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Quebec court refuses to authorize class action prompted by voluntary withdrawal of a drug
May 16th, 2012

Sinziana Tugulea - For the first time, a Quebec court has refused to authorize a class action proposed after a drug manufacturer announced a voluntary withdrawal. The proposed class action concerned sibutramine, a weight-loss drug for obese patients. From 2000 to 2010, sibutramine was manufactured b... Read more »

Court rejects plaintiffs' request for in camera funding approval motion
May 11th, 2012

Jennifer Imrie - The plaintiffs in this putative class action unsuccessfully sought to exclude the defendant, Sun Life, from participating in a motion for the approval of a third party funding agreement. In particular, the plaintiffs sought orders permitting them to (i) to bring the funding approva... Read more »

Ontario judge denies certification in overtime class action - individual nature of issues incapable of resolution on a common basis
May 7th, 2012

Randall Boessenkool - In Brown v. Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, Justice Strathy of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice examined the plaintiff’s motion to certify the proceeding as a class action under the Class Proceedings Act, 1992 on behalf of a class of employees of the defenda... Read more »

Motion to lift Timminco stay of proceedings denied
May 7th, 2012

In the CCAA proceeding of Timminco Limited, on April 27, 2012, Justice Morawetz of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice denied, for the time being, a motion brought by the plaintiff in the securities class action Pennyfeather v. Timminco Limited to lift the stay of proceedings against Timminco and... Read more »

Leave to commence a Part XXIII.1 Securities Act claim and certification granted on consent
April 10th, 2012

On March 27, 2011 Justice Perell of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice granted a consent motion in Sorenson v. easyhome Ltd. for certification of the action as a class action and leave to advance a claim against easyhome Ltd. and its CEO and President, its Senior Vice President, and its Chief Fin... Read more »

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