In our 2024 edition of Looking Forward, we review notable class action developments from the past year and consider what recent trends in the law might tell us about what to expect in the years ahead....more
In Difederico v. Amazon.com, 2023 FC 1156, the Federal Court refused to certify a proposed class action involving allegations that a collection of Amazon entities (“Amazon”) had breached sections 45 and 46 of the Competition...more
In Jensen v. Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., 2023 FCA 89, the Federal Court of Appeal (the “Court”) upheld the lower court’s refusal to certify a proposed class action involving allegations that the defendants had breached...more
In Rebuck v. Ford Motor Company, 2022 ONSC 2396 (Rebuck), the Ontario Superior Court of Justice dismissed a certified class action on its merits by way of summary judgment. The claim sought $1.5 billion in damages on behalf...more
Competition class actions, an increasingly frequent occurrence, involve an alleged violation of the Competition Act’s criminal provisions related to conspiracies to fix prices, restrict output, allocate markets or practise...more
Recent decisions from the British Columbia Supreme Court in Latifi v. The TDL Group Corp., 2021 BCSC 2183 and the Federal Court of Canada in Jensen v. Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., 2021 FC 1185 involved proposed class action...more
Deux décisions rendues récemment, l’une par la Cour suprême de la Colombie-Britannique (la « CSCB »), l’autre par la Cour fédérale du Canada (la « Cour fédérale »), laissent entendre que les tribunaux sont de plus en plus...more
Two decisions recently rendered by the Supreme Court of British Columbia (B.C. Court) and the Federal Court of Canada (Federal Court) suggest a growing judicial willingness to limit, or even put an end to, proposed class...more
As previously reported, a proposed class action proceeding against over 50 generic drug manufacturers was commenced in 2020. The proposed class action alleges that the defendants conspired to “allocate the market, fix prices...more
On June 3, 2020, a proposed class action was commenced against over 50 generic drug manufacturers... The claim alleges that the generic drug manufacturers violated the Competition Act by conspiring to allocate the market, fix...more
On September 20, 2019, the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) clarified several procedural questions regarding class-action certification in the case of Pioneer v. Godfrey. This ruling, which followed a trilogy of landmark...more
On August 11, 2016, the Ontario Court of Appeal (Court) provided guidance on the limitation period in section 36 of the Competition Act? (Act) and whether the Act removes plaintiffs’ ability to seek damages under common law...more
Smelly washing machines were at the center of a recent decision of the Ontario Court of Appeal. In Arora v. Whirlpool Canada LP, the plaintiffs all bought Whirlpool front-loading washing machines. The early models of these...more