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Securities class actions harder to launch after Supreme Court ruling

A ruling by the Supreme Court of Canada that dismissed a proposed securities class action against a Montreal pharmaceutical company will likely make it more difficult for investors to launch these kinds of lawsuits in the future, say class action and securities lawyers.

In a ruling that marked the first time the nation’s highest court examined a case involving secondary securities market liability regimes, the SCC held that in order for plaintiffs to be able to proceed with a securities class action they must provide courts with “sufficient evidence” to show a “realistic chance” of success.

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