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Active Class Actions
- Air Canada Flight AC624
- Air Canada’s Treatment of People with Mobility Aids
- Air Cargo
- Airline Overcharges for Persons with a Disability
- Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS) Unpaid Overtime
- BC Compressors
- Birth Alerts
- Boilermakers’ Pension Plan
- Bread
- Canadian Auto-Parts
- Capacitors
- CFL Class Action
- Christian Brothers Institutional Abuse Class Action
- CIBC Unpaid Overtime
- Coast Capital Forex
- Commercial Halibut Fishing
- CRT (Cathode Ray Tube)
- De Beers
- Dodge Ram 2007-2012 Diesel Emissions
- DRAM (Dynamic Random Access Memory)
- Fiat Chrysler Diesel Emissions
- First Nations Wild Salmon
- Foreign Exchange Manipulation
- Gatos Silver, Inc. (TSX: GATO)
- Glucosamine
- Gold Price Manipulation
- Google and Apple Search Ads
- Google Personal Information Collection
- Gymnastics Canada
- Hard Disk Drive (HDD) Suspension Assemblies
- High Fructose Corn Syrup
- Hino Motors Class Action
- Home Depot
- Hydrogen Peroxide
- Jack Hulland Elementary
- LCD (Liquid Crystal Display)
- LifeLabs
- Lithium Ion Rechargeable Batteries
- Manitoba Speeding Fines Class Action
- Microsoft
- Navitax Property Tax Consulting
- Optical Disc Drive Price Fixing Class Action
- Ottawa Convoy Class Action
- Parking Heaters Price Fixing
- Porsche Cars
- Prince George Econo Lodge Fire
- Qualcomm
- Resistors
- Revolution Resource Recovery Inc.
- Samji Ponzi Scheme
- Silver Price Manipulation
- Small Bearings
- SSA Bond
- Vehicle Carrier Services
- Visa / Mastercard
- Volkswagen Diesel Engine
- Winters Hotel Fire
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Class Actions
Ever since 1995 when the Class Proceedings Act came into force in British Columbia, CFM has been acting on behalf of plaintiffs pursuing large corporations, particularly in the areas of competition law and price fixing.
CFM has played a role in many class actions since 1995. One of the most notable to date being its participation as lead counsel in pursuing Hepatitis C litigation and in resolving that litigation on a pan-Canadian basis. The settlement amount was valued at $1.6 billion.
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A full list of current active litigation where our lawyers are acting as counsel can be found in the left-hand side bar. Click on the case name to view full information about the case. |
Notable cases in this field include:
- DRAM (Dynamic Random Access Memory) Class Action: Pro-Sys Consultants Ltd. v. Infineon Technologies AG et al.
- LCD Class Action: (Gruber v. LG Phillips LCD Co. Ltd. et al.)
- Life Insurance Class Action: (Kenny v. Industrial-Alliance Pacific Life Insurance Company aka North West Life and Seaboard Life Insurance Company)
- Hepatitis C Class Action: (Endean v. The Canadian Red Cross Society et al.)
- Kwicksutaineuk/Ah-Kwa-Mish First Nation v. British Columbia (Agriculture and Lands)
- Microsoft Class Action: Pro-Sys Consultants Ltd. and Godfrey v. Microsoft Corporation
Recent Class Action Updates
April 17, 2014
Visa / Mastercard – Public Reasons for Judgment released March 27, 2014
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DRAM Class Action: Samsung and Hynix settlements approved
Samsung and Hynix settlements approved at hearings in BC, Ontario and Quebec in June 2013.
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DRAM Class Action: Defendants’ appeal of class certification denied
October 31, 2013 – Defendants’ appeal of class certification is denied by the Supreme Court of Canada (Quebec action).
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November 19, 2013
Hepatitis C Class Action – IMPORTANT NOTICE – Hearing November 26, 2013
IMPORTANT NOTICE PROPOSED PROTOCOL FOR CLAIM REQUESTS RECEIVED AFTER THE FIRST CLAIM DEADLINE OF JUNE 30, 2010 Class Action Counsel in the 1986-1990 Hepatitis C…
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October 28, 2013
Samji Ponzi Scheme – September 10, 2013 – Certified as a Class Action
The Samji Ponzi Scheme matter was certified as a class action on September 10, 2013. The details of the decision are available in Madam Justice…
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September 16, 2013
Hearings set to approve Samsung Settlement in Quebec, Ontario and BC in October and November 2013
Hearings will be held as follows: Quebec: Quebec Courthouse on October 16, 2013 at 9:30 a.m. British Columbia: Vancouver Courthouse on November 4, 2013 at…
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July 23, 2013
LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) Class Action: Samsung Settlement Reached
On April 29, 2013 a settlement agreement was reached with the defendants Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. and Samsung Electronics Canada Inc. (together, “Samsung”) for the…
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June 21, 2013
De Beers Class Action: Jurisdictional Issue Appealed
The jurisdictional issue was appealed to both the British Columbia Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court of Canada without success. A certification application is…
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May 31, 2013
DRAM Class Action: Hearings to Approve Settlement Agreements with Samsung and Hynix to be heald June and July, 2013
Settlement agreements in the DRAM Class Action litigation have been reached with Samsung and Hynix.
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January 31, 2013
Teck/Cominco Pension Plan Conversion Class Action Certified
Mr. Justice Smith certified the action in Weldon v. Teck Metals Ltd. et al as a class proceeding on December 21, 2012 and appointed James…
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