Ongoing Class Actions
Our mandates include consumer litigation on behalf of 12,000 Ontario consumers against Ontario Energy Group and Home Trust Company, a series of price-fixing cases concerning, truck cab heater units, ocean freight shipping for wheeled vehicles, electronic input components such as capacitors, resistors, small bearings and hard disk drive assemblies, and product litigation on behalf of certain Navistar truck engines among others.
Electrolytic and Film Capacitors
Electrolytic and Film Capacitors are incorporated into a wide range of electronic devices, including computers, smartphones, stereo equipment and other household and business electronics.
Ontario Energy Group
Over the course of approximately four years, a company called Ontario Energy Group is alleged to have presented Ontario consumers with misleading and unlawful contracts via door-to-door sales.
Northland Resources S.A. Securities
Northland Resources S.A. made a stunning announcement to investors: a $425 million dollar cost overrun in the development of its Kaunisvaara mine project.
Lawnmowers Horsepower Ratings Conspiracy
This class action was brought on behalf of all Canadians who purchased a lawnmower containing a gas combustible engine of 30 horsepower or less.
Parking Heaters Price Fixing
Parking Heaters are used in various types of commercial vehicles to heat the engine and cabin in lieu of idling. This proposed class action alleges that the defendants conspired to fix the price of Parking Heaters.
German Automobiles
This class action alleges long-standing anticompetitive conduct by the so-called “German Five” automakers. The defendants are alleged to have established “working groups” to collude on virtually all aspects of automotive design, development, manufacturing, and marketing.
Small-Sized Ball Bearings
This class action alleged that certain manufacturers engaged in an illegal cartel to fix prices of small-sized ball bearings in Canada.
Navistar MaxxForce EGR Engine Product Liability
In 2010, Navistar introduced the MaxxForce EGR Engines to reduce emissions. Following the engines’ release, Navistar received complaints of mechanical issues and engine breakdowns.
CN Fuel Surcharge Tariffs
This class action claims that the Canadian National Railway Company (CN) charged certain unlawful fuel surcharge tariffs on customers who purchased CN’s rail freight shipping services.
Hard Disk Drive Suspension Assemblies
This class action alleges that certain manufacturers of HDD suspension assemblies engaged in an illegal cartel to fix prices of HDD suspension assemblies in Canada.
Linear Resistors
Linear resistors are small components used to regulate current in electrical circuits, and are found in most modern electronic devices. This class action alleges that certain resistors manufacturers engaged in an illegal cartel to fix prices of linear resistors in Canada.
Vehicle Carrier Services Price Fixing
Vehicle carriers transport large numbers of cars, trucks, or other automotive vehicles including agriculture and construction equipment over oceans using specialized cargo ships known as Roll On/Roll Off vessels.
Kew Media Group
This class action alleges that Kew Media Group and certain of its directors and officers made material misstatements of the company’s working capital.
Google Tracking Privacy
This action involves Google’s alleged collection of personal information from Canadians using Google services.
Trans-Atlantic/Trans-Pacific Passenger Surcharge
These class actions allege that certain airlines engaged in illegal conspiracies to raise the price of air travel services, by adopting and adjusting various surcharges added to the price of base airfares.
Flo: Health & Period Tracker
The claim alleges that Flo collected, tracked, and sold the sensitive and valuable personal information to its customers.
Immigration Imprisonment
The claim alleges that the CBSA detains non-citizens in correctional facilities for immigration related purposes contrary to domestic and international legal rules.
Agromart & Sollio AG Privacy Breach
The claim alleges that hackers were able to penetrate Agromart and Sollio AG’s systems due to substandard cybersecurity systems.
Canadian Football League
The claim alleged that the Canadian Football League and other named defendants had systematically failed to warn former players of traumatic brain injury risk and to prevent traumatic brain injuries in CFL players
Cases Under Investigation
We're continually fielding new requests for Canadian class actions and tasking our investigative team to research potential cases.
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Our Success Stories
We’ve handled a number of challenging and fascinating cases over the past two decades. Click below to get a feel for the depth and breadth of our experience.
Aspen Group Resources Corp.
$3.285 million settlement in favor of former Endeavour security holders (a company which was taken over by Aspen Group Resources Corporation in 2001)
Baja Mining Securities
The case alleged that the company and certain of its officers and directors breached the Ontario Securities Act.
Cash Store Payday Loans
The action alleged that the defendants’ payday loans failed to comply with the requirements of the Payday Loans Act.
NVIDIA GPU Product Liability
Our lawyers successfully prosecuted a product liability case which alleged that the defendant had manufactured and sold defective GPUs.
Unpaid Royalties
The case alleged that major record labels maintained a list described as the “Pending List”, which included musical works that had been copied and sold without payment of royalties to the copyright holder.
London Life and Great West Life Life Insurance
The action alleged that two internal financial transactions to help pay for the purchase of London Life by Great West Life were unlawful.
D-RAM Price Fixing
Our lawyers were members of a national team of lawyers that successfully litigated a case against the world’s largest D-RAM manufacturers.
Packaged Ice Price Fixing Conspiracy
Our lawyers prosecuted a price fixing case which alleged that the defendants conspired to unlawfully fix, raise, maintain and/or stabilize the price of packaged ice.
General Motors and General Dynamics Pension
The class action sought relief for an alleged shortfall in pension benefits payable to salaried employees who transferred from GM’s defense-based business to GD.
Canada Life Assurance Pension
This action concerned the rights of plan members to a substantial pension surplus, certain unilateral actions of Canada Life and the Trustees.
Cooling Compressors Price Fixing
Cooling compressors of less than one horsepower, and cooling compressor products, were alleged to be the subject of a national price-fixing conspiracy.