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May/June 2019

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MAY/JUNE 2019 28 INHOUSE senting the plaintiffs on the Sino-Forest class action, disputes in the mining sector, Club Resorts Ltd. v. Van Breda, Daniels v. Canada and for the individual in Catalyst v. Moyse and West Face. The firm regularly acts for the Power Workers' Union, United Steelworkers, the University of Toronto, Morgan Stanley and Honeywell Ltd. Pali - are Roland was counsel to the independent reviewer of the Hospital for Sick Children's Motherisk drug and alcohol hair-testing program. The firm also commits to pro bono advocacy and its lawyers often appear for interveners at the Court of Appeal and Supreme Court of Canada. Stockwoods LLP Toronto stockwoods.ca Stockwoods LLP represents clients in commercial, civil, criminal and regulatory litigation. The firm's 20 lawyers represent a broad spectrum of clients including business entities and executives, financial institutions, government organizations, Indigenous groups, police services, judges, regulated professionals and professional regulators, as well as corporate and indi - vidual defendants in white collar and other serious criminal prosecutions. Recent man- dates include assisting the judges adminis- tering the IRSSA, defending Uber partners in regulatory prosecutions, prosecuting and defending before the OSC and LSO, defending class actions involving foreign exchange trading and a publicly traded REIT and successfully defending ORNGE regarding a fatal air crash. Stockwoods' commercial litigation practice includes both commercial and corporate disputes, fraud actions and securities and competition law class proceedings. The firm is experienced in representing parties at commissions of inquiry and coroners' inquests. Stockwoods' recent SCC cases range from digital privacy (R. v. Marakah) to Indigenous rights (Clyde River), fair trial rights in regulatory pros - ecutions (R. v. Peers), foreign corruption (World Bank Group v. Wallace) and private international law (Google v. Equustek). Woods LLP Montreal litigationboutique.com Woods LLP is a boutique firm specializing in litigation, arbitration and insolvency. Its lawyers are bilingual, trained in civil and common law and called to the bar in various jurisdictions in Canada, the U.S., France and England. They act for public and private companies, private persons, as - sociations and governments in all manners of corporate and commercial litigation, before all levels of courts and tribunals in Canada, including disputes relating to commercial contracts, corporate liability and governance, directors' and officers' liability, shareholders' or other stakehold - ers' disputes, class actions, public-private partnerships and securities litigation. Woods is also retained in matters relat- ing to professional liability as well as in matters involving product and manufac- turers' liability, employment law, defama- tion, emergency injunctions and various disputes in the construction, energy, agri-business, IT and financial services industries. The firm's insolvency practice is now well established, and it is one of the few firms in Canada with an important international arbitration practice. Addario Law Group Toronto addario.ca Founded in 2012 by Frank Addario, Ad- dario Law Group LLP is a team of six lawyers. The firm acts in a wide range of criminal, constitutional and regulatory matters, with an emphasis on complex cases. It conducts internal investigations and gives strategic advice to organiza - tions about complying with criminal and quasi-criminal law. It specializes in TOP 10 Criminal Boutiques

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