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Australia
Corrs Chambers Westgarth
Significant issues and trends in the next 12 months that employers would be well-advised to prepare for.
Canada
Lavery
Quebec is a fertile ground for class actions, with over 550 active cases and between 50 to 100 applications for authorization filed each year. While 2023 marked the fifth anniversary...
Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
In Pokornik v. SkipTheDishes Restaurant Services Inc, 2024 MBCA 3 (Pokornik), the Manitoba Court of Appeal held that the arbitration clause in a standard form agreement was unconscionable and unenforceable.
Strigberger Brown Armstrong LLP
In 2019 the legislature amended the SABS to confirm that the med/rehab limits are exclusive of HST. But when exactly is HST payable in accident benefits claims...
McCarthy Tétrault LLP
Class action defendants in British Columbia often have to contend with shifting certification records and evolving case theories.
McCague Borlack LLP
Case Comment: Loblaw Companies v Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance Co. 2024 ONCA 145, reversing in part 2022 ONSC 449
Gluckstein Personal Injury Lawyers
As a lawyer with practice focussed on sexual abuse and sexual assault, I'm used to feeling angry. Usually that anger is born out of hearing how an individual and/or institutional abuser has harmed a survivor...
Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP
Following recent rulings in prominent cases such as Union des consommateurs v. Air Canada (Air Canada), Fortin v. Mazda Canada Inc. (Mazda)...
MLT Aikins LLP
The Ontario Court of Appeal shut down the claim that a hack of database constitutes intrusion upon seclusion by the database operator, along with shutting down various other causes of action at the certification stage of a proposed class action.
Malaysia
Juen, Jeat, Nic & Nair
On 22nd December 2022, the High Court struck out a class action suit seeking more than RM300 million against our client, a professional trustee company. Our Christopher Foo and Harish Nair acted for the client.
Switzerland
Logan & Partners
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) has reshaped the way businesses handle personal data, introducing stricter rules and giving individuals more control over their information.
UK
WTW
Reflections of the D&O market in 2023 and comparisons made with previous years. What can we expect in 2024?...
Harneys
In the recent decision in Lakatamia Shipping Company Ltd v Hsia and another (the Lakatamia Ruling), the UK Commercial Court provided helpful commentary...
Shepherd and Wedderburn LLP
As Partner Ben Pilbrow detailed in his previous article, the Post Office Group case was made possible by litigation funding.
United States
Venable LLP
Join us as we spotlight select chapters of Venable's popular Advertising Law Tool Kit, which helps marketing teams navigate their organization's legal risk.
Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz
As many readers know, deceptive pricing cases have exploded in recent years. While we've seen some defendant success in cases where plaintiffs have been unable to prove actual harm...
Venable LLP
Episode 6 of the Ad Law Tool Kit Show, "Mitigating Class Action Exposure," is now available. Listen here, or search for it in your favorite podcast player.
Jones Day
On January 10, 2024, a class action lawsuit survived a motion to dismiss a complaint alleging injury due to misleading "carbon neutrality" branding on bottled water.
Greenberg Traurig, LLP
By now, it's a familiar maxim: when an employee brings an action under the Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA), "the state is the real party in interest." Iskanian v. CLS Transp. L.A., LLC.
Venable LLP
When it comes to mitigating class action lawsuits, the best offense is a good defense. There are plenty of steps companies can take to reduce their exposure to class action litigation.
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