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Canadian Class Actions Monitor,
Samuel Lepage
Class actions commenced in Montreal will soon undergo a significant procedural change. Starting December 31, 2018, a designated team of judges will be tasked with case managing and hearing all applications ...
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Michel Gagné
Among the new tools available to ensure "proportionality" and "speediness" in proceedings, s. 234 of the CCP allows the judge to appoint one or more qualified experts to provide expert evidence...
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Alex Derstenfeld
Another contention of the Petitioner is that the franchise agreement violates pharmacists' exclusive right to own a pharmacy and liberally dispose of it.
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Amanda Gravel
In Raleigh c. Maibec inc., 2016 QCCS 2533, Justice Soldevila refused to authorize a "copycat" class action on behalf of consumers who had purchased wood siding and shingles manufactured by Maibec inc., a Quebec company.
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Laure Fouin,
Julie-Martine Loranger
Fin mai 2014, le cours de l'action de Theratechnologies inc. (Thera) chute brusquement de 58 % en deux jours.
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Pascale De Meyer,
Clemens Mayr,
Emmanuelle Poupart,
Dominic Thérien,
Emira Tufo
The Act applies to all public contracts, not only to contracts in the construction industry, as provided for in former Bill 61 on the same subject, which died on the order paper.
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Laure Fouin,
Miranda Lam
Theratechnologies may offer some insight to practitioners and market participants alike who are anxiously awaiting guidance from the Court on the proper interpretation of the leave test.
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Alexandre Boulé
The Supreme Court of Canada recently released an important decision regarding the preliminary dismissal of cases, this time through the doctrine of stare decisis.
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Stefano Mingarelli
The first judgment of 2014 rendered by the Supreme Court of Canada, "Vivendi Canada Inc. v. Dell’Aniello", 2014 SCC 1, deals with the conditions for authorization of a class action in Quebec.
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Laurie Baptiste,
Atrisha Lewis,
Justin Nasseri
In order to help lawyers argue about cases at holiday parties, the Appeals Monitor is happy to once again present our countdown of the most significant civil appeals of 2013 that are sure to impact Canadian businesses.
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Martin Boodman
The Quebec Court of Appeal rendered its first decision on the statutory secondary market liability regime adopted in 2007 pursuant to a reform of the Quebec Securities Act.
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David Roulx
A case recently decided by the Federal Court of Appeal reiterates the very high standard of good faith to which the Minister of National Revenue must be held when dealing with the courts in the context of an ex parte application provided by the Income Tax Act ("ITA").
