Canada - Barry, 75, & Honey Sherman, 70, found dead, Toronto, 15 Dec 2017 #11

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May 13, 2019

Apotex among 20 generic drug firms accused of vast U.S. price-fixing scheme
"In the summer of 2013, Canadian-based Apotex and two other generic drug companies each increased the U.S. price of their versions of a blood-pressure medicine by a staggering amount — 1,000 per cent.

According to an eye-opening lawsuit filed by 44 American states, the price hikes for doxazosin were no coincidence.

The various manufacturers of low-cost prescription-drug copies are supposed to be competitors, their rivalry theoretically leading to cheaper drugs.

But in the days before the last of the three firms — Teva Pharmaceutical Industries — raised its price, the Israeli-based company’s director of national accounts, Nisha Patel, spoke by phone a number of times with an Apotex sales executive, the suit claims."

"Through phone calls, texts, golf outings, and “girls’ nights out”, the companies conspired to increase prices and agreed to share markets without undercutting their rivals, according to the civil suit, filed May 10 in the U.S. District Court in Connecticut.

Then, as government investigators closed in, Apotex and others tried to cover their tracks, destroying electronic evidence, the suit charges.

It may turn out to be the largest “cartel case” in U.S. history, says William Tong, Connecticut’s attorney general."


“Apotex denies the allegations made against it in the complaint as they are wholly without merit,” said Jordan Berman, the firm’s vice-president of corporate communications. “Apotex intends to vigorously defend the claims.”
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So true.. in having these documents sealed, they have made them all the more tantalizing for the curious.
(From the article quoted)
"Nothing piques human — or media — curiosity more than information that was actively veiled from view."
How on earth did Kevin Donovan not get this scoop, when he was the one fighting for it? (I don't see any article written by him?)

Probably there will be a story in the weekend's Toronto Star by Kevin Donovan. If the files are opened as expected on Friday May 18, timing is ideal for the weekend papers. There will be a lot of information in those files that will make for great weekend reading.
 
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Probably there will be a story in the weekend's Toronto Star by Kevin Donovan. If the files are opened as expected on Friday May 18, timing is ideal for the weekend papers. There will be a lot of information in those files that will make for great weekend reading.

Are the Court of Appeal files searchable online to the extent that we could see if the Executors have applied for a stay?

I’ll take a look myself but may fail.

Edit: couldn’t find file info in CA or trial court. Not honestly sure where stay application would be filed.
 
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Probably there will be a story in the weekend's Toronto Star by Kevin Donovan. If the files are opened as expected on Friday May 18, timing is ideal for the weekend papers. There will be a lot of information in those files that will make for great weekend reading.

Can’t wait for the weekend reading :)
 
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I don't think their chances of being kidnapped or other security issues are the reason for wanting to keep it secret.

Everyone knows who they are, where some of them reside etc.

I think it has more to do with secreting the contents of the will(s) from the public.

Rich they may be, BUT wills become public property once probated and IMO, these should be too.
 
Perhaps the will(s) are different from what people might expect?

Most husband/wives tend to have back-to-back wills, with the right of survivorship. Perhaps that is not what is in the Sherman will(s).

The family seems to be, IMO, trying to protect reputations of the deceased based on the fact that they were murdered but if all murder victims have to keep wills private, why have public records at all??

As the court stated, we have many murders.
 
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Perhaps the will(s) are different from what people might expect?

Most husband/wives tend to have back-to-back wills, with the right of survivorship. Perhaps that is not what is in the Sherman will(s).

The family seems to be, IMO, trying to protect reputations of the deceased based on the fact that they were murdered but if all murder victims have to keep wills private, why have public records at all??

As the court stated, we have many murders.

July, 2018 the wills were sealed for a two year period only and already almost half the time has lapsed. Who would’ve guessed back then the murders would still be unsolved.

JMO but unless there’s something in the Estate files that is able to further the investigation, unsealing only serves as a side show.
 
July, 2018 the wills were sealed for a two year period only and already almost half the time has lapsed. Who would’ve guessed back then the murders would still be unsolved.

JMO but unless there’s something in the Estate files that is able to further the investigation, unsealing only serves as a side show.
That is true, however if it is standard and normal for this information to be public, then these people should have the same rules as everyone else, imho. To have it any other way perpetuates the notion that people of wealth can bend whatever rules they wish. I'm sure there are all kinds of people who would prefer their loved ones' estate details be kept private, perhaps including families of other murder victims, and perhaps including other families of great wealth. In any murder investigation, it is always of interest who benefits financially from the death and perhaps by how much. Often murders are committed by people close to their victims, with something to gain financially. Should potential perps in any given case be allowed to control whether or not the estates of their victims are treated as any others, or whether they are kept secret?

