Class Actions
Class action litigation presents significant exposure for businesses. The Aird & Berlis Class Actions Group brings decades of experience in helping clients assess risk, implement tailored defence strategies and achieve effective resolutions in court and through negotiations.
The Aird & Berlis Class Actions Group represents individual and corporate clients across diverse industries and legal subject matters, including: competition, consumer products, copyright, financial services, mining, natural health products, pharmaceuticals, privacy, product liability, real estate, securities law and telecommunications.
Our lawyers are recognized for their proven track records in class action defence by leading legal publishers such as Chambers and Partners, Lexpert, Benchmark Litigation and Best Lawyers.
We provide strategic, creative and cost-effective advice informed by deep industry knowledge and practical litigation experience. Our lawyers draw upon subject matter expertise across the larger firm to provide nuanced, industry-specific advice.
Whether you are defending a complex claim, seeking an early resolution or addressing multijurisdictional proceedings, our lawyers are committed to helping you protect your business and achieve a favourable outcome.
Representative Matters
Recent representative matters our lawyers have acted on or are presently engaged in include:
- Representing a pharmaceutical company from allegations of industry-wide breaches of the Competition Act in a proposed class proceeding before the Federal Court of Canada.
- Defended a global manufacturer and a Canadian mining company in settling a $1-billion shareholder class action suit arising from the takeover of the mining company significantly below policy limits.
- Represented a Canadian discount brokerage in striking out a proposed national class proceeding concerning trailing commission fees.
- Represented real estate developers in having a class action dismissed on a summary judgment motion pre-certification concerning the cancellation of a condominium development.
- Represented architects in an Ontario class action arising from incidents of falling glass from the balconies of a condominium complex.
- Represented a cannabis company in the discontinuance of a proposed national class proceeding in Alberta alleging mislabelling of the THC content of products sold to consumers.
- Acting for multiple movie production companies in bringing a proposed reverse class action before the Federal Court of Canada for illegal downloading of copyright-protected movies.
