Proposed $1B class action alleges Scotiabank and other banks rigged silver price
A trio of Canadian law firms is seeking to certify a second class action lawsuit involving alleged manipulation of precious metals pricing over 15 years by large financial institutions including Bank...
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VANCOUVER — Foreign workers who have accused a Vancouver-based company of human rights abuses at an African mine will have their case heard in a British Columbia court. In a judgment released Thursday,...
View ArticleCanadian multinationals can be sued for alleged human rights abuses committed...
If a recent decision from the British Columbia Court of Appeal is any indication, Canadian multinationals are going to have a tough time keeping foreigners from suing them in Canada for human rights...
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Tepco invokes ‘Act of God’ clause on Cameco deal, but it seems more like a...
Tokyo Electric Power’s move to pull the plug on an agreement with Canadian uranium miner Cameco Corp. is the latest example of a company arguably stretching the traditional use of a force majeure or...
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Mining and the Metis: Not a challenge — an opportunity
Consulting with affected aboriginal groups isn’t just a legal requirement before a mining company begins work on a Canadian property, it’s become a standard business practice. But where mining...
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Namibia’s black ownership law could cause ‘capital flight,’ business group says
By Denver Kisting A plan by Namibia, among the world’s most economically unequal nations, to better distribute wealth among its citizens may end up the way neighboring South Africa’s has — benefiting...
View ArticleOntario judge slams use of 'boiler plate' submissions in class action...
An Ontario judge approved a $17-million class action settlement against gold miner Agnico-Eagle Mines — but he warns lawyers to stop filing 'boiler plate' submissions in settlement materials
View ArticlePDAC 2016: Stikeman lawyer offers miners alternative to insolvency proceedings
Canadian mining companies are part of a trend that could change the way you think about corporate reorganizations, says Stikeman lawyer Elizabeth Pillon
View ArticlePDAC 2016: Whither the flow-through share?
Stikeman lawyers recommend that any company contemplating a flow-through share offering do so as soon as possible, just in case the tax rules change
View ArticlePDAC 2016: How the mining well is running dry for the TSX Venture Exchange
The collapse of junior mining equity finance deals is a disaster for the TSX Venture Exchange. Is there anything the exchange can do to save itself?
View ArticleProposed $1B class action alleges Scotiabank and other banks rigged silver price
Investors launched a class action in Ontario that alleges banks conspired to manipulate silver prices
View ArticleAfrican refugees can proceed with rights abuse case against Vancouver-based...
Foreign workers who have accused a Vancouver-based company of human rights abuses at an African mine will have their case heard in a B.C. court.
View ArticleCanadian multinationals can be sued for alleged human rights abuses committed...
Canadian multinationals are going to have a tough time keeping foreigners from suing them in Canada for alleged human rights violations committed abroad
View ArticleTepco invokes 'Act of God' clause on Cameco deal, but it seems more like a...
Drew Hasselback: Donald Trump once argued in court that he should be able to delay monthly payments on a real estate loan because the financial crisis of 2008-2009 was an Act of God'
View ArticleMining and the Metis: Not a challenge — an opportunity
Last year the Supreme Court of Canada recognized that the federal government is responsible for dealing with Canada’s 600,000 Metis. What does this mean for mining?
View ArticleNamibia's black ownership law could cause 'capital flight,' business group says
Will a Namibia's plan to better distribute wealth among its citizens instead benefit an elite minority?
View ArticleOntario judge slams use of 'boiler plate' submissions in class action...
An Ontario judge approved a $17-million class action settlement against gold miner Agnico-Eagle Mines — but he warns lawyers to stop filing 'boiler plate' submissions in settlement materials
View ArticlePDAC 2016: Stikeman lawyer offers miners alternative to insolvency proceedings
Canadian mining companies are part of a trend that could change the way you think about corporate reorganizations, says Stikeman lawyer Elizabeth Pillon
View ArticlePDAC 2016: Whither the flow-through share?
Stikeman lawyers recommend that any company contemplating a flow-through share offering do so as soon as possible, just in case the tax rules change
View ArticlePDAC 2016: How the mining well is running dry for the TSX Venture Exchange
The collapse of junior mining equity finance deals is a disaster for the TSX Venture Exchange. Is there anything the exchange can do to save itself?
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