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Ontario court refuses to exclude U.S. shareholders from class: the ‘day of reckoning’ had not yet dawned

The Ontario Superior Court certified a global class in a securities class action against a Toronto-based company, even though U.S. shareholders who...

Ontario Court of Appeal provides corrective guidance on anti-SLAPP motions

In its recent decision in Park Lawn Corporation v. Kahu Capital Partners Ltd., the Court of Appeal for Ontario addressed the current practice around...

The perils of evidentiary ‘Jenga towers’ in securities class actions

In a series of securities class action decisions issued in 2022, Ontario courts provided useful guidance on elements of the statutory cause of action...

The Superior Court of Québec denies certification of a proposed worldwide securities class action

Osler lawyers review a Québec court decision in which a proposed securities class action was solely based on a short seller report.

A delicate balancing act: certifying multi-jurisdictional class actions in British Columbia

Osler lawyers provide their analysis of the B.C. Court of Appeal’s recent decision of an appeal of an order certifying a multi-jurisdictional class...

Ontario appellate court affirms denial of certification in Cambridge Analytica class action

Ontario’s Divisional Court dismissed an appeal from an order denying certification of a putative privacy class action against Facebook, joining a...

Supreme Court of British Columbia denies certification in Facebook privacy class action

The Supreme Court of British Columbia dismissed an application for class certification, finding a “fatal flaw” in the plaintiffs’ evidence.