News by subject: LAW/LEGAL ISSUES

A proposed class action against the Federal Government was launched yesterday on behalf of Immigration Detainees held in Provincial Prisons. Immigration Detainees are non-citizens who are detained solely for an administrative reason. The majority...

Hudbay Minerals Inc. ("Hudbay" or the "company") and the U.S. Department of Justice today received a split decision from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (the "Decision"), which affirmed the U.S. District Court for the District of...

BC Craft Supply Co. Ltd. (the "Company") is pleased to announce that the British Columbia Supreme Court (the "Court") approved the Company's proposal to its creditors as amended (the "Proposal") under the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act (Canada)...

Individuals who attended a Federal Indian Day School listed in Schedule K of the Settlement Agreement have two months left to submit a claim to receive compensation for the harms that they suffered while attending the school. More than 145,000 claims...

Waddell Phillips PC announces that a proposed class action lawsuit has been launched against the Government of Ontario and all of the provincial children's aid societies in respect of the now-discredited practice of issuing "birth alerts". The...

Bruce Parsons, of Paladin LLP leads a group of paralegals who allege that the Law Society of Ontario (LSO) denies access to justice for financially vulnerable people in Ontario seeking legal services by resisting the expansion of their areas of...

Workers represented by the Society of Professional Engineers and Associates (SPEA) employed by Candu Energy, a subsidiary of SNC-Lavalin, were stunned by a frontal attack on labour rights during this current round of negotiations. "We are seeing...

McLeish Orlando LLP is happy to announce the launch of our new website. The website is designed to guide potential new clients to make an informed decision regarding their personal injury claims. The site offers an easy navigation to enhance the...

Today, the Toronto Police Association deputed at the monthly meeting of the Toronto Police Services Board on bail reform and other legislative changes that would help curb gun and gang violence. Following a report by Chief of Police James Ramer,...

Almaden Minerals Ltd. ("Almaden" or "the Company"; TSX: AMM; NYSE American: AAU) is pleased to report that, further to its press release of February 17, 2022, the Supreme Court of Justice of Mexico ("SCJN") has published on the website of the SCJN...

An unprecedented reward of up to $250,000 was announced Tuesday by the Bolo Program as part of a new initiative targeting the Top 25 Most Wanted Fugitives in Canada. The reward was announced for information leading to the arrest of Abilaziz Mohamed,...

Belo Sun Mining Corp. ("Belo Sun" or the "Company") provides a corporate update reporting on rulings by the Court of Appeals of the Federal Justice in Brasília (the "Court"):  The two cases before the Court were (i) the determination of the...

Telecure Technologies Inc. (the "Company" or "Telecure") today announced that a lawsuit filed against it by its wholly-owned subsidiary, MyApps Corp. ("Myapps"), at the direction of certain former directors and officers of the Company, was...

The Open Society Foundations are appalled by today's Turkish court decision to sentence Osman Kavala?the business leader and philanthropist?to life in prison, even though no credible evidence was ever presented to substantiate the baseless charges...

The Class: Shareholder rights law firm Robbins LLP reminds investors that a shareholder filed a class action on behalf of all persons and entities that purchased or otherwise acquired Aurinia Pharmaceuticals Inc. securities between May 7, 2021 and...

This press release is being disseminated as required by National Instrument 62?103 - The Early Warning System and Related Take Over Bids and Insider Reporting Issues in connection with the filing of an early warning report by George Barakat in...

Just Energy Group Inc. ("Just Energy" or the "Company") , a retail energy provider specializing in electricity and natural gas commodities and bringing energy efficient solutions, carbon offsets and renewable energy options to customers, announced...

TC Transcontinental will appeal the Superior Court's decision, rendered today, dismissing its motion to quash the City of Mirabel's by-law on the distribution of printed advertising material. The by-law requires TC Transcontinental to abide by the...

Shareholder rights law firm Johnson Fistel, LLP announces that a class action lawsuit has commenced on behalf of investors of Li-Cycle Holdings Corp. f/k/a Peridot Acquisition Corp. who purchased between February 16, 2021 and March 23, 2022, both...

Sandfire Resources America Inc. ("Sandfire America" or the "Company") announces results of the state District Court Legal Challenge related to its Mine Operating Permit. On July 16, 2021, District Court Judge Bidegaray heard oral arguments for...

Belo Sun Mining Corp. ("Belo Sun" or the "Company") is pleased to provide a corporate update. Court of Appeals Update Belo Sun is pleased to report that the Court of Appeals of the Federal Justice in Brasília (Tribunal Regional Federal da 1ª...

Pure Gold Mining Inc. ("PureGold" or the "Company") today announces that the Company has learned of notice of civil claim naming PureGold and certain other parties as defendants in the British Columbia Supreme Court alleging failures to disclose...

Wickfire suffered the latest in an extensive line of litigation defeats to TriMax. This time, a District Court dismissed Wickfire's meritless claims permanently. In 2021, an Appellate Court ruled that Wickfire lacked any evidence supporting its...

Dominion Lending Centres Inc. ("DLC" or the "Corporation") is pleased to report on certain positive developments pertaining to the legal claim commenced by Canadian Mortgage Experts Inc. and Michael Lloyd against the Corporation in July, 2022 (the...

Judges, prosecutors, defence counsel, community and justice stakeholders, and members of Indigenous communities have collaborated to make the justice system more accessible, compassionate and responsive to the needs of those caught up in the justice...

