Each Monday I intend to provide a potpourri of Quebec (and Canadian) legal developments. Issue 06 takes a brief look at a number of class actions, beginning with the certification against Tim Hortons, one dealing with Mentor silicone breast implants, and a class action authorization against Thrifty, the car rental company. Also, a class action was certified against the federal government over workers’ rights.
Monday’s Medley
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Monday’s Medley – Issue 05
Each Monday I intend to provide a potpourri of Quebec (and Canadian) legal developments. Issue 05 takes a brief look at calls to make lakes and river more accessible, rights of transgender inmates, and the frightful scheming of AI.
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Monday’s Medley – Issue 04
Each Monday I intend to provide a potpourri of Quebec (and Canadian) legal developments. Issue 04 takes a brief look at a rare public stance taken by the Court of Quebec, a college ordered to pay $10,000 in damages, and a popular online food delivery company accused of drip pricing.
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Monday’s Medley – Issue 03
Each Monday I will provide a potpourri of Quebec (and Canadian) legal developments. Issue 03 takes a brief look at a Quebec Appeal Court ruling that will delight discount brokers while irk consumers, Quebec’s latest effort to impose a nationalist culture, and decision that examines the notion of social profiling.
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Monday’s Medley (Issue 02)
Each Monday I will provide a potpourri of Quebec (and Canadian) legal developments. Issue 02 (27 Jan 2025) notes that half of Canadian corporate counsel expect an increase in the number of lawsuits and regulatory investigations, Canada’s largest printer illegally used facial recognition at one of its plants, a legal challenge that sought to declare null and inoperable a provision of the Health Insurance Act failed, and the so-called Tinder rapist given a historic sentence.
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Monday’s Medley (Issue 01)
Each Monday I will provide a potpourri of Quebec legal developments. Here’s the first issue. It begins with the Supreme Court refusing to hear an appeal from the Mohawk Mothers, Hydro-Québec ordered to pay $5 million to a First Nation, a $2 million for contaminating water, a class action settlement dealing with psychiatric patients, and a class action that was certified against a Montreal billionaire.
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