David Di Paolo

Practice Details

• Firm Information
  Position

  Partner

  Firm Name

  Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
• Representative Cases & Transactions
  Cases

  Representative Work: Represents H
  a Student Travel in a wages class action.
  Wrzesnewskyj v. A. G. - represented Elections Canada in a contested election application in Etobicoke Centre both at the application
  before the Supreme Court of Canada.
  Carrie Eklund v. Goodlife Fitness Centres Inc. - acting for Goodlife, the largest fitness chain in Canada, in an unpaid wages
  overtime Class Action claim related to its club locations in Ontario, British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Isl
  
  Newfoundl
  .
  Fulawka v. Bank of Nova Scotia - represented the Bank of Nova Scotia in an overtime class action.
  Gould v. Western Coal - represented one of the defendant directors in successfully defeating certification in a securities class action.
  Represented Parrish & Heimbecker in successfully setting aside a shareholder's rights plan before the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC).
  French v. Karas et al. - represented the dealer in defence of a class action proceeding.
  Fischer v. AIC et al. - represents one of the fund companies in a securities class action with respect to alleged market timing activities.
  Acted for a number of institutional shareholders before the OSC
  the court in opposing Magna's proposal to eliminate its dual class share structure.
  Research in Motion - represented senior executive in options back-dating regulatory investigation
  settlement.
  CIBC et al. v. Deloitte & Touche - represents a third party defendant director in defence of class actions proceedings relating to the demise of Philip Services Corporation.
  Gary Hurst v. Worldsource Financial Management Inc. - represented several mutual fund dealer defendants in class action resulting from the collapse of Portus.
  YBM Magnex International Inc. et al. - represented one of the respondents in defending an OSC proceeding
  in defending a class action proceeding.