2017 | Class Actions Lab

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Guest Prof. Jasminka Kalajdzic discussed ethics along with Justice Pierre C. Gagnon from Superior Court of Quebec @Seminar on Comparative Class Actions

schaffaiparent November 8, 2017 Catherine Piché

Seminar on Comparative Class Actions in action : First live collaborative class with the Tilburg University and the Universidad de Chile !

schaffaiparent November 5, 2017 Catherine Piché

A great success! Read more

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The Class Actions Lab in Action : A special guest at the Seminar on Comparative Class Actions, Mtre Shaun Finn from BCF Avocats

schaffaiparent September 22, 2017 Catherine Piché

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

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Professor Piché latest article in the Canadian Bar Review : Le Recouvrement et l’Indemnisation des Membres dans l’Action Collective

August 22, 2017 Catherine Piché

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

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News from the Class Actions Lab!

schaffaiparent June 19, 2017 Alexandre Csuzdi Vallée / Catherine Piché / Shana Chaffai-Parent / Trépanier, William / William Plante-Bischoff

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

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The colloquium in a few images…

schaffaiparent May 24, 2017

CLASS ACTIONS LAB COLLOQUIUM HELD ON MAY 19th 2017 Class Actions Lab 2017 Team Read more

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#ThrowbackThursday : Prof. Catherine Piché @ NYU 2015 Fall Conference (Panel 3 : Litigation Funding)

May 11, 2017 Catherine Piché

Une autorisation à l’autorisation ?

March 28, 2017 Trépanier, William

Par William Trépanier Alors qu’environ une action collective sur quatre au Québec est soutenue par le Fonds d’aide aux actions collectives, l’accès à cette aide financière peut être déterminant quant à la concrétisation d’un recours devant les tribunaux. En outre, la décision d’octroyer ou non une aide financière se doit de concilier deux enjeux […] Read more

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REPOST / House Republicans Move Fairness in Class Action Litigation Act Forward (via ClassAction.org)

March 28, 2017

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

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La suspension d’une action collective est-elle justifiée par un conflit de travail?

March 28, 2017 Aimar, Veronica

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