Sentences with phrase «class certification proceedings»

Corrigan's opinion instead remands the case for fresh class certification proceedings and a new trial.

Defended several class actions, including during class certification proceedings and initiating and defending interlocutory appeals of class certification decisions.

During his 30 plus years as a litigator, Mr. Cereseto has successfully defended class certification proceedings brought against the Firm's restaurant, retailer, and lender clients.

Our litigators represent organizations in statewide and nationwide class action litigation in every facet of class action proceedings — from motions to dismiss, class certification proceedings, discovery, trial, settlement, and appeal.

Not exact matches

Together with the certification of classes in recent overtime actions, the IQT case provides a further example of the breadth of class proceedings that courts will certify in the employment arena.

[10] My experience as a case management judge in class proceedings reveals to me that as a general rule, it would be preferable that pleadings be closed before the action moves to a certification motion.

The second legal proceeding asks the Quebec Superior Court for certification as a class action for the purpose of seeking reimbursement of government processing fees in the event that the first legal proceedings is not successful.

We are familiar with nearly every issue class actions present, including class certification, challenges to standing, jurisdiction and venue, removal, dismissal, summary judgement, arbitration, settlement administration and MDL proceedings.

In the costs decisions arising from the certification of the class proceedings styled Sankar v. Bell Mobility, Brown v. Canada (Attorney General), Crisante v. DePuy Orthopaedics, Dugal v. Manulife Financial, and Rosen v. BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc., Belobaba noted, in general, the amount of time spent by legal counsel was too high, the volume of material filed with the court was excessive, oral hearings were too long, and counsel over-litigated most issues.

By bringing together teams comprising our antitrust and bankruptcy lawyers, we obtained a pioneering certification of a class of antitrust claimants in U.S. bankruptcy court, and through negotiation with the bankruptcy trustee arranged for the class to receive a portion of the proceeds awarded to creditors in the bankruptcy proceedings.

In practice, most class proceedings settle before trial, although in light of the low bar for certification, many defendants are choosing to opt for a common issues trial on claims they view as lacking merit.

Merchant agreed to discontinue the class proceedings commenced in all provinces other than British Columbia, and to proceed with case management and certification of the British Columbia action (the Dodd action).

British Columbia is an opt - in jurisdiction for class proceedings, and limitation periods are suspended in that province only upon the making of a motion for certification.

We have successfully represented defendants in resisting certification in proposed class proceedings and frequently represent defendants in both class proceedings and other private actions involving allegations of anticompetitive conduct.

At the same time, some criminal proceedings are still winding their way through the courts and a class action is edging its way towards the certification stage.

In virtually identical language in Brown v. Canada (Attorney General), Sankar v. Bell Mobility, Crisante v. DePuy Orthopaedics, Dugal v. Manulife and Rosen v. BMO Nesbitt Burns, Justice Belobaba excoriated class action lawyers for over-lawyering certification motions, unnecessarily lengthening the proceedings and generating hundreds of thousands of dollars in fees and disbursements.

In these circumstances it's quite difficult to envision how a class proceedings would succeed on certification without some latitude from the court, requiring further amendments once greater disclosure was provided.

First, if there are existing or proposed multi-jurisdictional class proceedings elsewhere in Canada involving the same or similar subject matter, the proposed representative plaintiff in BC must provide notice of the certification application to the representative plaintiffs involved in those proceedings.