Class Action Ontario class action settlement reclassifies volunteers as employees, setting new precedent August 11, 2022 5
Class Action Tim Hortons offers coffee and doughnut as proposed settlement in class action lawsuit July 29, 2022 5
Class Action Ontario court certifies class action on former patients’ anxiety from notice of risk of infection July 26, 2022 5
Constitutional Law The stakes couldn’t be higher as Canada’s top court decides whether to hear climate class action lawsuit July 26, 2022 4
Aboriginal Law AFN Reaches $20 B Final Settlement Agreement to Compensate First Nations Children and Families July 4, 2022 3
Class Action Opioid crisis: $150M settlement reached in B.C.-led lawsuit to recoup health-care costs June 29, 2022 13
Criminal Law Ottawa freezing Hockey Canada funding amid firestorm over alleged sex assaults June 21, 2022 5
Personal information about more than 100 military sex misconduct claimants leaked June 19, 2022 0 12 Youth an emergent trend of latest community-driven grants.
Women working with RCMP suffered ‘shocking’ levels of violence, sex assaults, says report June 17, 2022 0 8 Youth an emergent trend of latest community-driven grants.
Tim Hortons app tracked too much personal information without adequate consent, investigation finds June 1, 2022 0 5 Youth an emergent trend of latest community-driven grants.
Canadian merchants may see rebates after fee settlement with Visa, MasterCard deal May 30, 2022 0 5 Youth an emergent trend of latest community-driven grants.
Twitter shareholders sue Musk, say he ‘deflated’ stock price May 26, 2022 0 5 Youth an emergent trend of latest community-driven grants.
Indigenous leaders say safe drinking water settlement with federal government is unfair April 28, 2022 0 3 Youth an emergent trend of latest community-driven grants.
Jailing Immigration Detainees Infringes on Rights April 4, 2022 0 2 Youth an emergent trend of latest community-driven grants.
Cineflix workers to get $2.5 million in settlement for unpaid overtime, unions say April 4, 2022 0 3 Deal comes after three years of negotiations, according to the unions involved.
Ontario Court Orders Nearly $700,000 in costs Following Securities Class Action Decision March 8, 2022 0 3 The Court reiterated key principles relating to costs on leave/certification motions, provided guidance on classification of “novel” claims, and addressed...
Sask. gov’t will face legal action for treaty violations, warns treaty commissioner February 23, 2022 0 3 Commissioner says Crown land sales and trespassing act require action.
Court ruled that schools operated as ‘total institution’ liable for punitive damages January 14, 2022 0 4 Children in 'total institutions' risk emotional harm and developing psychological difficulties.
Ponzi scheme class-action lawsuit an ‘inventive’ brand of litigation December 20, 2021 0 5 The recent certification of a lawsuit in a $30-million Ponzi scheme is an example of an “inventive and entrepreneurial” class-action...
Tesla ordered to pay $137 million in racism suit October 5, 2021 0 8 Tesla Inc. lost a case against a Black former elevator operator and must pay an unprecedented $137 million in damages...
Medical Law More than 10,000 Canadians received a medically-assisted death in 2021: report August 13, 2022 7
Constitutional Law Quebec Superior Court suspends Bill 96’s translation requirement until constitutionality determined August 12, 2022 8
Disability Law The Ontario government has given Maggie an ultimatum: the disabled teen can lose her funding or her independence August 12, 2022 7