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National Coordination Of Class Actions

Canadian courts are increasingly confronted with parallel class actions across multiple provinces, particularly in life sciences litigation involving the same drug or device.

Canada Litigation

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Bennett Jones LLP

Fuel For Rejection: The Superior Court Of Québec Dismisses A Claim Against A Professional Seller Under The Legal Warranty Regime

Québec’s legal warranty regime imposes strict obligations on professional sellers, largely owing to the presumptions set out in article 1729 of the Civil Code of Québec (C.C.Q.).

Canada Litigation

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Langlois Lawyers, LLP

Ontario Superior Court Limits Damages Claims In Certifying Personal Injury Medical Device Class Action

An Ontario court has held that Ontario’s more restrictive certification regime may require narrowing class members’ damages claims.

Canada Litigation

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Bennett Jones LLP

Class Action Pursued Over Infection Risks Linked To Endoscope Devices

A proposed Canadian class action has been commenced alleging that certain endoscope devices may expose patients to serious and potentially life-threatening infections.

Canada Consumer

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Siskinds LLP

Association Is Not Causation: Ontario Court Dismisses Drug Liability Claim Against AstraZeneca

Canada Litigation

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McMillan LLP

Driving Forward: Key Takeaways From The 16th Anniversary Edition Of McCarthy Tétrault's Annual Retail And Consumer Markets Summit

Worldwide Consumer

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McCarthy Tétrault LLP

Revue De L'année 2025 – Décisions Et Changements Clés En Matière De Responsabilité Du Fabricant

Canada Consumer

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Fasken (French)

Key Product Liability Cases And Developments – 2025 Overview

Canada Consumer

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Fasken

Know Your Rights: The BC Guide To Product Liability Claims

Canada Consumer

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Rice Harbut Elliott

Proposed New Requirements For Lithium-Ion Batteries In Consumer Products

Canada Consumer

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Gardiner Roberts LLP

Incoming Lithium-Ion Battery Regulations—Health Canada Wants To Hear From You

Canada Consumer

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Bennett Jones LLP

Québec's Bill 10: New Rules For Subscriptions And Ticket Resale Practices – What Businesses Need To Know

Canada Media & IT

OH

Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP

Class Actions Landscape In Canada: 2025 Mid-year Update

Canada Litigation

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Torys LLP

Tendances actuelles – Octobre : Action collective en matière d'indications de prix partiel, responsabilité du fait des produits, tarifs douaniers américains, et plus encore

Canada International

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McCarthy Tétrault LLP

2026 Update On Trends In Indigenous Equity Investments In Canada

Canada Government

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Fasken

Federal Government Proposes Non-Compete Prohibition And Publishes Final Equal Pay Regulations Under The Canada Labour Code

Canada Employment

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Fasken

What Do I Need To Know About Contingent Value Rights?

Canada Commercial

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Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

How The Canadian Foreign Accrual Property Income (FAPI) Regime Works—and Why It Matters To Foreign Corporations, Foreign Trusts

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Rotfleisch & Samulovitch P.C.

Closing The Loophole On Indirect Trust Transfers And The 21-Year Deemed Disposition Rule: New Measure In Budget 2025

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Rotfleisch & Samulovitch P.C.

October Timely Topics: Drip Pricing Class Action Implications, Key Product Liability Cases, The Latest In U.S. Tariffs, And More

In a significant development for consumer protection and pricing practices, the Federal Court has certified the first class action under Canada's drip pricing provisions in Deane v. Canada Post...

Canada Consumer

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McCarthy Tétrault LLP

Québec's Warranty Of Availability: Are Companies Ready For October 5?

On September 5, 2025, the Office de la protection du consommateur (OPC) published a guidance (Guidance) on the warranty of availability of replacement parts...

Canada Commercial

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Borden Ladner Gervais LLP

Product Liability Update: Q2 2025

The Product Liability and Mass Torts Group at McCarthy Tétrault LLP is pleased to bring you our analysis of recent decisions for businesses manufacturing or selling products in Canada...

Canada Consumer

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McCarthy Tétrault LLP

Limitation Periods For Product Liability Claims - Statute Of Limitations vs. Statute Of Repose

Limitation periods are a public interest consideration in the legal system which seeks to weigh a person's right to sue with a person's right not to have potential legal claims held over them indefinitely.

Canada Litigation

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Scott Venturo Rudakoff LLP

Affaires importantes en responsabilité du fait des produits : Mise à jour du T2 2025

Canada Consumer

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McCarthy Tétrault LLP

Health Canada's Product Safety Pledge: A Model Product Safety Framework For Consumer Products And Cosmetics

Canada Healthcare

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Borden Ladner Gervais LLP

Canadian Product Stewardship And EPR: 2025 Summer Update

Canada Environment

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Gowling WLG

Ontario Court Bars Product Liability Suit Under Ultimate Limitation Period

Canada Consumer

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Borden Ladner Gervais LLP

Ontario Court Of Appeal Addresses The Duty To Warn And Declines To Certify Claims For Pure Economic Loss In A Product Liability Class Action

Canada Litigation

MT

McCarthy Tétrault LLP

Recent Canadian Product Liability Case Law Highlights

Canada Consumer

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Borden Ladner Gervais LLP

No Harm, No Foul, No Class: Ontario Court Of Appeal Denies Certification In Pure Economic Loss Case

Canada Litigation

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Torys LLP

Legislative Update Report No. 2025-07 Le Bulletin D'actualités Législatives

Canada Government

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Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP

Consumer Rights And Protection Across Canada's Supply Chain Operations

Canada Consumer

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Borden Ladner Gervais LLP

Key Product Liability Cases: Q4 2024 Update

Canada Consumer

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McCarthy Tétrault LLP

No Harm, No Foul, No Class: Ontario Court Of Appeal Denies Certification In Pure Economic Loss Case

In North v. Bayerische Motoren Werke AG1, the Court of Appeal for Ontario overturned an order certifying a product liability class...

