Latest Class action Podcast Episodes
Reducing AdTech Legal Risk
Choate’s Litigation Updates - April 05, 2023 04:00 - 8 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingIn this episode of our AdTech podcast series, Adam Bookbinder and Christine Savage of Choate and Jim Vint of Secretariat discuss how companies and other institutions can reduce legal risks surrounding the use of AdTech tools.
Why AdTech Risk Should be on Your Priority List
Choate’s Litigation Updates - March 29, 2023 04:00 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingIn the second episode of our AdTech Podcast Series, Adam Bookbinder and Christine Savage of Choate, and Jim Vint of Secretariat, discuss why AdTech risk should be on your priority list.
AdTech 101 – Understanding the Basics
Choate’s Litigation Updates - March 20, 2023 04:00 - 9 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingIn the first episode of our three-part adtech podcast series, Christine Savage of Choate and Jim Vint of Secretariat provide a short adtech 101 primer on what adtech is, what it is used for, and the terminology surrounding these web adtech tools.
Recent Developments in the NCAA’s Regulation of NIL Deals for Student-Athletes
Choate’s Litigation Updates - June 28, 2022 04:00 - 9 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingSam Rudman and Yani Ngo discuss updated guidance by the NCAA for compensating student-athletes with name, image, and likeness (NIL) deals.
Class Action Implications of Cybersecurity Incidents
Choate’s Litigation Updates - March 29, 2021 04:00 - 8 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingJustin Wolosz, a partner in Choate’s Complex Trial and Appellate Litigation Group, and Adam Bookbinder, a partner in Choate's Government Enforcement & Compliance Group, discuss implications of class action lawsuits following data breaches and how companies can anticipate and mini...
Justice Robert Sharpe on Privacy Class Actions
Certified: Class Actions in Ontario & Beyond - March 10, 2021 06:00 - 42 minutesRobert Sharpe, recently-retired justice of the Court of Appeal for Ontario, talks about his landmark judgment in Jones v Tsige, 2012 ONCA 32, which recognized the tort of intrusion upon seclusion. He discusses the evolution of privacy law in Ontario since that judgment, specifically in the contex...
Litigation Funding, Part 2: with Naomi Loewith & Pierre-Jerome Bouchard
Certified: Class Actions in Ontario & Beyond - March 03, 2021 06:00 - 52 minutesNaomi Loewith & Pierre-Jerome Bouchard of Omni Bridgeway discuss third-party litigation funding in this second episode on the subject, which takes a deeper dive into the various models, the ethical issues involved, and the future of litigation funding in Canada.
Vaccinations and the Return to Work: The State of the Law and the Potential Risks
Choate’s Litigation Updates - February 25, 2021 05:00 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingNow that the COVID-19 vaccination rollout is underway, employers are beginning to plan for their employees to return to the workplace. In the inaugural episode of Choate’s Litigation Updates podcast series, Joan Lukey, chair of Choate’s Complex Trial and Appellate Group, and Alison Reif, chair of...
Jeremy Martin on Products Liability and Consumer Claims
Certified: Class Actions in Ontario & Beyond - February 24, 2021 06:00 - 47 minutesJeremy Martin talks about his class action practice at Cassels Brock, and gives a view of products liability and consumer cases from the defendant's perspective. Crisis management, damage control, and preventing a potential class action are all in a day's work.
Golnaz Nayerahmadi on Human Rights Class Actions
Certified: Class Actions in Ontario & Beyond - February 17, 2021 06:00 - 44 minutesGolnaz Nayerahmadi, partner at Rochon Genova, discusses the human rights class actions with which she has been involved. She has travelled the globe to meet with victims and witnesses, and contended with complex issues of jurisdiction, conflicts of law, international law, and corporate and Crown ...
Katherine Kay on Securities and Competition Class Actions
Certified: Class Actions in Ontario & Beyond - February 10, 2021 06:00 - 52 minutesKatherine Kay, a partner at Stikemans, discusses the evolving jurisprudence in securities and competition law class actions. In a lively and forthright interview, she also considers the extent to which these class actions compensate class members and/or modify the behaviour of defendants.
Glenn Zakaib on Multijurisdictional Class Actions
Certified: Class Actions in Ontario & Beyond - February 03, 2021 06:00 - 39 minutesGlenn Zakaib, national co-chair of the Class Actions Group at BLG, discusses the challenges inherent in multi-jurisdictional class actions and how courts, litigators and legislators have attempted to overcome them as class proceedings have spread across Canada.
Remissa Hirji and Emilie Maxwell on Funding
Certified: Class Actions in Ontario & Beyond - January 27, 2021 06:00 - 52 minutesRemissa Hirji, Associate Counsel to the Class Proceedings Committee, and Emilie Maxwell, Investment Manager at Augusta Ventures, discuss litigation funding in class actions. How can litigation funding support access to justice? What is the process and mechanism for securing and maintaining litiga...
Justice Belobaba on Settlement & Fee Approval
Certified: Class Actions in Ontario & Beyond - January 20, 2021 06:00 - 57 minutesJustice Edward Belobaba, one of the class action judges at the Superior Court of Justice in Toronto, discusses settlement and fee approval as well as the recent changes to the Ontario Class Proceedings Act. This frank and engaging interview reveals His Honour's passion for access to justice and p...
