8150184 Canada Corporation v Rotisseries Mom’s Express Limited, Ashraf Ahmad and Pierre McLean, 2014 ONSC 815

8150184 concerned a franchisee agreement and violations of the Arthur Wishart Act.  After the Defendants failed to respond to a request to admit, the Plaintiffs, represented by Keith Landy and David Fogel, successfully moved for pretrial judgment and were awarded damages against the defendant franchisor. https://www.canlii.org/en/on/onsc/doc/2014/2014onsc815/2014onsc815.html?resultIndex=1

Cannon/Parklane Class action counsel have hired a claims administrator to process the settlement.

Class action counsel have hired a claims administrator (Ricepoint) to process the settlement. Class members have until February 28th, 2014 to submit their claims form. If they do not submit the Claims form to the Parklane Funds Claims administrator by the deadline they will lose their right to share in the settlement. To obtain the…

Full Stop the Hard Way: Proving Imminent Harm is Key to Getting a Rarely-granted Injunction Quia Timet

Lying close to the top of the litigator’s toolbox is a familiar, well-used instrument: the injunction. Injunctions have been sought and issued in wide-ranging circumstances, including in property litigation, commercial actions, IP infringement proceedings, labour disputes, and in cases of public proteses. They have been used to assist in preserving evidence (Anton Piller order, a.k.a.…

UPDATE: Settlements with Law Firm Defendants and with FFCF/Gleeson Defendants

Further to our original post of November 27, 2013: The Court originally approved legal fees to Class Counsel of 25% of the settlement amounts, and after receiving further written submissions, the Court has approved legal fees of 33%, in accordance with the retainer agreement made with the representative plaintiff. Fees of up to $9,303,638 plus…

UPDATE: Settlements with Law Firm Defendants and with FFCF/Gleeson Defendants

On Friday, October 18, 2013, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice approved the settlements with the Law Firm Defendants (including Edwin C. Harris Q.C.), and with the Funds for Canada Foundation, Mary-Lou Gleeson, Matt Gleeson and Gleeson Management Associates Inc. (the “FFCF/Gleeson Defendants”). The settlement agreements are available to be viewed here: The Orders of…