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Environmental law in canada, third edition wolters kluwer legal. The tribunal in this case indicated a willingness to rely on internal documents as determinative of corporate intent and anticompetitive effects, even if the documents were not authored by relevant decision makers and in the absence of corroborative expert economic evidence. Environmental law in canada, third edition by benidickson. Environmental law is often compared to the law of the horse. Environmental litigation companies that make, use or dispose of regulated substances must be prepared to address not only toxic tort and exposure litigation, but private cost recovery actions under cercla and other complex multiparty matters and business disputes. Trial courts determine facts and apply the law to the facts. In addition to these, there are the federal superfund and hazardous waste laws, and parallel state regulations.
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