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38 M A Y 2 0 1 8 w w w . C A N A D I A N L a w y e r m a g . c o m Lax O'Sullivan Lisus Gottlieb LLP, Toronto counsel-toronto.com Lenczner Slaght Royce Smith Griffin LLP, Toronto litigate.com Going on its 21st anniversary, Lax O'Sullivan Lisus Gottlieb LLP is an independent counsel firm that started off with three original partners and now has 25 lawyers. The firm focuses on complex commercial litigation and is engaged in high-profile disputes in a range of industries. Recent mandates include: acting in the Supreme Court of Canada on the leading case governing personal liability under the shareholder oppression remedy; acting for Sleep Country Canada in obtaining an interlocutory injunction in a trademark dispute; the successful enforcement of a commercial lease indemnity; acting for Standardbred horse breeders challenging Ontario's unilateral cancellation of a revenue-sharing agreement; acting for the University Health Network on a judicial review application brought by two researchers; acting for the Qikiqtani Inuit Association in an arbitration against Baffinland Iron Mines Corp. in a royalty payment dispute arising out of the Mary River Project, an iron ore mine site in Nunavut; resisting efforts to add a defendant to the high-profile action to enforce a US$9.5-billion Ecuadorian judgment against Chevron Corporation and its indirect subsidiary, Chevron Canada Limited; and a successful challenge to the constitutionality of Canada's solitary confinement laws. Lenczner Slaught provides advice and guidance to all levels of government, financial and educational institu- tions, public authorities, corporations, boards and commissions. The firm also assists clients in navigating com- plex situations and appears before all levels of the courts, arbitration panels, administrative bodies and regulatory tribunals. For more than 25 years, the firm has strived for the highest quality of advocacy to both public and private clients as expert litigators. The firm practises in arbitration, class actions, commercial litigation, competitions cases, construction, defamation and media, employment, estates litigation, insolvency and restructuring, insur- ance, intellectual property, product liability, professional liability and reg- ulation, public and administrative and securities litigation. Lenczner Slaght is representing prominent architect Douglas Cardinal in his human rights case against the use of the Cleveland Indian's baseball club's logo and racist mascot "Chief Wahoo." The team has recently pledged to discontinue use of the mascot. Leaders in Litigation, Arbitration and Dispute Resolution www.litigationchambers.com Hunter Litigation Chambers is pleased to be recognized again as one of the Top 10 Litigation Boutiques in Canada as selected by Canadian Lawyer Magazine. We are proud to be acknowledged for our excellent service and outstanding results on the most complex litigation challenges. unterLitigation_CL_May_18.indd 1 2018-04-17 8:50 AM

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