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Special Edition on Litigation -December 2015

The Lexpert Special Editions profiles selected Lexpert-ranked lawyers whose focus is in Corporate, Infrastructure, Energy and Litigation law and relevant practices. It also includes feature articles on legal aspects of Canadian business issues.

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22 | Competition Hunter, QC, Clarke Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP (403) 267-8292 clarke.hunter@nortonroseful- bright.com Mr. Hunter's litigation and ADR practice has embraced Aboriginal, contractual, fiduciary duty, oil and gas, se- curities, D&O liability, shareholder remedies, professional negligence, product liability, IP and tax cases. He is an ACTL Fellow. Hutton, Susan M. Stikeman Elliott LLP (613) 566-0530 shutton@stikeman.com Ms. Hutton provides Competition Act and Investment Canada Act advice in respect of complex M&A. She has represented complain- ants and exporter/im- porters in dumping & countervailing duty actions and also advis- es with respect to anti- corruption compliance. Jackson, Patricia D.S. Torys LLP (416) 865-7323 tjackson@torys.com Senior trial and ap- pellate counsel with a broad litigation practice, including corporate/ commercial litigation, class actions, securities, professional negligence, defamation, environ- mental and energy, constitutional and administrative law. Hunter, QC, Lawson A.W. Stikeman Elliott LLP (613) 566-0527 lhunter@stikeman.com Mr. Hunter advises Canadian and multi- national companies on all aspects of federal regulatory law and policy, including competition, foreign investment legislation, international trade and telecommunications. Iacobucci, CC, QC, Frank Torys LLP (416) 865-8217 fiacobucci@torys.com Joined Torys as Counsel in September 2004 af- ter retiring as a Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada. Advises gov- ernment and business on important legal and policy matters. Jamal, Mahmud Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP (416) 862-6764 mjamal@osler.com Mr. Jamal's practice includes class actions, banking litigation, con- stitutional and admin- istrative law, Aboriginal litigation, competition/ antitrust, pension, tax, copyright and regulatory litigation before trial and appeal courts across Canada. ings in recent months. e competition Bar paid close atten- tion to Commissioner of Competition v. Parkland Industries Ltd., 2015 Comp. Trib 4. In April 2015, the Bureau applied to the Tribunal to block Parkland's acquisition of Pioneer gas stations or supply con- tracts in 14 communities in Ontario and Manitoba. e Bu- reau's review concluded that the parties' post-merger market shares in these communities would be between 39 and 100 per cent. In June 2015, the Competition Bureau obtained the first contested injunction issued pursuant to s. 104 of the Act in a merger case. e Tribunal recognized the potential for "ir- LEXPERT®Ranked Lawyers "[LARGE CORPORATIONS IN CANADA WOULD HAVE COMPLIANCE PROGRAMS IN PLACE THAT ARE] PRETTY COMPREHENSIVE AND RIGOROUS. BUT THE [COMPETITION BUREAU'S] BULLETIN MAY BE AIMED AT SMALLER BUSINESSES OR BUSINESSES THAT HAVE GROWN FROM SMALLER TO LARGER AND THAT MAY NOT HAVE HAD A RECOGNITION OF THE IMPORTANCE OF COMPLIANCE WITH COMPETITION LAWS." – Randal Hughes, Bennett Jones LLP

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