Journal Articles (Law)
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- 1Bias (Law)
- 1Business/Economics
- 1Certification--Canada
- 1Civil Procedure--Canada
- 1Class Actions (Civil Procedure)--Canada
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Does a judge's party of appointment or gender matter to case outcomes: An empirical study of the Court of Appeal for Ontario
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Stribopoulos, James, Yahya, Moin A.
A recent study by Cass Sunstein identified ideological differences in the votes cast by judges on the United States Courts of Appeals in certain types of cases. He found that these patterns varied depending on the ideology of an appellate judge's co-panelists. In this study, we undertake a...
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2013-01-01
Introduction: In Canada, the financial industry rests upon "four pillars."' These are the securities, insurance, trust, and banking sectors. The first three have been, historically, regulated at the provincial level under the rubric of "property and civil rights," while the fourth has been...
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2007
Lerner, Craig S., Yahya, Moin A.
Introduction: According to a recent issue of Business Week, many hotshots of American industry are fleeing publicly traded corporations for \"the money, freedom and glamour of private equity.\"' Among the reasons cited for their departure is the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, which not only...
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2005
Yahya, Moin A., Brown, Russell
Introduction: The recent pronouncement of the British Columbia Court of Appeal in Johnson v. Laing' represents a remarkable and troubling episode in the historical tension between judges and juries in the adjudication of civil claims. After setting aside a jury's verdict as \"unreasonable\" -...
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2005
Yahya, Moin A., Brown, Russell
Introduction: The recent pronouncement of Cullity J. of the Ontario Superior Court granting an order for class certification in Serhan v. Johnson & Johnson is the latest in a series of decisions since the Supreme Court of Canada expanded tort law's boundaries in Winnipeg Condominium Corp. No. 36...
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2007
Valsan, Remus D., Yahya, Moin A.
Introduction: When a firm is on the verge of bankruptcy and the cash is almost gone, Wthe directors of the firm may be tempted to gamble the remaining cash on a very risky venture in hopes of striking it rich. After all, like the characters played by Demi Moore and Woody Harrelson in Indecent...
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2004
Johnsen, Bruce, Yahya, Moin A.
Introduction: Scholars and jurists increasingly acknowledge that the U.S. Supreme Court's Commerce Clause jurisprudence desperately needs a new direction. Even Laurence Tribe, widely regarded as a liberal commentator, concedes that until very recently the Court's decisions in this area came...