Please join members of our Class Actions team for a discussion on emerging trends in product liability class actions. Our lawyers will provide a cross-country update on recent decisions, take a look at how plaintiffs’ counsel are pushing the envelope with novel theories and discuss the emergence of mass torts in Canada as an alternative to the traditional class action.
Topics
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Cross-country update on recent decisions and procedural developments in both individual and class actions involving product liability claims
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Procedural strategies for addressing the plaintiffs’ delay
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The emergence of novel plaintiffs’ theories of liability
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The emergence of mass torts as an alternative to the traditional class action
A brief Q&A session will follow the presentation.
Speakers:
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Robin Linley, Partner, Toronto
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Keith Marlowe, Partner, Calgary
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Claude Marseille, Partner, Montréal
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Robin Reinertson, Partner, Vancouver
Event Details
Tuesday, October 25, 2022
1 – 2 p.m. (ET)
Online
Mandatory Continuing Education
Ontario
This program contains up to 1 hour of Substantive content.
Quebec
Please note that pursuant to the amendments to the Règlement sur la formation continue obligatoire des avocats (Regulation respecting mandatory continuing education for lawyers – available in French only) of the Barreau du Québec, which came into force on April 1, 2019, the status of “recognized provider” and the mandatory “recognition” of activities have been abolished.
Blakes will continue to provide you with a confirmation of participation for your records. As stipulated in the above-mentioned regulation, members must preserve supporting documents attesting their completion of training activities for a period of seven years beginning on April 30 following the end of the reference period during which such activities were completed.
British Columbia
This program has been accredited for up to 1 CPD Credit Hour with The Law Society of British Columbia.
New York
Blake, Cassels & Graydon (U.S.) LLP has been certified by the New York State Continuing Legal Education Board as an Accredited Provider of continuing legal education (CLE) in the State of New York. This seminar is appropriate for newly admitted and/or experienced attorneys and has been accredited for 1 hour of CLE credits.