Emerita Resources Corp. (the "Company" or "Emerita") announces that it has been notified that Court #3 of the Seville Court (the "Court") will hear the final phase of the Aznalcollar criminal trial. This notification pertains to the criminal trial...

New research prepared for Oceana's Transparent Oceans Initiative has, for the first time ever, used global data to analyze the links between illegal fishing and other maritime crimes like forced labor, drug trafficking, and money laundering, finding...

Entities related to Granite Point Capital Management, LP, E Squared Capital, Cohen Capital, and Hadron Capital1 along with several other debentureholders (the "Applicants") announced today that they have commenced litigation against GPI Finco...

- Reservoir Capital Corp. ("REO" or the "Company") would like to provide an update on the ongoing dispute with a Nigerian shareholder (see the news release filed on the Company's SEDAR profile on May 7, 2021 for further details on the dispute and...

Altai Resources Inc. (ATI, TSX VENTURE; US SEC Rule 12g3-2(b) File # 82-2950) (the "Company" or "Altai") announces that, through its attorneys, a claim against the Quebec Government has been filed in the Superior Court of Quebec, Canada. Through...

Deans Knight Income Corporation (the "Company") announces that the Company has been granted leave by the Supreme Court of Canada (the "SCC") to appeal the August 4, 2021 income tax decision of the Federal Court of Appeal (the "FCA Decision"). The FCA...

CF Energy Corp. ("CF Energy" or the "Company"; together with its subsidiaries, the "Group"), a leading new energy service provider in the People's Republic of China (the "PRC" or "China"), is pleased to announce that Zhuhai Xiangzhou District...

Telecure Technologies Inc. (the "Company" or "Telecure"), provides the following open letter to shareholders. Open letter to Telecure shareholders Dear Telecure Shareholder, Over the last number of weeks, a small group has taken to making...

Amarillo Gold Corporation (the "Company" or "Amarillo") has obtained a final order from the Supreme Court of British Columbia approving the previously announced plan of arrangement (the "Arrangement") under the Business Corporations Act (British...

The claims process for individuals and Impacted First Nations in the First Nations Drinking Water Settlement is now open. Impacted First Nations have up to December 2, 2022, to file acceptance. The deadline for individuals to submit a claim is March...

DIRTT Environmental Solutions Ltd. (DIRTT or the Company) , an interior construction company that uses proprietary software to design, manufacture and install fully customizable environments, today announces that it has filed a summary judgment...

The Police Association of Ontario (PAO) is thrilled that Ontario has announced a dedicated mental health facility for first responders thanks to commitments at the municipal, provincial and federal levels. The provincial and federal governments...

Just Energy Group Inc. ("Just Energy" or the "Company") , a retail energy provider specializing in electricity and natural gas commodities and bringing energy efficient solutions, carbon offsets and renewable energy options to customers, announced...

Telecure Technologies Inc. (the "Company" or "Telecure") today provided an update on the claim filed against it in the name of its wholly-owned subsidiary, MyApps Corp. ("MyApps"). The Company has learned that the claim, which alleges, among other...

Caldwell Intellectual Property Law today announced the promotion of two attorneys to the partnership. Caldwell Intellectual Property Law is pleased to announce the election of two new Partners effective immediately. Katherine Rubino and Micah...

A $10 million settlement of a class action brought against the Royal Winnipeg Ballet and its former instructor, Bruce Monk, has been approved by the Ontario Superior Court of Justice. The settlement will provide compensation to students of the Royal...

Ottawa's recent $40 billion settlement of a First Nations claim following a Canadian Human Rights Tribunal decision will likely encourage more organizations and individuals to seek large settlements from governments across Canada, finds a new study...

Courthouses across the province will be resuming all in-person trials starting Tuesday. Effective February 22, 2022, the Provincial Court of Alberta will remove restrictions on out-of-custody trials, preliminary inquiries and other hearings put in...

Almaden Minerals Ltd. ("Almaden" or "the Company"; TSX: AMM; NYSE American: AAU) reports that yesterday the Supreme Court of Justice of Mexico ("SCJN") reached a decision in respect of the mineral title lawsuit involving the Company's mineral claims....

Roberts O'Kelly Law, in response to the statement from the Government of Alberta regarding the dismissal of the mandatory school mask mandate injunction, confirms that injunction is moving forward. The injunction was filed on behalf of concerned...

Roberts O'Kelly Law has filed an injunction challenging the February 8, 2022, decision made by Alberta's Chief Medical Officer of Health (CMOH) to remove the mandatory mask mandate for children attending Alberta schools in person, which went into...

Agra Ventures Ltd. ("AGRA" or the "Company") (FRA: PU30), a growth-oriented and diversified company focused on the international cannabis industry, is pleased to announce that its wholly owned subsidiary, Farmako GmbH ("Farmako"), is well...

The following is a statement from the Canadian Trucking Alliance: All Canadians have the right to peaceful protests. Individuals engaged in preventing vehicles from crossing into Canada and the United States are not "peaceful protestors" as that...

Just Energy Group Inc. ("Just Energy" or the "Company") , a retail energy provider specializing in electricity and natural gas commodities and bringing energy efficient solutions, carbon offsets and renewable energy options to customers, announced...

With approximately six months to the claim submission deadline on July 13, 2022, Class Counsel encourages all Class Members who attended a Federal Indian Day School to submit a claim. Across Canada, more than 130,000 individuals have already...