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Litigation Trends in Canada 2020

With legislation, regulation, jurisprudence and practice evolving continually and rapidly, the need to stay current is more pressing than ever.

As we moved into the new year, we prepared a summary of the main trends in Canadian litigation, grouped into three categories:

  • cannabis-related,
  • class action, and
  • energy sector litigation.

The first two will be felt nationally; the last is more focused on Alberta.

Cannabis-related Litigation

Canada, Competition & Antitrust, Construction, Energy & Natural Resources, Insolvency & Restructuring, IT & Data Protection, Litigation, Stikeman Elliott LLP, Cannabis, Personal data, Competition Bureau (Canada)
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In a recent decision enforcing the discharge injunction under Section 1107(d)(1)(A) of the Bankruptcy Code, the Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania blocked a creditor from asserting a claim against the debtor after confirmation of the plan. The case of In re Trustees of Conneaut Lake Park, Inc.), No. 14-11277, 2018 Bankr. LEXIS 1447 (JAD) (Bankr. W.D. Pa.

USA, Banking, Insolvency & Restructuring, Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP, Debtor, Unjust enrichment