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Five Langlois Kronström Desjardins attorneys named to Bar of Montréal committees

At its meeting on May 23, 2009, the Council of the Bar of Montréal appointed its committee members for fiscal 2009–2010. A number of Langlois Kronström Desjardins attorneys will sit on the Bar’s various committees.

  • Tina Hobday, partner, was named to the Liaison with the Professions Tribunal Committee;
  •  Fabrice Vil, lawyer, will sit on the Liaison with the Public Committee’s Debating Competition Sub-Committee;
  • Marie Cossette, lawyer, will sit on the Women in the Legal Profession Committee;
  • Chantal Chatelain, partner, accepted a second term as a member of the Liaison with the Superior Court (Civil Division) Committee;
  • Gerry Apostolatos, partner, was named for a third year as chair of the Liaison with the Superior Court (Commercial Division) Committee and as a member of the Administration of Civil Justice Committee.

Langlois Kronström Desjardins proudly acknowledges the commitment of its lawyers and wishes them the very best of luck in their respective roles.

 
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The Supreme Court of Canada rules on the federal government’s proposed national securities commission

On December 22, 2011, the Supreme Court of Canada (the “Court”) rendered a decision declaring the federal government’s Proposed Canadian Securities Act (the “Act”) a “comprehensive foray by Parliament into the realm of securities regulation”1. The effect of the Act would have been to create a single national securities commission in Canada.

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