CBC business columnist Michael Hlinka has this modest proposal for how to prevent class action abuse in Canada: make unsuccessful plaintiffs’ class action attorneys pay the defendant an amount equal to the amount of the contingent fees that they stood to earn if they had won. It’s not an idea that is likely to catch on among policymakers, [...]
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What if Contingent Fees Worked in Reverse?
Posted in class action reform, International Class Action Law, tagged canada class action, canadian class actions, contingent fee on June 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Speeding Ticket? Don’t Just Fight it, File a Class Action
Posted in Class Action News, tagged canada class action, canadian class action, International Class Action Law, manitoba class action, photo enforcement, photo radar, speeding ticket on May 11, 2009 | 1 Comment »
According to this story from the CBC News, a class action has been filed against the Canadian Province of Manitoba for its policies in issuing and prosecuting photo radar speeding tickets near construction areas. The complaint alleges that the government violated the law by not placing signs properly to mark reduced speed zones and by attempting to enforce reduced speed [...]
“Class Actions in Canada”: the Source for Class Actions in Canada
Posted in International Class Action Law, Other class action blogs, tagged canada class action, canadian class action, International Class Action Law on April 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The loyal reader will note that ClassActionBlawg covers class action trends in other parts of the world, including Canada. But since I live about 1000 miles (or 1609.344 km) from Canada, and certainly have no license to practice law there, you have to take anything I say about trends in Canadian law with a huge grain of salt. Not so with Ward Branch’s [...]
Supreme Court of Canada Deals Setback to Nationwide Class Action Settlements
Posted in Class Action Decisions, International Class Action Law, tagged canada class action, canada national class action, canadian class action, International Class Action Law, ontario class action, quebec class action, supereme court of canada on April 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A colleague tipped me off today to the Supreme Court of Canada’s April 2 decision in Canada Post Corp. v. Lépine, 2009 SCC 16. In that case, Canada’s high court upheld a lower court decision limiting the reach of a settlement class action filed in Ontario, purportedly on behalf of all residents of Canada other than residents [...]
New CADS Report Highlights International Class Action Litigation Trends
Posted in Class Action Trends, International Class Action Law, tagged ABA class action, CADS committee, canada class action, canadian class action, International Class Action Law on February 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I just received my quarterly issue of the ABA Class Actions and Derivative Suits Committee (CADS) Newsletter. The Winter 2009 issue features several articles on trends in international class action law, highlighted by Class Actions San Frontiers, an article authored by three Canadian panelists from a presentation of the same name from November’s ABA National [...]
Comment on dit “public nuisance” en Québécois?
Posted in Class Action News, Class Action Trends, International Class Action Law, tagged canada class action, canadian class action, environmental class action, excessive annoyance, International Class Action Law, lead paint, public nuisance, rhode island on November 22, 2008 | 1 Comment »
“Public nuisance” environmental class actions have not fared well in the U.S. recently, but apparently not so in Canada. Close on the heels of the Rhode Island Supreme Court’s decision in Rhode Island v. Lead Industries Association, the Supreme Court of Canada has affirmed a Quebec Superior Court’s finding of liability based on the theory that a company’s emissions [...]
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