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Toronto class action litigator Kirk Baert says the court has an obligation to make sure class members get the lawyer who will get the best result ? especially before certification

Who's driving the bus here?

A Toronto legal firm's breakup may help determine the roles of lawyers and clients in the age of class actions


Flaherty wades into Barrick's CIBC feud

Dustup threatens to delay ABCP restructuring


Trading

Insider trading probe targets classmates

Stan Grmovsek has made lucrative and timely investments on resource companies. In almost every case the trades were made in companies working with a U.S. law firm that employed his friend


Oil patch trusts jockey for position

As innovators in the sector adapt to Ottawa's constraints, their lawyers are adapting (and billing) right alongside


The judge in the ABCP hotseat

Judge Campbell's ruling could unravel $32-billion agreement, which requires all investors to forgo lawsuits


One little 'no' changes everything

Since 1985, there has not been a single deal rejected following an Investment Canada review; but, that run looks to be over


‘Honest services' key to Black, Skilling appeals

Several convictions based on statute, including three related to collapse of Enron, have been thrown out by higher courts


Firms balk at banks' immunity

Plan to challenge blanket immunity proposal that would release bankers and other parties from any potential legal claims


For BCE buyers, this U.S. signal is loud and clear

Clear Channel case shows banks have been so damaged by the credit crunch they are prepared to take loan talks to the brink


The mother of all blanket immunity deals

ABCP investors will be required to surrender rights to sue any party if they hope to get their money back

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Breaking the foreign investment taboo

For the first time, the federal government announced its willingness under the Investment Canada Act to block a foreign takeover of a Canadian business


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The Next New Thing — Distressed M&A

Management-led sale of a financially distressed companies will replace the traditional debt restructuring plan as the deal structure of choice


Bar Talk

Bar Talk

Keeping mum on the monster BCE deal

Plus: The SEC's ‘depressing' cases


BAR TALK

Mr. Frankel goes to Washington

Plus: On the move to Blake Cassels & Graydon


Bar Talk

Inquiry about to get an earful

Plus: Torys hocky subculture skating on thin ice


Bar Talk

A family affair

Davis sponsors an Olympic athlete


Bar Talk

Fairfax-Abitibi pact sends a message of caution

The life-saving $350-million (U.S.) investment is giving deal makers lots to chew on


Courtroom sees love-in as ABCP wins protection

Love and lawyers don't naturally go hand-in-hand

 

Litigation and Courts 

Small investors in ABCP retain legal advice from class action specialists

Juroviesky and Ricci LLP will represent small investors currently holding frozen asset-backed commercial paper

OSC's green rules ‘fodder for litigation'

Environmental risk disclosure policy for public companies sparks sharp debate; ‘a clear shot across the bow'

Canadian National Railway latest target of unpaid-overtime class action

Lawsuit alleges Canada's largest railway misclassified operational supervisors as management to avoid paying them overtime

Welcome to the tangled world of pharmaceutical patent litigation

The big money is about as close to drama as these cases get

Democrats could take harder line on deals

Controversial corporate deals should be announced soon if they hope for approval before next January

A career-limiting ruling for former politicians

Judge tosses former justice and health minister Allan Rock from class-action case against Merck over conflict of interest

OIl & Gas: Gloves are off in battle for oil sands clients

International interest makes Calgary the nation's most competitive legal market

Report on Law Schools: Beyond the partner's office

There's more to law than litigation. And more to life than work. That's the message from today's law students, and employers are listening


Deals 

Bear employees expected to file suits

Near collapse of the investment bank and subsequent bail out has seen shareholder holdings plummet in value

Web-exclusive Comment: Clearing the way for the BCE Inc. deal

Quebec Superior Court removes major impediment to the closing of the takeover

Big Deals 2007: 'A hangover after an incredible binge'

Deep pockets from private equity and easy lending conditions helped fuel the 2007 boom in M&A. The question now is what might get it going again

Judge rebukes watchdog in Labatt takeover

Federal Court judge slams the Competition Bureau

When is a deal a done deal?

A recent decision by the OSC will help lawyers determine at what point they must disclose merger talks


Bar Talk 

Bar Talk: Bondholder allegations dismissed

Case against BCE Inc. ends after seven weeks of testimony with all five motions being rejected

BAR TALK: Tight times bring itchy feet

The greatest wave of West Coast lateral transfers in years is underway

Bar Talk: QuickLaw rethinks law school fees

Plus: Lawyers on the move

Bar Talk: The trouble with tax law

No one ever said tax law was easy to explain

Tax law for dummies

Vancouver lawyers get an expensive lession in clarity

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