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

Jean Lortie
Year called to bar: 1991
Montréal, Québec
Lisa Parliament
Year called to bar: 2004
Toronto, Ontario
Kara Smyth
Year called to bar: 2001
Calgary, Alberta
David A. Tait
Year called to bar: 2003
Toronto, Ontario
Patrick Flaherty
Year called to bar: 1993
Toronto, Ontario
Chernos Flaherty Svonkin LLP
Michael I. Binetti
Year called to bar: 2006
Toronto, Ontario