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Represented the Canadian Wheat Board in its successful claim against the Attorney General of Canada over the barley monoply
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Acted for corporations in shareholder oppression actions, bankruptcy proposal matters, environmental matters and employment-related litigation
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FMC successfully represented TransCanada PipeLines before the Ontario Court of Appeal
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Acted for Meridian Gold in the $3.5 billion takeover bid by Yamana Gold
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Represented successful party in jurisdictional dispute before British Columbia Court of Appeal arising from multi-party fraud litigation
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Acted as lead counsel for successful plaintiff in two week trial in the Supreme Court of British Columbia concerning agent's compensation for negotiation of sale of property for commercial development
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Pope & Talbot Ltd. – Acted for the Her Majesty the Queen in Right of the Province of British Columbia in successfully having the CCAA proceedings transferred from the Courts of Ontario to the Courts of British Columbia on the basis of forum conveniens
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Defended municipalities in matters such as: highway non-repair claims alleging road design or maintenance deficiencies, occupiers' liability matters relating to municipal buildings and recreational facilities, injurious communications claims involving defamatory comments or representations made by municipal officials, environmental liability claims arising from municipal sanitary sewage, water or drainage systems, building inspection negligence, public transit liability and other motor vehicle accident claims
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Acted for Royal Bank of Canada in a variety of cases relating to banking operations
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Acted for HSBC in connection with a claim in damages involving banking operations
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Acted for Les Services Investors Limitée and Mackenzie Financial Corporation in connection with a class action petition against several funds managers alleging market timing activities
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Acted for Capital Venture International and Castle Creek in a $30M US lawsuit involving realization of securities against Lumenon Lightwave Technology Inc. and Lilt Canada Inc., some of the assets involved high technology and tax credit
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Acting for École Polytechnique de Montréal in an $11M Court action for damages against engineers and a construction manager pursuant to the construction of a new building for the school, raising important issues relating to liability of professionals for faulty design, estimation errors and mismanagement of work
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Representing a manufacturer of video-lottery terminals called in warranty by Loto-Québec pursuant to a $700 million class action brought by pathological gamblers against Loto-Québec
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Acting for the plaintiffs in a major dispute between shareholders; the case involves the issue of liability of investors and has seen several precedent-setting interim decisions, including with respect to the seizure before judgement of assets valued at $20 million
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Successfully represented Investissement Québec in connection with a conflict of securities opposing our client, as hypothecary creditor on the universality of the movable property of Filiature canadienne Fidelity Ltée, and a creditor holding a reserve of ownership on the debtor corporation’s equipment
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Successfully defeated certification of a class action against several public bodies, concerning allegedly discriminatory conditions of employment
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Successfully defeated certification of a multi-million dollar class action for damages against a car manufacturer
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Successful in having certification of a multi-billion dollar class action against several pharmaceutical companies, for an alleged contravention to the Act Respecting Prescription Drug Medication, denied
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Acted for Tembec in connection with the Papiers Gaspésia Project, in which it was a partner. Defended its directors against potential claims from contractors representing tens of millions of dollars, which were successfully resolved through negotiations
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Successfully defended the shareholders of a corporation against a party seeking injunctive relief for allegedly having entered into an agreement for the purchase of their shares
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Acted for a syndicate of banks for purposes of the successful realization of securities against the assets of Canadian Steel Foundries and other Canadian subsidiaries of Atchison Casting Corporation, which included movable and immovable assets of a foundry and of pension funds surpluses
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Represented a Chicago-based client in settlement of multi-million dollar litigation against Dow Chemical arising from the largest PCB contaminated area in the province involving clean-up costs in the range of $20 to $90 million
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Acted as defence counsel for large Canadian mining company in resolution of environmental prosecution on the eve of public announcement of large acquisition on the part of the client
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Successful defence of K.Y. Ho on charges of insider trading; Ho was a founder, and the chairman and president of one of Canada’s most successful computer related companies and was charged with insider trading as a result of a multi-million dollar charitable gift of shares
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Representation of KPMG in the Hollinger/Black litigation; KPMG was the auditor of the Hollinger group of companies, which following revelation of alleged management frauds, has led to multi-jurisdictional litigation and regulatory proceedings
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Defence of the Deloitte & Touche partners charged with professional misconduct over the Livent audit, in a precedent setting prosecution
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Acted for the Ontario Deputy Judges Association comprising over 350 deputy small claims court judges in the Province of Ontario who had not had a raise in compensation since 1982
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Engaged in late April and May, 2006 by shortline railroad operator Southern Ontario Railway in working with all interested and accessible parties in efforts towards securing a peaceful agreement to clear the ruins of a burned timber bridge and remove barricades of the SOR’s track erected by aboriginal protestors and occupiers after an abortive OPP (police) action on April 20, 2006
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Engaged in 2006 for Canadian National Railway Company (CN) in the Ontario appeal and leave to appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada in a matter touching upon the obligations of rail carriers and of industrial railcar users & consignees following delivery of railcars, and expert issues as to braking and operations
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Assisted Toyota Motor Manufacturing in respect of rail regulatory and contractual issues arising from Toyota's plans to enhance community road/rail intersection safety near one of its plants in Cambridge, Ontario, including dealings with the Canadian Transportation Agency, Transport Canada, Ontario and municipal representatives and the CPR
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Represented CN in a Coroner's Inquest proceeding in Ontario arising from a railway crossing accident involving passing rail freight operations and two schoolgirls returning home in Brockville, Ontario
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Represents the author and publisher of the Harry Potter novels in Canada in connection with all Canadian copyright protection issues and embargo enforcement rights and remedies, including winning a number of injunctions to protect the copyright in and pre-release date confidentiality of the Harry Potter novels
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Class action restitution claim against a major Canadian natural gas supplier for illegal late payment charges; twice successful in the Supreme Court of Canada on liability issues
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