Donovan is still talking about H's Will being missing or non-existent. I had always assumed that it was just at one point in time that perhaps it may have been 'missing', but that in the meantime, it had been 'found'. It will be interesting to know if it has been found. I can't imagine for one second that H would not have had one at all.

"Honey Sherman either did not have a will or one was never found."

Sherman family to ask Supreme Court to seal files detailing slain billionaires’ estate | The Star
 
That is true, however if it is standard and normal for this information to be public, then these people should have the same rules as everyone else, imho. To have it any other way perpetuates the notion that people of wealth can bend whatever rules they wish. I'm sure there are all kinds of people who would prefer their loved ones' estate details be kept private, perhaps including families of other murder victims, and perhaps including other families of great wealth. In any murder investigation, it is always of interest who benefits financially from the death and perhaps by how much. Often murders are committed by people close to their victims, with something to gain financially. Should potential perps in any given case be allowed to control whether or not the estates of their victims are treated as any others, or whether they are kept secret?

Donovan is still talking about H's Will being missing or non-existent. I had always assumed that it was just at one point in time that perhaps it may have been 'missing', but that in the meantime, it had been 'found'. It will be interesting to know if it has been found. I can't imagine for one second that H would not have had one at all.

"Honey Sherman either did not have a will or one was never found."

Sherman family to ask Supreme Court to seal files detailing slain billionaires’ estate | The Star

It’s rare if not outrightly unheard of that details of estates are ever published by the media regardless of the financial status of the deceased. I can’t recall even one instance where that’s happened, including the Oland murder where the prosecution alleged the motive of the accused son involved his financial difficulty.

One of the main reasons estate files can be accessed is to allow interested parties to contest the will. Otherwise I don’t think it’s the role of the media to publish Estate details and who inherits what, anymore than if everyone’s personal tax returns or bank accounts were featured as front page news. It leaves me feeling it’s far too intrusive, bordering on morbid curiosity but that’s JMO.
 
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It’s rare if not outrightly unheard of that details of estates are ever published by the media regardless of the financial status of the deceased. I can’t recall even one instance where that’s happened, including the Oland murder where the prosecution alleged the motive of the accused son involved his financial difficulty.

One of the main reasons estate files can be accessed is to allow interested parties to contest the will. Otherwise I don’t think it’s the role of the media to publish Estate details and who inherits what, anymore than if everyone’s personal tax returns or bank accounts were featured as front page news. It leaves me feeling it’s far too intrusive, bordering on morbid curiosity but that’s JMO.
That is true also. I hadn't realized that such records *were* public. It will be interesting to see which details media publishes about the estates, once that info is released. I also wonder how much would have been published, had the family not tried so hard to keep it private. I imagine that although nothing was published about the estate in the Oland case, if the family had taken legal steps to make it private, a lot more interest would have been generated. Perhaps especially if parts were felt to be missing.
 
Maybe they do not want people to know how rich they are and who gets money. It may be that they get a lot of begging calls already
 
A lot of famous people/celebrities have their will information distributed after probate. The Daily Mail is always posting 'who left what to whom' and who did not.

Our laws in Canada are based on English laws, its all supposed to be public information.

The Shermans are no different from every other person who leaves a will. Murdered, rich or whatever, they are not above the law.
 
A lot of famous people/celebrities have their will information distributed after probate. The Daily Mail is always posting 'who left what to whom' and who did not.

Our laws in Canada are based on English laws, its all supposed to be public information.

The Shermans are no different from every other person who leaves a will. Murdered, rich or whatever, they are not above the law.

The Daily Mail is a well known UK tabloid which thrives on gossip, rumour and scandal.

And my argument is not about estate files being public information - it’s about publication by the media without any reason to do so other than to feed public rumour and speculation. That’s what I mean It’s common for a publication bans to be slapped on public information so I’m not even convinced, if the files are unsealed, the information within would be immediately published.

Quite odd, I notice that the Toronto Star was no longer a party to Donovan’s appeal.

CanLII - 2019 ONCA 376 (CanLII)
2] “Both the Toronto Star and Mr. Donovan were appellants. However, on consent, the Toronto Star has been removed from the proceedings.”
 
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