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Speeding Ticket? Don’t Just Fight it, File a Class Action
According to this story from the CBC News, a class action has been filed against the Canadian Province of Manitoba for its policies in issuing and prosecuting photo radar speeding tickets near...
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Class Actions and the Universal Health Care Debate
A pair of recent letters to the editor of the Yuma, Arizona online newspaper the Yuma Sun debate the impact of class action lawsuits on the success of national healthcare reform in Canada. The first...
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Bulletproof Blog Offers Expert Insight on Key Canadian Class Action Trend
In the latest installment of Bulletproof Blog‘s series on class action trends from the plaintiffs’ perspective, Larry Smith interviews Canadian lawyer Won Kim. Kim discusses a recent Ontario court...
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NERA Economic Consulting Issues Report on Securities Class Actions in Canada
Yesterday, NERA Economic Consulting issued a working paper entitled Trends in Canadian Securities Class Actions: 2009 Update. The paper covers offers a variety of figures and statistics on cases being...
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Get Your Canadian Class Action News Here (Well, Not Here, But…)
It’s been a while since his last posting, but Vancouver, B.C. attorney Ward Branch’s latest entry on Class Actions in Canada has been worth the wait. He has a synopsis on what appears to be every...
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Danger! Moose Crossing
According to this article from The Canadian Press and this one from the Ottawa Citizen, a lawyer in St. Johns, Newfoundland is considering suing the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador on behalf of a...
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Could Proposed Product Recall Law Mean More Class Actions in Canada?
Debate about legal reforms outside the U.S. can often provide a revealing look at the strengths and weaknesses of the U.S. legal system. For policymakers in other countries, U.S. consumer protection...
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Moose Collision Litigation, the Wave of the Future in Canadian Class Actions?
If you’re a Canadian class action lawyer looking for next big thing in class actions, moose collision litigation was looking pretty promising. As mentioned in this October 19 CAB entry, a class action...
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Canadian Moose Collision Class Action Is a … Go??!
The premise sounds ridiculous, but maybe there’s more to it after all. This quote from moose collision class action lawyer Ches Crosbie sums it up: Six months ago when we launched this class action,...
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BH Class Action Lawsuit Defense Blog Post: Class and Collective Actions in...
NOTE: The following is a copy of a post that I did for the recently-released Baker Hostetler Class Action Lawsuit Defense Blog. Be sure to check out the new blog for other fantastic...
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