The Quebec Superior Court recently granted an unusually strict protective order to defendants in a class action to prevent evidence from the class action finding its way into parallel criminal proceedings against them. The defendants are a group of gas station owners (both corporations and individuals) who have been charged with conspiring to fix retail [...]

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Before entering into a settlement agreement with your provincial Securities Commission, it is important to consider how such consent orders will be viewed and applied in other provinces.  In September, 2008 Patricia McLean entered into a settlement agreement with the Ontario Securities Commission; less than two years later, she was before the British Columbia Court [...]

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AGM associate Renai Williams recently helped a boy with Tourettes stay in school. The school wanted to expel him because of behaviours associated with his disability. Read the full story in The Toronto Star…
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The Hon. David C. Dingwall, P.C., Q.C., Counsel at Affleck Greene McMurtry LLP, has been appointed to the Board of Directors of the Canada China Business Council (CCBC).

The CCBC is a private, not-for-profit business association and acts as Canada’s bilateral trade and investment facilitator, impetus and advocate. In 2011, China’s investment in Canada exceeds $20 billion to date.

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In a recent decision, the Federal Court of Canada enforced a class action waiver and an arbitration clause in a private action under section 36 of the Competition Act.[1] The decision is significant because it clearly states two important principles: Class action waivers will be enforced unless they are contrary to statute Claims alleging breaches [...]

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