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On 13 July 2020, the US Supreme Court released its October schedule, which includes hearing oral arguments in the longstanding copyright dispute between Google and Oracle America on 7 October 2020.

July 1, 2017 saw Canada celebrating 150 years since Confederation, and many marketers breathing a sigh of relief.

There seems to be a trend developing in United States courts to place limits on class actions, including class proceedings involving pharmaceutical and medical products, but the same cannot be said regarding courts in Canada.

Many people encounter problems in their daily lives. Many of these problems are dealt with outside of the courts.

TORONTO, July 11, 2024 /CNW/ – The Ontario Superior Court of Justice approved class action settlements, one for C$1 million and another for US$3 million...

In a recent decision from the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) Canada's highest court overruled a B.C. trial Judge who had decided that the City of Nelson's snow clearance and removal was an operational...

When dangerous products cause widespread harm, individual legal action against massive corporations becomes prohibitively expensive and impractical. Class actions and mass torts provide a powerful alternative, allowing everyday people to pool their resources and legal strength to hold companies accountable for negligence and force meaningful change. Learn how these collective legal mechanisms work and why they offer accessible justice for those who cannot afford lengthy court battles.

The Ontario Divisional Court ruled that the Kruzick J. of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice correctly declined to exercise his jurisdiction to transfer the plaintiff's appeal from the Divisional Court to the Ontario Court of Appeal.

This month features cases involving aboriginal property rights, state immunity, regulatory penalties, piercing the corporate veil and nuisance.

Brian Radnoff, partner and Practice Group Leader for the Appellate Practice Group, summarizes Lerners' Top 5 Civil Appeals cases from the Ontario Court of Appeal from December 2014.

Lerners' Top 5 Civil Appeals cases from the Ontario Court of Appeal from October 2014.

No-fault accident benefits are pursued by an accident victim through their own automobile insurance (or the insurance of a driver involved in the accident). The no-fault accident benefits system...

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.

Medical malpractice litigation represents some of the most complex and technical legal work in the country, requiring specialized knowledge, expert witnesses, and a deeply empathetic approach. Senior Counsel Pinta Maguire explains how Gluckstein Lawyers' dedicated team navigates these intricate cases to secure the lifelong care and resources that severely injured individuals desperately need when the public healthcare system falls short.

There has been some confusion in recent case law as to the proper test to be applied on a change of venue motion.

No one reasonably disputes that technology, when managed efficiently, reduces the cost of litigation and causes the conduct of a trial to be more efficient.

A group of underwriters that were named as defendants in the ongoing Sino-Forest class action have reached a settlement agreement with the investor plaintiffs.