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Consumer Active
May 12, 2022
Koskie Minsky LLP has commenced class proceedings in Ontario, British Columbia, and Nova Scotia against Marriott International, Inc. The claims allege that Marriott failed to protect its customer’s data and failed to discover the breach at an earlier date. Marriott’s failures have jeopardized the personal information of millions of Marriott’s
Active
June 14, 2024
Koskie Minsky LLP has commenced this class proceeding against Marymound Inc., the Réseau Compassion Network, and the Government of Manitoba in respect of Marymound group home and Marymound School in Winnipeg, Manitoba. The Statement of Claim was issued on May 2, 2023. The plaintiffs allege that members of the class
Automotive Consumer Active
February 16, 2022
Koskie Minsky LLP and Lenczner Slaght Royce Smith Griffin LLP have commenced a class proceeding against Mercedes-Benz Canada Inc., Daimler AG, and other defendants, alleging that Mercedes BlueTEC vehicles are non-compliant with Canadian emissions laws. The class action is brought on behalf of Yogesh Kalra, an owner of a 2009
Bankruptcy and Insolvency Active
August 22, 2024
On September 15, 2023, Metroland Media Group Ltd. (“Metroland”) filed a Notice of Intention to Make a Proposal under the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. B-3. That same day, Metroland terminated the employment of approximately 605 employees without paying severance, termination pay and other amounts owing to employees. Of these
April 16, 2021
Koskie Minsky LLP has been retained by a group of retired members of the Metropolitan Toronto Pension Plan (the “Plan”) to assist them in the negotiation of a surplus sharing agreement in respect of the Plan, between the City of Toronto and Plan members, and to advise Plan members regarding
June 26, 2024
Koskie Minsky LLP, Goldblatt Partners LLP, and Martínez Law have commenced a class action against the Attorney General of Canada on behalf of current and former agricultural workers employed in Canada under the Seasonal Agricultural Workers Program (“SAWP”) and/or the Temporary Foreign Workers Program – Agricultural Stream (“TFWP”) on or
Regulatory Negligence Active
December 21, 2021
The Motherisk Class Action has now been discontinued. In 2016, Koskie Minsky LLP and Sutts, Strosberg LLP commenced a class action against The Hospital for Sick Children (“SickKids”) due to flawed hair-strand drug and alcohol testing conducted by Motherisk between 2005 and 2015. Dr. Gideon Koren, the founder and laboratory
April 1, 2021
On January 14, 2009, Nortel Networks Corporation and several of its affiliated companies (“Nortel”) were granted protection from their creditors under the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act (the “CCAA”) pursuant to an Order of the Honourable Justice Morawetz. Ernst & Young was appointed as Monitor of Nortel’s CCAA proceedings. On May
February 9, 2024
Overview On October 31, 2019, North American Fur Auctions Inc. (“NAFA”) obtained protection from its creditors under the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act (CCAA). That same day, NAFA terminated the employment of most of its employees without paying any termination or severance pay. Kokie Minsky LLP was retained by about 45
April 11, 2024
Koskie Minsky LLP and McKiggan Hebert Lawyers have commenced a class action which alleges that Nova Scotia’s social assistance system discriminates against people with disabilities. Nova Scotia consented to certification of the class action, and the Nova Scotia Supreme Court certified the action on consent on April 11, 2024. In
November 15, 2024
Product Liability
October 28, 2024