Sentences with phrase «most class action claims»

Most class action claims focus on financial injuries that can easily be remedied by compensation.

Not exact matches

A class - action lawsuit filed recently alleges that Hebrew National's iconic hot dogs and other meats do not comport with the brand's claim to be kosher «as defined by the most stringent Jews who follow Orthodox Jewish law.»

In most provinces in the country, anyone who has the same legal complaint as a plaintiff who launches any type of class action can automatically share in any potential settlements provided they make a rightful claim in time, say legal experts.

We have acted in a significant number of the largest and most complex class actions in recent years and have expert understanding of the relevant court rules in different jurisdictions and the basis on which class actions claims can be challenged.

In most cases, the class action will serve to reduce discovery on the damages aspect of the claim.

As mentioned, most observers now believe that ODR offers a viable way to settle high - volume, low - value claims, something the courts, outside of class action suits, have always struggled with.

And lawyers who give advice on how to structure matters to be most tax effective − and later realize that the Canada Revenue Agency will not allow the tax benefit − can be subject to not only large individual claims, but, in a worst case scenario, a class action relating to all clients given the same advice.

Calling the New York Times» recent anti-arbitration series «blatantly one - sided», ILR's Bryan Quigley said U.S. Sen. Al Franken's bill to curb arbitration «will help personal injury lawyers make money on class - action suits, but those suits will not benefit consumers because most consumers have such small claims.»

If these thousand workers are able to join together into a class action, however, their million dollar claim suddenly becomes very attractive to top litigators — and the hassle of litigation will be virtually non-existent for most of the plaintiffs.

Class actions enable many individuals with similar legal claims to join together into a single lawsuit, and it is one of the most important mechanisms to ensure that relatively small dollar claims are actually vindicated in court.

Most commentators regard the decision of the Ontario Court of Appeal as making it easier for plaintiffs to have their class action lawsuits certified when claiming damages under the Competition Act.

On a different subject, I note that «Class action advocates say most individuals and small businesses simply can't afford to arbitrate claims that are worth a few hundred or thousand dollars.

We have also represented the Government of Canada (with a Torys team led by the former Supreme Court of Canada Justice Frank Iacobucci) in resolving approximately 15,000 Indian Residential Schools claims and more than 20 class actions commenced in virtually all Canadian provinces and territories; the settlement was the largest and most complex class action settlement in Canadian history.