Warm thanks to Mtre Finn for joining us during the Seminar on Comparative Class Actions offered by Professor Catherine Piché during this semester. Read more
Find here the latest article of professor Catherine Piché in the Canadian Bar Review. LE RECOUVREMENT ET L’INDEMNISATION DES MEMBRES DANS L’ACTION COLLECTIVE Summary : This article aims to analyze, the process that leads to the recovery and distribution of amounts awarded to class action members, in accordance with the relevant sections of the new Code […] Read more
Summer has arrived, and students at the Lab are getting back to hard work! Research A team of four students is now working on different research projects related to class actions. A collection of empirical data is currently underway, and our team is moving from courthouse to courthouse to find information. Collaboration You can read HERE […] Read more
CLASS ACTIONS LAB COLLOQUIUM HELD ON MAY 19th 2017 Class Actions Lab 2017 Team Read more
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
May 19, 2017 • 8:30 (Inscription - 8:00) 4:30
Cyberjustice Laboratory (room B-2215), Jean-Brillant Building, Université de Montréal
THE CLASS ACTION EFFECT FROM THE LEGISLATOR’S IMAGINATION TO TODAY’S USES AND PRACTICES GUEST OF HONOUR : The Honourable Justice Richard Wagner, Supreme Court of Canada Organisation : Class Actions Lab, Université de Montréal In Collaboration with : Center on Civil Justice, NYU School of Law ABSTRACT The modern class action was born in North America more than […] Read more