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How Serious Must a Breach of Privacy be to Certify a Class Action?

In 2012, the Ontario Court of Appeal changed the face of privacy law in Ontario by creating a tort called “intrusion upon seclusion”. The tort, set out in the decision ... [more] Full article

Can an opinion be a misrepresentation? It depends on what you include in it. How misrepresentations made in opinions are treated under s. 138.3 of the Securities Act.

In a decision released on October 9, 2019 in DALI Local 675 Pension Fund (Trustees) v. Barrick Gold, 2019 ONSC 4160 (“DALI”) Justice Belobaba of the Ontario Superior Court considered ... [more] Full article

Ontario’s top Court dismisses class action against auditor

In its unanimous decision in Lavender v. Miller Bernstein LLP released on September 5, 2018, the Court of Appeal for Ontario made it clear that notwithstanding the liability imposed by the ... [more] Full article

Ontario Court of Appeal (again) clarifies the limitation period for secondary market shareholder claims under the Ontario Securities Act

Part XXIII.1 of the Ontario Securities Act, which created a statutory cause of action for misrepresentation available to purchasers of securities on the secondary market (i.e. a stock market), was enacted more than ... [more] Full article