Foreman and Company Launches

This week marks the founding of Foreman & Company, a law firm specializing exclusively in Class Action litigation. Housed in one of the downtown core’s restored buildings, in the former Huron and Erie Trust building on Covent Market Lane, Foreman & Company brings a unique and modern legal practice into a historic London space.  

Foreman & Company is helmed by Jon Foreman, a seasoned litigator consistently recognized as one of the leading lawyers in Canada in the class actions field by Lexpert, Chambers and Partners, and Best Lawyers. “The central goal of class actions is access to justice, justice that can often feel out of reach for clients such as small businesses or individuals and families,” Jon explains. “By their design, class actions allow claimants to access the legal system when economic and other barriers traditionally keep them from solving their genuine legal disputes.”

Alongside Jon, the team consists of dedicated lawyers and staff, all of whom also specialize in class action litigation. Foreman & Company carries on its boutique class actions practice previously located within a prominent London firm, where they appeared on several landmark cases, including acting as class counsel on two class action trials and appeals against major Canadian life insurers and as counsel to a National Consumer Rights Organization on a recent appeal before the Supreme Court of Canada concerning the legal standard to be applied in the certification of price-fixing class actions.

“As a team, we have almost 20 years’ experience fighting for justice in complex cases on behalf of the people and groups we represent, and we’re excited to continue and expand on this work through our new firm,” says Jon.

London, Ontario’s newest law firm can be found on select social media platforms (below) and at 4 Covent Market Lane. 

Action certified against Ontario Energy Group and Home Trust Company

Foreman & Company is pleased to announce that the consumer protection lawsuit against Ontario Energy Group and Home Trust company has been certified and will proceed to trial. Formal notice to the class will follow. 

Class members may review the certification decision here.

Electrolytic Capacitors Price-fixing Matter wins National Settlement Approval and Certification Motion Scheduled

Foreman & Company is pleased to announce that the first settlement reached in the Electrolytic Capacitors price-fixing action has been approved nationally by the courts in Ontario, Quebec and British Columbia.  Capacitor manufacturer NEC Tokin has agreed to pay $2.9 million and to provide evidence and cooperation to the plaintiff regarding the alleged capacitors pricing conspiracy.  The certification motion has been scheduled for hearing for four days commencing on November 29, 2020.

Lawnmower Horsepower pricing conspiracy settlement – cheques to be distributed to class members

Foreman & Company is pleased to announce that cheques will be distributed to class members in the lawnmower horsepower pricing conspiracy settlement. Following a four month claims process in 2019, more than 40,000 claims have been approved for payment. Individuals and businesses who made successful claims for lawnmowers purchased for their own use will receive their cheques in April, 2020. The claims of upstream purchasers of lawnmowers for resale are still being reviewed and processed. We anticipate that those claims will be paid in July 2020. Ricepoint Class Action services is the claims administrator. The settlement claims website is http://www.lawnmowersettlement.ca/.

W5 investigates door-to-door furnace sales schemes that victimize Canadians

Jon Foreman appears on CTV’s W5 to address an issue affecting thousands of Canadians. Read about our class action suit here.

Across the country, people claiming to be 'energy inspectors' are showing up on doorsteps -- convincing unsuspecting Canadians they need to buy new furnaces or air conditioners.

As W5’s Kevin Newman uncovered, it’s a well planned and hard core sales pitch that would have anyone's head spinning.