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• Acting for Rogers Communication Inc. and Fido Solutions Inc. before the Québec Superior Court in their defence of a proposed class action with respect to fees for picture and video messaging from Canada to the U.S.

• Acting for Rogers Communications Inc. before the Québec Superior Court in its defence of a proposed class action related to early cancellation fees.

• Acted successfully for Metromedia CMR Broadcasting Inc. before the Québec Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court of Canada in the case of Bou Malhab v. Diffusion Métromédia CMR Montréal Inc. et al. v., a defamation class action brought by a group of taxi drivers in Montréal. The Supreme Court of Canada dismissed the appeal and upheld the decision of the Québec Court of Appeal dismissing the action.

• Acted successfully for Corus Entertainment Inc. before the Federal Court of Appeal in connection with a third party's challenge of a CRTC decision approving the sale of certain Québec radio stations from Corus to Cogeco Inc.

• Acted for the Canadian Coalition for Good Governance, a collection of Canada's leading institutional investors, in a reference to the Supreme Court of Canada concerning the constitutional validity of proposed legislation creating a National Securities Regulator in Canada.

• Acting for Ernst & Young Inc., a Court-appointed Monitor, in connection with the restructuring of Quebecor World Inc. and 53 of its subsidiaries in excess of US$2.8 billion of liabilities and emerged from protection under the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act and Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code pursuant to Plans of Reorganization approved by creditors and courts in both countries.

• Acted successfully for Pharmascience Inc. and secured the dismissal of a $3.9-billion class action against manufacturers of generic medications in relation to allegations of improper pricing of medications subsidized under the provincial drug insurance system.

• Acting for a leading transportation company in connection with proceedings seeking injunctive relief and damages related to the breach of various obligations, including non-competition and non-solicitation covenants.

• Acting for Whirlpool in defence of class actions commenced in Canada alleging price-fixing in respect of the sales of compressors.

• Acted successfully for The Globe and Mail in its appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada involving the boundaries of freedom of expression and more particularly, the extent of the protection of confidentiality of journalistic sources and the availability of publication bans to protect confidential communications.

• Acted successfully for the plaintiff Stephanie Bruker pro bono before the Supreme Court of Canada in the landmark case of Bruker v. Marcovitz where damages were awarded for the failure to respect a contractual promise to provide a Jewish divorce.