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Retailers operating in Canada will soon face significant new obligations under the new Canada Consumer Product Safety Act.

It was supposed to be a medical breakthrough that would dramatically reduce the risk of recurrent hernias following a successful repair operation.

The recent Ontario Court of Appeal decision in Stilwell v. World Kitchen Inc. is a good example of why product liability claims can be difficult to litigate.

A proposed Canadian class action has been commenced alleging that certain endoscope devices may expose patients to serious and potentially life-threatening infections.

In our daily lives, as consumers frequently purchase and use products, product liability claims may emerge due to defects.

A hernia can occur in any part of the body where organs or tissue push through a muscle wall or exits a body cavity where they are normally held in place.

It teaches kids the way some human body parts should be connected.

The electric bicycle market is booming—the number of manufacturers, retailers, and bicycle models present in Canada keep growing.

On March 24, 2012 the Minister of Health published proposed administrative monetary penalty ("AMP") regulations in the Canada Gazette, Part I.

In 2004, when the Canadian Natural Health Products Regulations (the Regulations) came into force, an estimated 40,000 unlicensed Natural Health Products (NHPs) were on the Canadian market.

The Ontario government has passed significant amendments to the Pesticides Act and the Pesticides Regulation (the "Amendments").

The Supreme Court of Canada has recently denied leave to appeal in the case of Koubi v. Mazda Canada Inc., et al. 2012 BCCA 310, a proposed class proceeding relating to defective door lock mechanisms in Mazda3 vehicles.

McCarthy Tetrault's 6th Annual Consumer Products and Retail Summit was held on February 25, 2016. Here are our key takeaways from the Summit, including practical tips from each of our topics:

Before Ontario's listeria outbreak became national news, the last thing that I thought about when buying milk was, "is this safe?".

It's common knowledge that labelling and advertising of foods must be "truthful and not misleading," but what does this really mean, and what do companies have to do to comply?

Some recent decisions from the Ontario courts in "Muskoka Fuels v. Hassan Steel Fabricators Limited" serve as reminders that liability can be found under the Sale of Goods Act even without the cause of the defect in the subject product being proven, and even though the plaintiff had lost the defective product before the defendant had an opportunity to inspect it.

That hope was dashed for people who were given defective mesh products that ended up causing even more pain, complications and the need for additional surgeries.

On January 21, 2020, the BCCA released its decision in Schuppener v. Pioneer Steel Manufacturers Limited, 2020 BCCA 19 in which it allowed the appeal and transferred the action...