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Kobe Steel Ltd. in a national class action alleging misrepresentations that metal products used in automobile manufacturing met certain specifications or standards.
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Labatt Breweries of Canada LP in defence of claims asserted for approximately C$1.4-billion in anti-trust class action proceedings in the Ontario Supreme Court brought against the Liquor Control Board of Ontario, Brewers Retail Inc., Labatt and two other major breweries.
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Horizons ETFS Management (Canada) Inc. in a securities class action seeking damages for the decrease in value of units of Horizons’ BetaPro S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures Daily Inverse ETF (the “ETF”).
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Visa Canada Corporation, a subsidiary of Visa Inc. which is the world’s largest global payments network, in a multi-billion-dollar class action against Visa, MasterCard and major Canadian financial institutions.
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BDO Canada LLP in opposing certification of a class action arising from alleged misconduct by the managers of a now-insolvent group of investment funds.
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CHC Casinos Canada Limited and the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation in defence of class actions arising out of a cyber-attack against Casino Rama.
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A number of leading multinational pharmaceutical and medical device companies in multi-provincial class proceedings, alleging product liability (negligence in design, manufacture or warnings). Active class actions that Blakes is currently handling relate to pelvic repair systems with transvaginal mesh, hip replacement products, pain medications, antipsychotics, and other medicines and medical devices.
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St. Jude Medical in the first medical products class action/common issues trial tried to a defence verdict in Canada. The case went on for 146 days in trial and was awarded “Canadian Product Liability Impact Case of the Year” in 2013 by LMG Life Sciences: The Definitive Guide to the Leading Life Sciences Firms and Attorneys in North America.
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Celestica Inc. and two of its former officers in the successful defence of a secondary-market securities class action in Ontario.
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Coca-Cola Ltd. in successfully opposing certification of class actions concerning alleged misleading advertising and labelling of vitaminwater® in British Columbia, Alberta and Quebec.
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Amway Canada Corporation in its successful defence of a class action seeking certification of a national class of Amway distributors, based on alleged misrepresentations regarding the level of income they could achieve under the Amway plan and that it operated a pyramid scheme, in violation of the Competition Act.
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Nestlé Canada Inc. in successfully having a purported class action concerning the recycling of bottles dismissed at summary trial. Blakes further was successful on appeal with leave to appeal being refused by the Supreme Court of Canada.
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A multinational manufacturer of consumer products in successfully opposing certification of class actions in Quebec and British Columbia, alleging false and misleading representations regarding children's cough and cold medicines.
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CIBC Trust Corporation in successfully opposing certification of a class action brought by residents of the Piikani Nation, alleging breach of trust arising from the administration of the C$65-million trust for the Piikani Nation.
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Union Tank Car Company, a lessor of rail tank cars, in the defence and settlement of a proposed class action brought against more than 40 defendants following the train derailment in Lac-Mégantic in June 2013 that killed 47 people and destroyed most of downtown Lac-Mégantic.
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Microsoft Corporation and Microsoft Canada in class actions that claim Microsoft breached various competition laws in the sale of software products throughout Canada.
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Multiple defendants in employment terminations and retiree benefits class actions.