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April 26, 2024
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The Women’s Executive Network has named Lynneette Espy-Williams as a recipient of the 2024 Canadian Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (CEDI) Awards.
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March 29, 2024
Press Release - Antitrust & Competition, Bankruptcy, Insolvency & Restructuring, Capital Markets & Securities — Canada, Corporate, Intellectual Property, Tax
Andrew Elbaz, Rory Godinho, Shane Hardy, Michael Osborne, Steven Weisz, and Kevin Zimka were named to the Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory for 2024.
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March 05, 2024
Press Release - Antitrust & Competition, Intellectual Property, Labor & Employment, Transportation & Trade
Geoffrey Ferrer, Shane Hardy, Michael Osborne, and Steven Weisz were recognized in their practice areas based on their legal knowledge and experience, ability, effectiveness, and client service.
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February 15, 2024
Press Release - Insurance Coverage, Private Client Services, State Attorneys General, Subrogation & Recovery
The firm announced several new practice group chairs, office managing partners, and leaders of firm committees and initiatives
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February 06, 2024
Press Release - Intellectual Property, Trademark & Copyright
Cozen O'Connor’s Intellectual Property Department was recognized by World Trademark Review 1000. Amy Divino, Noelle Engle-Hardy, Lisa Ferrari, Shane Hardy, Ashley Kessler, Lorraine Linford, Camille Miller, Melanie Miller, Brigeeta Richdale, and Edward Weisz were named to the World Trademark Review 1000 list.
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January 29, 2024
Press Release - Real Estate
Enzo Sallese, Steven I. Pearlstein, and Andrea Wong — will join its fast-growing North American Real Estate practice.
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December 01, 2023
Press Release - Antitrust & Competition, Commercial Litigation
Michael Osborne, chair of the firm’s Canadian Competition Practice, has been selected to Who’s Who Legal: Competition 2023.
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November 30, 2023
Publication - Capital Markets & Securities — Canada
Alexander Katznelson, Kevin Roggow, Zachary Janes, and Dilina Lallani discuss the requirements for issuers to rely on the LIFE Exemption, including qualification criteria, offering parameters and disclosure requirements, and provides commentary on how the rules have been applied over the past year.
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November 22, 2023
Publication - Capital Markets & Securities — Canada, White Collar Defense & Investigations
Lucy Schilling, Zachary Janes, Jeremy Gellis, and Rebecca Sim discuss the BCSC's new Whistleblower Program to encourage individuals to voluntarily provide information about securities misconduct by offering them financial rewards of up to C$250,000.
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November 13, 2023
Publication - Intellectual Property
Any Obando Ospina discusses amendments to the Quebec Charter of French Language and what brand owners need to know.
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November 08, 2023
News - Subrogation & Recovery
Charles-Khalil Batrouny, an associate in the Subrogation & Recovery Department, has been appointed to the Research Ethics Board of Health Canada and Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC).
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October 30, 2023
Press Release
Her leadership skills and commitment to thrive have led her to be recognized as one of WXN’s Top 100 award recipient in the Professionals category in 2021 and 2023. Atoussa has also been recognized by The Legal 500 and Chambers & Partners and was the winner of the Western Canada General Counsel, Tomorrow's Leader Award in 2022.
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October 23, 2023
Press Release - Intellectual Property, Trademark & Copyright
Any Obando Ospina, an associate in Cozen O'Connor’s Intellectual Property Department, recently passed the Trademarks Agent Exam in Canada.
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October 23, 2023
News - Antitrust & Competition, Commercial Litigation
In a video interview with BNN Bloomberg, Michael Osborne discusses the Competition Bureau's study on Canada’s competitive intensity over the last two decades.
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October 13, 2023
News - Antitrust & Competition, Commercial Litigation
In a video interview with BNN Bloomberg, Michael Osborne discusses Minister François-Philippe Champagne's announcement regarding initial commitments from Canada's grocers to stabilize food prices.
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October 13, 2023
Press Release - Antitrust & Competition, Bankruptcy, Insolvency & Restructuring, Intellectual Property
Shane Hardy (Intellectual Property), Michael G. Osborne (Competition/Antitrust: Litigators), and Steven J. Weisz (Restructuring/Insolvency) were also recognized in the 2023 Chambers Global rankings.
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October 06, 2023
Publication - Antitrust & Competition, Commercial Litigation
Michael Osborne contributed an article to The Globe and Mail discussing a new bill, C-56, which contains amendments to the Competition Act to make groceries affordable again.
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October 05, 2023
News - Antitrust & Competition, Class Actions, Commercial Litigation
Michael Osborne was quoted in a Financial Post article discussing a class action lawsuit that alleges major brokers and real estate organizations in Toronto implemented rules that essentially stifled competition for buyer brokerage services, resulting in higher prices.
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September 29, 2023
Publication - Antitrust & Competition, Commercial Litigation
Michael Osborne authored the chapter “The Long Arm of Canadian Price-Fixing Law? Canadian Jurisdiction Over Foreign Price-Fixing Conspiracies” in the Transnational and Cross-Border Criminal Law Canadian Perspectives, published by Irwin Law.
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September 28, 2023
Publication - Antitrust & Competition, Commercial Litigation
Michael Osborne contributed the article “Back to the Future: Modernizing Canada’s Monopolization Law” to the Canadian Competition Law Review.
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