Canada signals new approach to sentencing for antitrust offences *

Canada - December 10 2012
A recent sentencing decision, coupled with amendments just enacted to the sentencing provisions of the Criminal Code, means that tougher times may lie ahead for directors, officers and employees implicated in price-fixing and bid-rigging offences.

Co-authors: Linda M. Plumpton.

Ontario case on product liability shows the immense scope of a class action trial *

Canada - July 5 2012
In a highly anticipated decision released on June 26, 2012, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice ruled in favour of the defendants in Andersen v. St. Jude Medical, Inc., Ontario’s first medical product liability class action trial.

Co-authors: Patrick D. Flaherty , Patricia D. S. Jackson.