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- Weeding out unmeritorious class actions early: section 4.1 of the amended Class Proceedings Act, 1992 comes to the rescue
A recent decision of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, Dufault v. Toronto Dominion Bank (Dufault), is the first decision interpreting section 4.1 of the amended Class Proceedings Act, 1992 (CPA) relating to the sequencing of pre-certification motions. The decision provides helpful guidance for … Read more »
- A minefield of risk? Ontario court grants leave and certifies class for secondary market misrepresentation action
Public issuers operating abroad can face difficult decisions in relation to the disclosure of risks and contingencies arising from their foreign operations. In a recent decision, … Read more »
- Riding the wave: recent developments with class action waivers
A class action waiver is a contractual term — usually found in a contract between an individual and a company — that stipulates that the individual will not participate in a class proceeding against the company and instead commits to resolving disputes on an individual basis. Such terms mitigate a c … Read more »
- The ride isn’t over: Uber v Heller certified as a class action
The battle between the ride-sharing company Uber and its Drivers continues, and continues to inform Canadian law. The Driver Class argues that they are Uber employees and entitled to employee protections; Uber argues they are independent contractors. But that is not the main subject of any of the li … Read more »
- Saskatchewan court denies certification of Cambridge Analytica class action
Editor’s Note: In a recent Osler Update, Mark Gelowitz, Robert Carson, and Lauren Harper discussed a recent Saskatchewan case denying certification against Facebook. A condensed version of the update is reproduced below. On July 14, 2021, the Court of Queen’s Bench for Saskatchewan dismissed the pla … Read more »