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Below are the summaries for this week's civil decisions of the Court of Appeal for Ontario.

BLG was successful on behalf of an investment dealer in the recent case Fisher v. Richardson GMP and Woodward wherein the Alberta Court of Queen's Bench refused to certify an investor class action.

The suspension will be well received by businesses that have been struggling to understand and comply with the prescriptive requirements of this legislation.

In the newly published World Class Actions: A Guide to Group and Representative Actions Around the Globe, McCarthy Tétrault litigators David Hamer and Shane D’Souza co-authored the "Multijurisdictional and Transnational Class Litigation: Lawsuits Heard ‘Round the World" chapter.

Read our post about the Superior Court of Quebec's landmark ruling in Lamoureux v. OCRCVM on the merits of a privacy class action arising from alleged loss of personal information

The Ontario Court of Appeal in Rivers v. Waterloo Regional Police Services Board has upheld the Superior Court of Justice's determination that it was without jurisdiction to hear a proposed class action.

On February 17, 2014, a committee of the National Assembly of Quebec has adopted a modification to Bill 28.

In May, we blogged about a recent decision of the Saskatchewan court in Perdikaris v. Purdue Pharma et al., 2018 SKQB 86 refusing approval of a $20 million class action settlement that had previously been approved ...

In Mancinelli v Royal Bank of Canada​, a group of trustees, on behalf of the Labourers' Pension Fund of Central and Eastern Canada, along with an individual plaintiff, reached a settlement with certain Defendants...

Despite certifying the class action in Thompson-Marcial v Ticketmaster Canada LP on the basis of breach of contract, breach of legislation, conspiracy, negligence and unjust enrichment, the Ontario...

In JB & M Walker Ltd. v. TDL Group, Justice Morgan approved a litigation funding agreement between Galactic TH Litigation Funders LC ...

Mr. Russell Porisky the founder of Paradigm, a business which counseled people across Canada to commit fraud by evading tax was sentenced to five and a half years in jail, and a fine of $259,482.

Uniqueness of claims and different histories likely mean it will be an uphill battle for more than 200 potential plaintiffs to have their gender discrimination lawsuit against the RCMP certified as a class action, says commercial litigation and class action lawyer, Brian Radnoff in this interview about a recently reported discrimination lawsuit against the RCMP.

Class action litigation serves a purpose beyond resolving individual claims—it can drive systemic change and corporate accountability. Senior Counsel Steve Rastin explores why these cases require time, patience, and precision, from securing impartial experts to navigating complex certification requirements, all while maintaining a commitment to fairness for every plaintiff.

Justice Perell has refused to certify the action as a class proceeding on the basis of a common law misrepresentation claim.

The Supreme Court of Canada (the "SCC") released yesterday its highly anticipated decision in the case of Bou Malhab vs. Diffusion Métromédia CMR Inc. et. al.

The Supreme Court of Canada denied leave to appeal this week from two appeals of interest to Canadian businesses and professions.

Last year, a group of Saab dealers commenced a group action in Ontario against IFS Vehicle Distributors ULC, the Canadian distributor of Saab vehicles, and other defendants seeking damages for breach of contract and statutory remedies under the Arthur Wishart Act.