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Tag Archives: class action
Two Recent British Columbia Consumer Class Action Decisions Confirm Tests for Territorial Jurisdiction
Practical Law Canada Competition, of which I am Lawyer Editor, published a new Legal Update that discusses two recent class action related decisions by the British Columbia Supreme Court (BCSC) where territorial jurisdiction was challenged in relation to, among other things, violations of the conspiracy … Read the rest of this entry »
CASL’s (Anti-spam Law) Private Action Rights – Less Than a Year Until in Force
CANADIAN CASL (ANTI-SPAM LAW) PRECEDENTS Do you need a precedent or checklist to comply with CASL (Canadian anti-spam law)? We offer Canadian anti-spam law (CASL) precedents and checklists to help electronic marketers comply with CASL. These include checklists and precedents for express consent requests (including … Read the rest of this entry »
Kellogg’s Settles Class Action Cereal Advertising Suit & A Few Thoughts on Performance Claims in Canada
An interesting performance claims advertising claims case caught my eye today in my daily media sweep. According to the CBC, HuffPost and others, Kellogg has agreed to pay $4 million to settle a class action lawsuit relating to some of its former marketing claims for … Read the rest of this entry »
Ontario College Found Liable in Misleading Advertising Consumer Protection Act Class Action
November 28, 2012 In an interesting recent Ontario class action decision issued on November 16th, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice found George Brown College liable, among other things, for violating the Ontario Consumer Protection Act (“CPA”) in relation to representations in a college course … Read the rest of this entry »
New Publications: World Class Actions: A Guide to Group and Representative Actions Around the Globe
I did a bit of a sweep earlier today for new Canadian competition, advertising and regulatory law texts and this one, recently published by Oxford University Press, caught my eye on class action regimes around the world including Canada. Given the accelerating rate of class … Read the rest of this entry »
