Overview
Sarah Stothart is a partner in the Litigation and Dispute Resolution Group at Goodmans. She maintains a broad practice primarily divided between complex commercial, insolvency, and intellectual property litigation.
Sarah's complex commercial practice involves shareholder and oppression issues, fiduciary duty claims, and allegations of contractual breaches and misrepresentations, for which she appears frequently before the Commercial List. She also has experience advising and representing clients in competition disputes, technology disputes, data breaches and cybersecurity incidents, and regulatory proceedings involving energy and copyright.
Sarah has appeared before all levels of Ontario and Canadian federal courts and the Supreme Court of Canada. She has also appeared before arbitration panels, the Competition Tribunal, the Ontario Energy Board, and in the US before the Delaware Court of Chancery. She is licensed to practice in Ontario and California.
Featured Work
Sarah’s representative work includes acting for:
- Atlantic Lottery Corporation on a successful appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada, where the Court overturned a certification order and dismissed a class action relating to video lottery terminals and clarified the law relating to waiver of tort
- Vancouver Airport Authority in successful defence of an application brought by the Commissioner of Competition before the Competition Tribunal, seeking orders pursuant to section 79 of the Competition Act
- Creditors and Court-appointed officers in various insolvency proceedings under the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act and Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act
- Patent-holders and innovative technology companies in patent infringement lawsuits relating to voice-recognition speakers, titanium metal powders used in D printing, and interactive programming television features
- two directors in connection with an investigation of alleged insider trading by a company special committee and Ontario Securities Commission
Credentials
Professional Involvement
From 2017 to 2019, Sarah sat on the Board of Directors of Newcomer Women’s Services Toronto, a non-profit organization offering employment, settlement, and language services for newcomer women.
Credentials
- University of Toronto, J.D., 2016
- Queen's University, B.A., 2013, with Distinction
Professional Affiliations
- Law Society of Ontario
- State Bar of California
Call to Bar
- 2020 California
- 2017 Ontario
Insights
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Competition and Foreign Investment
International Comparative Legal Guide - Enforcement of Foreign Judgments 2024, Canada Chapter
Peter Kolla, Julie Rosenthal and Sarah Stothart co-authored the Canada Chapter of International Comparative Legal Guide - Enforcement of Foreign Judgments 2024. The Canada chapter covers common… -
Crisis Management and Urgent Proceedings
Panoramic Next: Crisis Management 2024 - Canada Chapter
Mark Dunn and Sarah Stothart co-authored the Canada Chapter of Panoramic Next: Crisis Management 2024. Through a series of interviews with expert legal… -
Competition and Foreign Investment
International Comparative Legal Guide - Enforcement of Foreign Judgments 2023, Canada Chapter
Peter Kolla, Julie Rosenthal and Sarah Stothart co-authored the Canada Chapter of International Comparative Legal Guide - Enforcement of Foreign Judgments 2023. The Canada chapter covers common… -
Crisis Management and Urgent Proceedings
Market Intelligence Crisis Management 2023 - Canada Chapter
Mark Dunn and Sarah Stothart co-authored the Canada Chapter of Market Intelligence Crisis Management 2023. Market Intelligence offers readers a highly accessible take on the crucial issues of the… -
Intellectual Property Litigation
Trademark Filing Suggests Samsung Is Working on a Galaxy VR Headset
As reported by Phone Arena, Samsung Electronics has recently filed trademark applications for “Galaxy VR” and “Galaxy 360”. Earlier this year, during the annual Mobile World Congress, Samsung CEO… -
Intellectual Property Litigation
Ruff News: IBM’s Patent Lawsuit Against Pet Retailer Chewy is Dismissed
The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York recently dismissed a patent infringement lawsuit from International Business Machines Corporation (“IBM”) that claimed Chewy, Inc…
News & Events
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Goodmans Presents: Managing the "What Now?!" Navigating Unexpected Issues for Organizations
In-house counsel are often faced with complex problems and asked to answer the challenging question of “What now?!”. This complexity is increased for in-house counsel with the additional layer of… -
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Sarah Stothart at CBA's Webinar: How to Succeed in Real-life Negotiation and Settlement Advocacy
Join Sarah Stothart on Tuesday, May 9, 2023 at 12:00 pm for the Canadian Bar Association's webinar: How to Succeed in Real-life Negotiation and Settlement Advocacy.Advance your know-how with…