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Federal government ordered to pay investors hundreds of millions for failing to live up to wireless spectrum licence auction promises

An Ontario decision has held the federal government liable for hundreds of millions of dollars in damages to investors in wireless spectrum licences.

Class action against BMW hits a legal dead end

A Court of Appeal decision regarding a class action against BMW has significance for manufacturers and consumers alike.

‘Defer no time, delays have dangerous ends’:  Ontario class actions beware

The Ontario Court of Appeal recently interpreted, for the first time, the new “dismissal for delay” provisions in the province’s Class...

Product liability: tipping the scales against industry

Product liability in Canada is evolving, with increasing government intervention likely in 2025 and beyond.

B.C.’s forever litigation: first tobacco, then opioids, now ‘forever chemicals’

On June 21, 2024, the B.C. government filed a proposed national class action in the Supreme Court of British Columbia against manufacturers of...

Court of Appeal upholds certification denial and dismissal of drug recall class action

A recent Court of Appeal for Ontario decision has affirmed the denial of certification and dismissal of a proposed class action arising from the 2018...

No longer just tobacco and opioids: B.C. plans commencing more class actions to recover health care costs involving virtually any product

On March 14, 2024, the province of British Columbia proposed broad multi-government class action legislation to claim costs arising from...

Skip the arbitration: mandatory arbitration clause in standard-form contract found unconscionable

In Pokornik v. SkipTheDishes Restaurant Services Inc, the Manitoba Court of Appeal has held that the arbitration clause in a standard form...

‘Phoenix’ litigation: can a class action dismissed for delay be resurrected?

A growing number of proposed class actions have been dismissed for delay since a new provision of the Ontario Class Proceedings Act was introduced in...

What if you face a class action even though no one was harmed?

In a new trend, plaintiffs are launching proposed class actions even though no person has suffered any meaningful harm from the alleged wrongdoing.