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
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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
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
À tous les étudiants d’une université canadienne : ———- Dans le cadre du colloque intitulé L’effet de l’action collective: de l’imagination du législateur aux usages et pratiques d’aujourd’hui organisé par le Laboratoire sur les actions collectives en collaboration avec le Center for Civil Justice, New York University School of Law (NYU) qui se tiendra le vendredi 19 mai […] Read more
VIA : IRWIN LAW Harvey T. Strosberg, Q.C., Editor-in-Chief of the Canadian Class Action Review, and Irwin Law Inc. are pleased to announce the fourteenth annual Harvey T. Strosberg Essay Prize competition. The prize of $10,000 is awarded to an outstanding student paper on Canadian class actions. Eligibility All Canadian university students enrolled in an undergraduate, […] Read more