The Litigator - Affleck Greene McMurtry, LLP » Kenneth Dekker http://www.thelitigator.ca Competition Law and Commercial Litigation Updates Tue, 15 May 2012 13:41:01 +0000 en hourly 1 MFDA panel finds that branch manager might have duty to monitor non-registrants at branch http://www.thelitigator.ca/2012/05/mfda-panel-finds-that-branch-manager-might-have-duty-to-monitor-non-registrants-at-branch/ http://www.thelitigator.ca/2012/05/mfda-panel-finds-that-branch-manager-might-have-duty-to-monitor-non-registrants-at-branch/#comments Thu, 10 May 2012 21:00:08 +0000 Kenneth Dekker http://www.thelitigator.ca/?p=1375 http://www.thelitigator.ca/2012/05/mfda-panel-finds-that-branch-manager-might-have-duty-to-monitor-non-registrants-at-branch/feed/ 0 Mutual fund leveraging class action certified http://www.thelitigator.ca/2012/04/mutual-fund-leveraging-class-action-certified/ http://www.thelitigator.ca/2012/04/mutual-fund-leveraging-class-action-certified/#comments Wed, 25 Apr 2012 20:36:54 +0000 Kenneth Dekker http://www.thelitigator.ca/?p=1348 http://www.thelitigator.ca/2012/04/mutual-fund-leveraging-class-action-certified/feed/ 0 Supreme Court of Canada sets the rules on when Canadian courts have jurisdiction http://www.thelitigator.ca/2012/04/supreme-court-of-canada-sets-the-rules-on-when-canadian-courts-have-jurisdiction/ http://www.thelitigator.ca/2012/04/supreme-court-of-canada-sets-the-rules-on-when-canadian-courts-have-jurisdiction/#comments Wed, 18 Apr 2012 20:31:37 +0000 Kenneth Dekker http://www.thelitigator.ca/?p=1341 http://www.thelitigator.ca/2012/04/supreme-court-of-canada-sets-the-rules-on-when-canadian-courts-have-jurisdiction/feed/ 0 Oppression class actions now recognized in both British Columbia and Ontario http://www.thelitigator.ca/2011/01/oppression-class-actions-now-recognized-in-both-british-columbia-and-ontario/ http://www.thelitigator.ca/2011/01/oppression-class-actions-now-recognized-in-both-british-columbia-and-ontario/#comments Wed, 26 Jan 2011 15:40:43 +0000 Kenneth Dekker http://www.thelitigator.ca/?p=888
During this period significantly less attention has been paid to whether shareholder class actions might be brought under another and potentially much broader statutory remedy: the oppression remedy under one of the provincial or federal business corporations statutes. However, this may be changing.

Originally published in The Lawyers Weekly.]]> http://www.thelitigator.ca/2011/01/oppression-class-actions-now-recognized-in-both-british-columbia-and-ontario/feed/ 0 IIROC Increases mandatory arbitration award limits to $500,000 http://www.thelitigator.ca/2011/01/iiroc-increases-mandatory-arbitration-award-limits-to-500000/ http://www.thelitigator.ca/2011/01/iiroc-increases-mandatory-arbitration-award-limits-to-500000/#comments Fri, 21 Jan 2011 18:47:18 +0000 Kenneth Dekker http://www.thelitigator.ca/?p=881 http://www.thelitigator.ca/2011/01/iiroc-increases-mandatory-arbitration-award-limits-to-500000/feed/ 0 October 2010 Commercial Litigation Update http://www.thelitigator.ca/2010/10/october-2010-commercial-litigation-update/ http://www.thelitigator.ca/2010/10/october-2010-commercial-litigation-update/#comments Fri, 29 Oct 2010 04:45:08 +0000 Kenneth Dekker http://www.thelitigator.ca/?p=835
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