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By Carly McHugh Writer After more than a year of delays in reaching a settlement, a legal case filed against the Assembly of First Nations (AFN) by former national chief RoseAnne Archibald will be heading to court. Naming the AFN, then-members of its Executive Committee and the National Indian Brotherhood (NIB), the civil lawsuit will soon enter its discovery stage, where both parties will formally exchange and examine information, documents and evidence. This process is designed to encourage settlement before the case goes to trial. Archibald seeks to claim at least $5 million in damages from the defendants for \u201cdefamation of character, breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty and negligence,\u201d as well as the legal indemnities she has incurred as a result of what she believes was a \u201ccampaign… <\/p>\n

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By Carly McHugh Writer After more than a year of delays in reaching a settlement, a legal case filed against the Assembly of First Nations (AFN) by former national chief RoseAnne Archibald will be heading to court. Naming the AFN, then-members of its Executive Committee and the National Indian Brotherhood (NIB), the civil lawsuit will soon enter its discovery stage, where both parties will formally exchange and examine information, documents and evidence. This process is designed to encourage settlement before the case goes to trial. Archibald seeks to claim at least $5 million in damages from the defendants for \u201cdefamation of character, breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty and negligence,\u201d as well as the legal indemnities she has incurred as a result of what she believes was a \u201ccampaign... <\/p>\n

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