Partner Charles Wright with the Class Actions Department authors a chapter in the newly released American Antitrust Institute’s The International Handbook On Private Enforcement of Competition Law published by Edward Elgar Publishing.   Click the following link to visit the publisher’s website to order at http://www.e-elgar.com/Bookentry_Main.lasso?id=13782.  

After the enactment in Ontario of a statutory cause of action for misrepresentations in the secondary market, plaintiffs continue to advance common law misrepresentation claims in securities class actions.

Recent developments in the capital markets have caused an erosion of investor confidence. The ability of securities regulators to restore investor confidence is limited by regulatory resources.