In The News
Wall Street Journal
April 27, 2010
Judge rejects $296M Guidant settlement in defibrillator case
New York Times
April 27, 2010
For $529 million, AstraZeneca settles case over marketing a drug
Lexpert/The Globe and Mail
January 13, 2010
US Firms Permitted to Aid in Canadian Class Actions
Law Times
November 9, 2009
US firms can help but not act, Ont. Judge rules
"Lawyers anticipate more cross-border co-operation in the future following a recent court decision that could facilitate the involvement of U.S. firms in Canadian class actions."
Bulletproof Blog
November 4, 2009
What's Next: The Plaintiff's Perspective –
New Ruling Allows Massive U.S. Support for Class Action Litigants in Canada
"In this regular feature, Bulletproof interviews top plaintiffs' attorneys for their perspective on the crises likely to affect businesses in the near future. Today we talk to Won Kim, name partner at Toronto's Kim Orr Barristers P.C., beneficiary of an October 29 ruling by the Ontario Supreme Court that permits U.S. plaintiffs' firms a more direct collaborative role with Canadian firms in class actions brought in Canada."
American Lawyer
October 30, 2009
Kim Orr & Milberg lawyers win Timminco Carriage motion
"In an opinion issued late Thursday, a top Canadian court may have opened the door for U.S. plaintiffs firms to more openly participate in Canadian class actions.
The Ontario Superior Court--the provincial court handling Canada's most important class actions--ruled that direct involvement of U.S. counsel is permissible in a year-old stock-drop suit against Toronto-listed mining company Timminco Limited. The U.S. firm Milberg has been open about its assistance to the eight-lawyer class action boutique Kim Orr in the case. The class action, one of the country's largest claims under a new U.S.-style securities law, claims (Canadian) $520 million in damages."
The Globe and Mail
May 15, 2009
Timminco hit with shareholder lawsuit
A Toronto law firm has slapped Timminco Ltd.TIM-T with a $520-million lawsuit, alleging the metals firm and its executives made "materially false and misleading statements" about the company's ability to produce low-cost solar-grade silicon.
Stockwatch
May 15, 2009
Timminco slapped with $520-million suit
"Timminco Ltd., a fallen Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) star headed by Heinz Schimmelbusch, faces a $520 million class action lawsuit over allegedly false and misleading promotional claims regarding its solar-grade silicon operation..."
The Globe and Mail
March 3, 2009
Milberg LLP Comes to Canada
"...They met with lawyers from Kim Orr Barristers P.C., a Toronto class-action boutique, and have quietly begun working together."