k.a. Fred Nelson and Frederick Gilliland), 65, a resident of West Vancouver, pleaded guilty to breaching an order of the British Columbia Securities Commission (BCSC). On September 25, 2017, Nielsen was...

Emerita Resources Corp. (the "Company" or "Emerita") announces that the Upper Court of Andalucia (TSJA - Tribunal Superior de la Junta de Andalucia) (the "Court") has ruled in favour of Emerita's appeal relating to the awarding of the Paymogo zinc...

The British Columbia Securities Commission (BCSC) today announced improvements to crowdfunding rules that will enable B.C.-based issuers to access investors in Alberta when conducting crowdfunding campaigns. The amendments also permit an increased...

CUPE Ontario president Fred Hahn and Goldblatt Partners lawyer Steven Shrybman will hold a press conference Thursday morning to outline the details of further legal action against the Premier over the sale of Hydro One. "This case is about...

Avnel Gold Mining Limited ("Avnel") is pleased to announce that today it has received the order of the Royal Court of Guernsey (the "Court") sanctioning the previously announced scheme of arrangement under Part VIII of the Companies (Guernsey) Law,...

Detour Gold Corporation ("Detour Gold" or the "Company") reports that the federal Minister of Environment and Climate Change has declined to designate the West Detour project under the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act, 2012. The project will...

Detour Gold Corporation ("Detour Gold" or the "Company") reports that it entered a plea of guilty to one count of criminal negligence causing death in connection with the fatality that occurred at the Detour Lake mine site in June 2015. A sentencing...

A British Columbia Securities Commission (BCSC) panel has found that Lynne Rae Nickford (a.k.a. Lynne Rae Zlotnik) perpetrated fraud on 13 investors. Nickford had previously been registered as a scholarship fund salesperson from 1991 to 1993...

Judge Cavanagh's decision contains a partial victory, ensuring the Premier and Ministers can't hide behind legislative privilege, but his overall decision to dismiss the misfeasance suit over the sale of Hydro One is a huge disappointment to the...

Moly Mines Limited ("Moly" or "the Company") is pleased to announce that the Arbitration between Moly and Mineral Resources Limited ("MRL"), which has been referred to in earlier announcements, has been finalised by the publication of a Final Award....

Network-1 Technologies, Inc. announced today that it agreed to settle its patent litigation against Axis Communications, Inc. and affiliated entities ("Axis") pending in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, Tyler...

In a decision rendered last week, the Federal Court of Appeal has ruled against the Federal Minister of Transport, confirming CUPE's position that safety is paramount in the operations of airlines in Canada. "This is a major wake-up call for...

Eagle Energy Inc. announced today that dissident shareholders Kingsway Financial Services Inc. and Daniel Gundersen have discontinued their court application against Eagle.  As previously announced, the dissident shareholders commenced a...

Eurogas International Inc. ("Eurogas International" or the "Corporation") today announced its 2017 second quarter financial results. The Corporation's unaudited condensed interim financial statements, along with the accompanying management's...

Fasken Martineau today released its primer on important changes in Canada's domestic public procurement regime that came into force on July 1, 2017 with the introduction of the new Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA). The CFTA effectively replaces...

Max Sound Corporation (MAXD) provides the following update regarding the Attia litigation against Google, Flux Factory, Larry Page, Sergey Brin and other related defendants. On July 25, 2017 Law firm Buether Joe & Carpenter LLC filed a Fourth...

The Executive Director of the British Columbia Securities Commission (BCSC) has issued an amended notice of hearing alleging that Prabhjot Singh Bakshi and SBC Financial Group Inc. (SBC) illegally distributed securities and also alleging that Bakshi...