Securities class actions in Canada are on the rise and, with that, carriage motions (which determine which plaintiff class action law firm will guide the litigation) are becoming more common.

After hearing 138 days of evidence, Justice Lax released a 222 page decision dismissing the class action.

In this video, Blakes Cybersecurity and Litigation lawyer Nicole Henderson discusses the biggest cybersecurity challenges facing manufacturers of autonomous vehicles

The Leduc Class Action case was brought forward by female firefighters that alleged systemic discrimination, harassment and assault within the workplace.

Read our blog about the Federal Court's decision in Mohr v. National Hockey League et al., in which the court struck out a class action claim, denied the plaintiff's motion to amend.

A class action was commenced on March 28, 2011 against VISA™ and MasterCard™ and the major Canadian banks, in British Columbia, Canada. Mary Watson, owner of a furniture store in Vancouver, is the representative plaintiff.

Justice Belobaba dismissed a motion by a representative plaintiff to add certain underwriters as defendants to a securities class proceeding.

On August 7, 2014, the Supreme Court of Canada granted leave to appeal three securities class action cases, which will be heard together.

The Ontario Divisional Court has dismissed the appeal of the Bank of Nova Scotia (Scotiabank) seeking to overturn the certification of an overtime class action brought on behalf of employees of Scotiabank branches who worked as Personal Banking Officers, Senior Personal Banking Officers, Financial Advisors and Account Managers Small Business.

As a follow-up to our earlier post about Copyright in House Plans, an class action case is proceeding in Ontario on the subject of ownership of copyright in survey plans.

Pourquoi les actions collectives dans le secteur pharmaceutique sont-elles si différentes au Canada et aux États-Unis?

There are at least two interesting class action appeals coming up in 2014

A total of 45 class actions have been filed over alleged conspiracies to fix auto part prices for new vehicles in Canada.

When should – or must – a class action be dismissed for delay? In Tataryn v. Diamond & Diamond Lawyers LLP and Barbiero v. Pollack, the Court of Appeal for Ontario applied...

On May 24, 2013, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice released its decision to dismiss the class action certification motion in the matter of Sherry Good v. Toronto Police Services Board.

HSH announced on May 3rd, 2018 that we will serve as lead counsel for two class action lawsuits representing families against nursing homes for neglect of their loved ones.

Brian Radnoff, Practice Group Leader, Appellate Advocacy Group Lerners LLP', summarizes his picks for the Top 5 appeals from February 2014.

Appellate lawyer, Brian Radnoff provides a summary of Lerners' Top 5 Ontario civil appeals decisions from November, 2013.

On March 15, 2018, Justice Perell of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice dismissed a proposed class action (Hughes v. Liquor Control Board of Ontario)...

Our group recently wrote about the Ontario Court of Appeal decision upholding an important summary judgment win for franchisor Tim Horton’s in Fairview Donut Inc. v. The TDL Group Corp.