Sarah Stothart

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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, technology, and intellectual property litigation.

Sarah's complex commercial practice involves shareholder and oppression issues, fiduciary duty claims, and allegations of contractual breaches and misrepresentations. She also frequently represents creditors and court-appointed officers in insolvency, restructuring and receivership matters before the Commercial List. Her intellectual property practice involves patent infringement actions at both the trial and appellate levels, as well as copyright and trademark issues. She also has experience advising and representing clients in competition disputes, technology and artificial intelligence disputes, data breaches and cybersecurity incidents, and regulatory proceedings. Prior to returning to Goodmans, Sarah practiced in the Litigation Department of a large multinational law firm based in San Francisco, California. 

Sarah has appeared before all levels of Ontario courts and Canadian federal courts, as well as 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.

She is an Adjunct Professor at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law, where she teaches Legal Research and Writing.

Sarah is recognized by Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in Canada in the area of Corporate and Commercial Litigation.

Expertise

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.
  • Patent-holders and innovative technology companies in patent infringement lawsuits, including:
    • Google in an infringement action against Sonos relating to voice-recognition speakers;
    • AP&C (an affiliate of General Electric Aviation) in an infringement action relating to titanium metal powders used in 3D printing; and
    • Adeia in an infringement action relating to TV trick-play functionality. 
  • A major technology company in various copyright proceedings, including a copyright infringement lawsuit relating to AI model training.
  • Creditors and Court-appointed officers in various insolvency and receivership proceedings under the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act and Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act, including:
    • Representing the largest unsecured creditor in the bankruptcy of Cresford Developments;
    • Representing the largest stakeholder in the insolvency of Tacora Resources;
    • Representing the Receiver/Monitor in relation to “The One” skyscraper being constructed at Yonge/Bloor in Toronto; and
    • Representing the court-appointed claims administrator of tobacco-victim claims in the insolvencies of various major tobacco companies.
    • Vancouver Airport Authority in successful defence of a landmark abuse of dominance application brought by the Commissioner of Competition before the Competition Tribunal, seeking orders pursuant to section 79 of the Competition Act.
    • Shareholders, partners, directors and corporate stakeholders in connection with various allegations of oppression, breaches of fiduciary duty, and other misconduct.
    • An online marketplace provider in connection with alleged breaches of a technology services contract.
    • Two directors in connection with an investigation of alleged insider trading by a company special committee and the Ontario Securities Commission.

    Awards & Recognition

    • Best Lawyers in Canada Ones to Watch, Corporate and Commercial Litigation 2027

    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

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