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Koskie Minsky LLP commenced a class proceeding on behalf of the representative plaintiff, David Weremy against the Province on Manitoba in respect to the Manitoba Development Centre (“MDC”). “The boys were eating out of the garbage can, out of the toilet bowls”.  To view this report published by CBC News Manitoba please visit: https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/1402396227728/ For

David Rosenfeld was quoted in the December 19, 2018 CBC News article “People simply, at no point in time, at any point in the years past, should ever be living in these circumstances. Period,”.  To read the article, please click here.

Koskie Minsky initiated a class proceeding against the Attorney General of Canada on behalf of all individuals whose applications to the Thalidomide Survivors Contribution Program were rejected. “A legal challenge against the Canadian government by alleged thalidomide survivors can proceed as a class action, the Federal Court of Appeal ruled on Thursday”.  To read the

David Rosenfeld was quoted in the April 25, 2018 CBC News article “Canada signed private agreement with Qalipu Mi’kmaq days before contentious changes to application process.” To read the article, please click here. For more information about the class action and updates as they occur, please click here.  

David Rosenfeld was quoted in the March 13, 2018 Le Journal de Montréal article “Victoire d’une survivante de la thalidomide contre Ottawa.” To read the article, please click here. For information about the class action and updates as they occur, please click here. David Rosenfeld cité dans l’article du Journal de Montréal sur le recours

In Heller v. Uber Technologies Inc., 2018 ONSC 718, Perell J. stayed a proposed class action on behalf of Uber drivers due to a clause in the parties’ Service Agreement that mandated they resolve disputes by arbitration in The Netherlands. In upholding the arbitration clause, the Court followed the precedent set by the Supreme Court

Airia Brands Inc. v. Air Canada, 2017 ONCA 792, is the latest class action decision to consider jurisdiction simpliciter in situations involving foreign class members. The case involved a claim of conspiracy to fix prices of air freight shipping services to and from Canada. On the matter of jurisdiction, the motion judge excluded absent foreign

Celeste Poltak has been appointed to the Expert Reference Group for the Law Commission of Ontario’s (LCO) new project, Class Actions: Objectives, Experience, and Reforms. The LCO’s class actions project is the first independent, evidence-based, and comprehensive review of class actions in Ontario since the enactment of the Class Proceedings Act in 1993. The project will provide

Kaynes v. BP, P.L.C., 2017 ONSC 5172 (Kaynes) is the latest edition of a line of class actions that have faltered for violating the statutory limitations period under s.138.14 of the Securities Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. S.5. (the “Act“)[1] Despite its protracted procedural history, the facts in Kaynes are not complicated. The plaintiff, an Ontario

Justice Belobaba has certified a class action against Deloitte in respect of the alleged misclassification of document reviewers. The class at issue consisted of lawyers in Toronto working as document reviewers for Deloitte, and other companies. The document reviewers were treated as independent contractors, and therefore not entitled to the same payments and benefits given