Canada Litigation

TL

Torys LLP

Legislative Update Report No. 2025-07 Le Bulletin D'actualités Législatives

Osler's Legislative Update is a bi-weekly listing of new legislation. This issue covers legislation for the period 03/27 to 04/09

Canada Government

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Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP

Consumer Rights And Protection Across Canada's Supply Chain Operations

Consumer protection laws in Canada consist of a combination of federal, provincial, and territorial legal requirements that businesses must follow when contracting with consumers.

Canada Consumer

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Borden Ladner Gervais LLP

Key Product Liability Cases: Q4 2024 Update

The Product Liability and Mass Torts Group at McCarthy Tétrault LLP is pleased to bring you our analysis of recent decisions for businesses manufacturing...

Canada Consumer

MT

McCarthy Tétrault LLP

Principales décisions en responsabilité du fait des produits : mise à jour du T4 de 2024

Canada Consumer

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McCarthy Tétrault LLP

Consumer Protection Class Actions: The Rise Of The ESG Claim

Class action plaintiffs are becoming more creative in their search for credible damages claims in relation to consumer products they believe have been manufactured, designed, or sold in a manner inconsistent...

Canada Litigation

TL

Torys LLP

Pushing Boundaries: Public Nuisance Claims In Class Actions And Mass Tort Litigation

Canadian businesses saw a significant uptick in public nuisance litigation across various industries in 2024. Traditionally associated with toxic spills and environmental damage, plaintiffs are increasingly asserting...

Canada Litigation

TL

Torys LLP

Product Liability: Tipping The Scales Against Industry

Product liability in Canada is evolving, with increasing government intervention likely in 2025 and beyond. This shift is fueled by new legislation enabling governments to sue for recovery of health

Canada Consumer

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Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP

What You Need To Know About The Scope Of Statutory Warranties Of Quality And A Seller's Duty To Inform In Quebec

Faced with claims from unhappy customers alleging that a product failed or malfunctioned in Quebec, sellers often believe they are protected by contractual warranty exclusions and limitations of liability.

Canada Commercial

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Fasken

British Columbia Court Of Appeal Interprets Policy Definition In Favour Of Insured

Canada Insurance

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Theall Group LLP

Key Product Liability Cases: Q3 2024 Update

Canada Consumer

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McCarthy Tétrault LLP

Health Canada Flags Lithium-Ion Batteries And More As Key Hazards In New Prohibitions List

Canada Consumer

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McMillan LLP

Affaires importantes en responsabilité du fait des produits : mise à jour du T3 2024

Canada Consumer

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McCarthy Tétrault LLP

B.C. Supreme Court Denies Certification Of Contested Common Issues In Mentor Breast Implant Litigation

Canada Healthcare

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Bennett Jones LLP

Reasonably Participating In Treatment, Managing Invisible Disabilities, And Establishing Plaintiff Credibility: Key Findings In Moustakis V. Agbuya 2023 ONSC 6012

Canada Litigation

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Howie, Sacks & Henry LLP

Canadian Product Liability Class Actions – Case Highlights

Canada Litigation

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Borden Ladner Gervais LLP

Towing The Line: Ontario's New Towing And Vehicle Storage Laws – Close, But Not Quite Right

Canada Consumer

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Cassels

Does Absence Make The Case Grow Stronger? Considering Adverse Inference When A Personal Injury Plaintiff Has Not Called A Family Doctor As A Witness

Canada Litigation

HS

Howie, Sacks & Henry LLP

Guide To Doing Business In Canada: Dispute Resolution & Litigation

Canada Litigation

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Gowling WLG

Unpacking Product Liability In The Wake Of Ontario's Listeria Scare

Canada Consumer

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McLeish Orlando LLP

Bill 72: New Contractual Requirements And Credit Provisions

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Langlois Lawyers, LLP

Who Is Responsible When AI Causes Harm? AI And Product Liability

Canada Technology

TL

Torys LLP

Recent Product Liability Decision Provides Insight Into Circumstantial Evidence, Inferences, And Expert Evidence

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Miller Thomson LLP

Product Liability Comparative Guide

Canada Consumer

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MLT Aikins LLP

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Latest Videos

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Internet Of Things Laws In Canada, The U.S., U.K. And EU (Video)

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Borden Ladner Gervais LLP

Covid-19: Advertising & Regulatory Issues (Video)

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Gowling WLG

A Must See Video: Medical Alert – Hernia Mesh Recalls And Lawsuit In Canada (Video)

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Howie, Sacks & Henry LLP

Shaping The Future With Roger Fulton, Linamar Corp. (Video Content)

BC

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

The Canada Consumer Product Safety Act - The New Reality - Video

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Stikeman Elliott LLP

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