Allan David Coleman

Allan advises public and private companies in critical corporate governance and shareholder disputes. Allan also represents public issuers and auditors in class proceedings relating to alleged misrepresentations made in prospectuses, financial statements and other public disclosure documents, often successfully resolving proceedings prior to the certification stage. Allan also has extensive commercial litigation experience, including product liability, class action defence work and conducting complex commercial arbitrations, including disputes arising from asset purchase agreements and shareholder agreements. He also is a co-author of The Oppression Remedy, with David Morritt and Sonia Bjorkquist.

The Ontario Superior Court certified a global class in a securities class action against a Toronto-based company, even though U.S. shareholders who...

On Friday, December 4, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission announced in a press release that it had settled charges against The Cheesecake...

In a significant decision on December 20, 2017, the Supreme Court of Canada provided important guidance on the scope of responsibility of auditors in...

In Teva Canada Ltd. v. TD Canada Trust, the Supreme Court of Canada clarified the “fictitious” or “non-existent” payee defence to the tort of...