September 2, 2014

Art of the Case: How the Chatr Wireless case avoided incivility despite the high stakes

Tom Curry, Jaan Lilles and Paul-Erik Veel were quoted in the September, 2014 issue of Lexpert Magazine in relation to Commissioner of Competition v. Rogers Communications Inc. et al.

"As an exercise in advocacy, The Commissioner of Competition v. Chatr Wireless Inc. and Rogers Communications Inc. has it all: first-rate counsel and firms, a sense of urgency, a unique procedure, a high profile, deep-pocketed clients, public-interest considerations, business reputations at stake, complex expert evidence, as well as tough judgment calls and strategic decisions...

...'We occupied a courtroom whose walls were lined with all the various briefs,' says Tom Curry of Toronto's Lenczner Slaght Royce Smith Griffin LLP, who teamed with the firm's Jaan Lilles and Paul-Erik Veel to represent the Commissioner..."