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.

Our previous alert regarding changes to Canada's Anti-Spam Legislation ("CASL") previewed two important changes that were to come into effect as of July 1, 2017:

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

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

The Court of Appeal found that procedural barriers were being used to prevent the plaintiffs from having their claim heard on the merits, and therefore lifted the stay.

A California court has approved a nationwide class action lawsuit against Apple, based on claims that the device has tracked user location and movements without their consent.

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.

By an Order in Council released June 7, 2017, the federal government has suspended the private right of action under Canada's Anti-Spam Legislation (or "CASL").

Class action lawsuits are typically very complex. As cases become more diverse, the class action landscape is changing in Alberta.

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...

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.

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.

A ‘massive’ data breach occurred at Hannaford Bros supermarkets over a 3-month period in 2007-08, resulting in the theft of customer financial information.

The Competition Tribunal denied leave for a public interest applicant to commence a private proceeding against Google and Apple regarding Google's dominance in search in Martin v. Alphabet.

In Harrison v. XL Foods Inc., a putative class action launched against XL Foods Inc. for negligence in connection with the 2012 recall of meat from an Alberta processing plant that was found to be contaminated with E. coli, the defendant XL has successfully added the Canadian Food Inspection Agency as a third party to the lawsuit.

Consumer protection class actions are increasing across Canada.

Product liability litigation remains a challenging, business-critical risk for pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers.

As described in our previous blog posts, the COVID-19 pandemic has already led to a flurry of class actions in the United States and, to a lesser extent, in Canada.

The Alberta Court of Appeal upheld a refusal to certify a class action against the dealer in respect of its clients’ investments in a speculative stock.