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Canadian court overturns government ruling on Globalive foreign ownership

  • Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
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  • Canada
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  • February 11 2011

Globalive, a recent entrant and fast-growing player in Canada's wireless telephony market, was dealt a serious blow last Friday by the Federal Court of Canada, which struck down an earlier government ruling that found Globalive's ownership structure to be permissible under Canada's foreign ownership law

Shareholders file class action suit against BCE buyout

  • Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
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  • Canada
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  • October 31 2008

The $52 billion sale of BCE, Inc., Canada’s largest telecom operator, to a private equity consortium is facing a fresh legal challenge in the form of a class action lawsuit, brought by holders of the company’s common stock, that seeks $588 million plus punitive damages for recovery of dividends that were suspended during the second and third quarters this year