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Morrison, F. Paul Miller Thomson LLP
(416) 597-6050 paulmorrison@millerthomson.com
Mr. Morrison has a national reputation as one of Canada's leading litigation
counsel specializing in class actions, securities, competition, insolvency,
professional and products liability and domestic & international arbitration.
He has appeared at all trial and appellate court levels, including the Supreme
Court of Canada, and before administrative tribunals & arbitration panels.
Mongeau, Éric Stikeman Elliott LLP
(514) 397-3043 emongeau@stikeman.com
Mr. Mongeau's practice is focused in the energy, transportation,
telecommunications and construction sectors and in the fields
of administrative law and defamation law, with a particular expertise
in commercial arbitration. He pleads before civil courts under provincial
and federal jurisdictions, including the Supreme Court of Canada,
and in front of administrative and arbitration tribunals.
Mohamed, Munaf Bennett Jones LLP
(403) 298-4456 mohamedm@bennettjones.com
Mr. Mohamed is a partner & national co-Chair of the firm's fraud law practice
and maintains a national litigation practice. He has extensive experience in
civil fraud and international asset recovery claims, energy-related disputes
and defamation claims. He has litigated some of the largest civil fraud claims
in Canada and appears as counsel regularly across the country.
Miller, QC, Jennifer A. Bennett Jones LLP
(780) 917-4261 millerj@bennettjones.com
Ms. Miller is a partner in the litigation department. Her practice is dedicated
to health and safety, including: medical, health and safety-related negligence
litigation and public inquiries, defence of medical professional discipline,
occupational health & safety risk and incident management, defence
of occupational health & safety prosecutions, and employment matters.
Millar, W.A. Derry WeirFoulds LLP
(416) 947-5021 dmillar@weirfoulds.com
Mr. Millar is an experienced arbitrator and mediator. His practice focuses on
civil litigation and administrative law. He has appeared before all levels of
court in Ontario, the Supreme Court of Canada and the Federal Court, and
many administrative tribunals. He was an elected bencher of The Law Society
of Upper Canada from 1995 to 2008 and Treasurer (President) from June
2008 to June 2010.
Michell, M. Paul Lax O'Sullivan Lisus Gottlieb LLP
(416) 644-5359 pmichell@counsel-toronto.com
Mr. Michell's practice focuses on complex commercial litigation and
arbitration, shareholder disputes, judicial review and civil appeals. He has
acted in a wide range of disputes in the Ontario and Federal Courts, the
Supreme Court of Canada and before administrative and arbitral tribunals.
He is a Fellow of the CIArb and has been appointed an arbitrator.
LEXPERT-RANKED LAWYERS
CANADIAN PLAINTIFFS JOIN IN
"COPYCAT" CASES AGAINST MAJOR
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS CHARGED
WITH MANIPULATING RATES
By Elizabeth Raymer
Last December, the law firm of Koskie Minsky
LLP filed a proposed class proceeding with the
Federal Court of Canada. e plaintiffs' state-
ment of claim named around three dozen ma-
jor banks and their affiliates and subsidiaries,
alleging that they conspired to manipulate the
price of supranational, sub-sovereign and agency
(SSA) bonds.
It was the most recent salvo in a spate of class-
action lawsuits — brought in Canada by a con-
sortium of law firms on behalf of investors —
that have charged major financial institutions in
Canada and internationally with conspiring to
manipulate benchmark rates: of the foreign ex-
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