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January 31, 2023
Murphy Battista LLP welcomes Caitlin Ohama-Darcus
Murphy Battista LLP is pleased to announce that Caitlin Ohama-Darcus has joined the firm as Associate Counsel. Caitlin’s practice is focused exclusively on representing plaintiffs in class proceedings and civil sexual misconduct claims, including sexual assault. Her dedication to access to justice and her expertise are welcome additions to the…
Continue ReadingNovember 10, 2022
Lest We Forget: Stand up in support of Canada’s Veterans
On Remembrance Day, we recognize the sacrifices that Members and Veterans of the Canadian Armed Forces have made for our country. These individuals voluntarily risk their lives in the name of freedom. And, sadly, many of them suffer debilitating injuries – and even death – as a consequence of their…
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Class ActionsMarch 1, 2022
Update on Fake Nurse at BC Women’s Hospital
Over the past few months, we have spoken with hundreds of women who were patients at B.C. Women’s Hospital and Health Centre (BC Women’s) during the period June 1st, 2020 to June 30th, 2021 when an unlicensed and unqualified nurse impersonator, Brigitte Cleroux (“Cleroux”) improperly became involved in patient care.…
Continue ReadingAugust 25, 2021
Using Constitutional Class Actions to Address Racial Discrimination
Elizabeth Emery’s paper, “A Wrench in the Social Justice Toolbox: Assessing the Constitutional Class Action as a Tool for Addressing Racial Discrimination,” was recently published in the Canadian Class Action Review, Volume 17, Issue 1. In this paper, Elizabeth provides an overview of racial profiling by police as a form…
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Class ActionsJune 9, 2014
Scandalous Class Action Settlement Rejected
I wrote not long ago about an Ontario judge refusing to approve a class action settlement against legal publisher Thomson Reuters. In that matter, class counsel would be paid $825,000 while the class itself would fork over its intellectual property rights, receiving only a $350,000 fund for public interest litigation…
Continue ReadingMarch 27, 2014
Credit Card Conspiracy Class Action
Reasons today from Chief Justice Bauman, still of the Supreme Court at the time of the application, on a proposed class action against Visa, MasterCard, Royal Bank, BMO, and most of the major financial institutions in Canada. By my count, 31 lawyers, including several of the top litigators in the…
Continue ReadingMarch 19, 2014
Thomson Reuters Class Action Settlement Disapproval
In an interesting decision out of Ontario a couple weeks ago, the Court refused to approve settlement of a class action against legal publisher Thomson Reuters: Waldman v. Thomson Reuters Canada Limited, 2014 ONSC 1288. Thomson Reuters runs Carswell which has a database called Litigator. Litigator compiles court documents (factums, pleadings,…
Continue ReadingFebruary 17, 2014
Interprovincial judges? Administering settlement funds in a multi-jurisdictional class action
February 17, 2014 Reasons were issued today from the BCCA regarding the Hep-C class action that was settled 15 years ago for $1.1Bn. Click to read reasons. As part of the settlement, the superior courts of BC, Ontario, and Quebec took a supervisory role for administration of the massive fund. …
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