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“Who Did I make a Deal with?”: Quebec Court Authorizes Consumer Class Action for False Representations Against a Franchisor

In the recently decided case Cantin c. Ameublements Tanguay inc., 2016 QCCS 4546 (the “Cantin Case”), the Superior Court of Quebec...

When Class Members Oppose A Class Settlement: B.C. Court Approves Settlement Despite Objections Of Certain Class Members

In Jones v. Zimmer GMBH, 2016 BCSC 1847, Justice Bowden of the B.C. Supreme Court recently approved settlement of a class action despite the...

When Class Members Oppose A Class Settlement: B.C. Court Approves Settlement Despite Objections Of Certain Class Members

In Jones v. Zimmer GMBH, 2016 BCSC 1847, Justice Bowden of the B.C. Supreme Court recently approved settlement of a class action despite the...

Data Breach: Hackers are the “Real Villains” & Minimal Harm to the Class

In a recent development in data breach class actions in Canada, Justice Perell of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, while approving the class...

Data Breach: Hackers are the “Real Villains” & Minimal Harm to the Class

In a recent development in data breach class actions in Canada, Justice Perell of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, while approving the class...

‘No Litigation Should Be Extortionate’: Disqualifying Representative Plaintiffs

A business subject to a class action receives a “without prejudice” letter from a potential class member offering to settle a small personal...

No More Kicks at the Discovery Can: Motion to Examine CEO Second Witnesses Denied

On July 5, 2016, Justice Perell of the Ontario Superior Court released a decision in Fischer v IG Investment Management Ltd., which (among other...

Whoa…Not so Fast…Emerging Limits on the Certification of Privacy Class Actions

Canadian courts have generally adopted a liberal and purposive approach to class action certification, and this approach has applied equally to the...

Franchisors – Are you at risk of joint employer status in Canada?

A finding of joint employer status, where a franchisor is found to be the joint or co-employer of its franchisees’ employees, is arguably the most...

IOSCO Report on Cyber Security in Securities Markets

In a climate where cyber risk is a rapidly “growing and significant threat to the integrity, efficiency and soundness of financial markets...