LITIGATION

Quebec Court of Appeal affirms $50K interim costs award in shareholder oppression litigation
Judge saw apparent link between financial difficulty and allegedly oppressive conduct
Thomas J. Moran joins DLA Piper Canada’s litigation partnership
The former Norton Rose Fulbright partner focuses on arbitration, injunctions, trials, appeals
Ontario Superior Court varies cost order to also hold class counsel directly responsible for paying
Motion to vary arose from employment-related class action that failed
Over 340 civil society organizations call for coalition against investor-state dispute settlement
‘These mechanisms are profoundly undemocratic’: MiningWatch Canada program coordinator

2025 LEADING LAWYERS IN LITIGATION

David Chernos
Year called to bar: 1993
Toronto, Ontario
Chernos Flaherty Svonkin LLP
Hugh A. Meighen
Year called to bar: 2010
Toronto, Ontario
Stéphane Pitre
Year called to bar: 1999
Montréal, Québec
François M. Giroux
Year called to bar: 1996
Montréal, Québec
Patrick Heinsen
Year called to bar: 2001
Calgary, Alberta
Gilbert Hourani
Year called to bar: 1994
Montréal, Québec