US funds take class action to Canada

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US/CANADA - Pension plans have begun to extend shareholder action beyond the US by using Canadian courts in their bid to protect the rights of beneficiaries.

In the latest case, this month the US pension funds Indiana Electrical Workers' Pension Trust Fund and Laborers' Local 100 and 397 Pension Fund, along with shareholder Bruce W. Lapare, filed an app...

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