Jessica Lam

Recent representative matters include acting as counsel to:

• Various multinational pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers in class actions involving a wide variety of medicines and devices

• Pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers on issues of regulatory compliance and product liability

• Food and beverage manufacturers on issues of product liability

• Consumer goods manufacturers on issues of product liability and consumer protection

• A gaming facility and public-sector entity in successfully opposing the plaintiffs’ motion for certification in a privacy class action arising out of a cyber-attack

• A multinational hotel franchise in a class action involving allegations of deceptive trade practices

• An international software company in a licensing dispute

• A large media organization in a constitutional challenge relating to freedom of information legislation

• Co-author: Proposed Privacy Class Action “Collapses in its Entirety” on Commonality
  Blakes Bulletin on Class Actions, May 9, 2019.
• Co-author: Canada Chapter
  The International Comparative Legal Guide to Product Liability 2019, 17th Edition, Global Legal Group, May 2019.

• Speaker: What Goes First? Sequencing Issues in Class Actions
  Canadian Bar Association, March 3, 2021.
• Speaker: Privacy Breaches on a Class Action Scale
  Ontario Bar Association, October 16, 2020.
• Speaker: Life Sciences: Liability and Immunity During COVID-19
  Episode 9, The Blakes Continuity Podcast, July 16, 2020.