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VIA CLASSACTION.ORG / Article by Corrado Rizzi   After hours of debate—and with no hearings held on the matter before it quickly cleared the House Judiciary Committee on February 15—the Republican-controlled United States House of Representatives Thursday passed Virginia Rep. Bob Goodlatte’s H.R. 985, the misleadingly titled Fairness in Class Action Litigation Act of 2017. Coupled with the […] Read more

Par Veronica Aimar   Le conflit de travail des juristes de l’État québécois a eu, sans doute, des répercussions sur les dossiers d’actions collectives. Le nombre de demandes d’autorisation contre le gouvernement du Québec n’est pas négligeable. Dans Abihsira c. Société de l’assurance automobile du Québec (2017 QCCS 611), l’honorable juge Pierre C. Gagnon rejette […] Read more

Here is the first newsletter of the Center on Civil Justice (affiliated with NYU School of Law), a valued and continuous partner of the Class Actions Lab.  For more information about the Center on Civil Justice, please click here. Read more

By Jessica Fruchtermann and Jordan Slapcoff   Uber, an international ride-sharing company, has garnered a lot of attention and has found itself in the center of multiple controversies in recent years. Class action lawsuits have been launched against the company by consumers and competitors alike. This article will focus on recent cases from each of these […] Read more

By Katerina Kostopoulos   Many Montrealers rely on the Société de transport de Montréal (STM) on a daily basis to take them to their respective destinations. Unforeseen circumstances causing breakdowns and delays in the STM metro service has led to dissatisfaction throughout the city. One Montreal woman, Marion Croteau, who paid for two cab rides on […] Read more

  Par Veronica Aimar Veronica Aimar, étudiante membre du Laboratoire sur les actions collectives, a assisté le 15 février dernier à une conférence organisée par la section Actions collectives de l’Association du Barreau Canadien. Voici sa revue de la conférence : La section Actions collectives de l’Association du Barreau Canadien a tenu sa première conférence de […] Read more