Cheryl Woodin on Relief Available in Class Actions
Certified: Class Actions in Ontario & Beyond - January 13, 2021 06:00 - 41 minutesCheryl Woodin, Partner and Co-Head of the Class Actions Practice at Bennett Jones, discusses the various forms of relief in class actions - including aggregate damages (and the distribution of those damages), punitive damages, waiver of tort, restitution, and declaratory and injunctive relief.
Nicole Henderson on Discovery and Trial
Certified: Class Actions in Ontario & Beyond - January 06, 2021 06:00 - 48 minutesNicole Henderson discusses her experience on the St Jude class action trial, including the discovery process beforehand, coordinating with parallel US proceedings, use of expert witnesses, and how St Jude paved the way for the technological changes we're seeing in our civil justice system today.
Marg Waddell on Class Member Rights
Certified: Class Actions in Ontario & Beyond - December 23, 2020 06:00 - 42 minutesMarg Waddell of Waddell Phillips talks about class member rights and the best ways of protecting them - as well as balancing those rights with the efficiencies promised by class actions. The discussion encompasses opt-out rights, notice requirements, and the changes brought about by Bill 161.
Walter Merricks and Stephen Wisking on UK Class Actions
Certified: Class Actions in Ontario & Beyond - December 16, 2020 06:00 - 1 hourThis special UK episode discusses the recent decision in Mastercard v Merricks, in which the UK Supreme Court gave the green light to competition law class actions. We hear from Walter Merricks, the class representative, and Stephen Wisking, a leading solicitor in the area. They discuss the case ...
Mike Robb on Representation
Certified: Class Actions in Ontario & Beyond - December 09, 2020 06:00 - 45 minutesMike Robb of Siskinds discusses representation in class actions: the role of counsel and their duty to the class, intra-class and other conflicts, and the importance of representative plaintiffs.
Tina Yang on Certification
Certified: Class Actions in Ontario & Beyond - December 02, 2020 06:00 - 53 minutesTina Yang of Waddell Phillips takes us through Ontario's certification test, how the courts have interpreted each of its criteria, and how that works out in her practice.
Jon Foreman & Mohsen Seddigh on Bill 161 - Predominance and Superiority
Certified: Class Actions in Ontario & Beyond - November 25, 2020 06:00 - 1 hourJon Foreman and Mohsen Seddigh discuss the recent amendments to the CPA brought about by Bill 161, and especially the predominance and superiority changes to certification. How disastrous are those changes? Have we put a wrench in the engine of class actions? What does the future hold? Jon and Mo...
Mike Peerless on Carriage
Certified: Class Actions in Ontario & Beyond - November 18, 2020 06:00 - 42 minutesMike Peerless discusses the beauty-parading, mud-slinging world of carriage motions. Are they a good thing? Do courts apply clear and consistent criteria? Will the recent changes to the CPA make any difference, or should we use Quebec's first-to-file rule? And why can't we all just get along?
Janet Walker & Barry Glaspell on Jurisdiction & Conflicts of Law
Certified: Class Actions in Ontario & Beyond - November 11, 2020 06:00 - 55 minutesJanet Walker and Barry Glaspell discuss recent decisions on jurisdiction and conflicts of law, including Uber v Heller and Araya v Nevsun Resources, as well as the multi-jurisdictional aspects of recent changes to the Ontario Class Proceedings Act.
Chantelle Cseh on Pre-Certification Motions
Certified: Class Actions in Ontario & Beyond - November 04, 2020 06:00 - 37 minutesChantelle Cseh discusses pre-certification motions, who brings them and why, and how the new section 4.1 of the Ontario Class Proceedings Act could bring some interesting changes.
Jasminka Kalajdzic on Class Action Reform
Certified: Class Actions in Ontario & Beyond - October 28, 2020 05:00 - 56 minutesProfessor Jasminka Kalajdzic goes behind the scenes of the Law Commission of Ontario Report on Class Actions, discusses the recent changes to the Ontario Class Proceedings Act that included many of the Report's recommendations, and what further reforms she would like to see.
Michael Legg on Class Actions in Australia
Certified: Class Actions in Ontario & Beyond - October 21, 2020 05:00 - 1 hourProfessor Michael Legg of the UNSW Law Faculty in Sydney tells us how class actions are done differently in Australia - including closed classes, common fund orders, an aversion to cy-pres and the goal of behaviour modification, and recent politically-charged debates around the role of litigation...
Luciana Brasil & Garth Myers on Class Actions Outside Ontario
Certified: Class Actions in Ontario & Beyond - October 14, 2020 05:00 - 48 minutesLuciana Brasil and Garth Myers talk about class actions in BC and the Federal Court, and why the recent changes to the Class Proceedings Act, 1992 will probably mean the end of Ontario's predominance over the Canadian class action landscape.
Valérie Lord on Mass Torts
Certified: Class Actions in Ontario & Beyond - October 07, 2020 05:00 - 44 minutesValérie Lord talks about the differences between mass torts and class actions, and how her experience as a class member following the 2005 Air France plane crash inspires her work today.
Shaun Finn on Class Actions History
Certified: Class Actions in Ontario & Beyond - September 30, 2020 06:00 - 57 minutesQuébec class actions lawyer Shaun Finn and I sit down to discuss our favourite subject - class actions history. From its origins in the mists of English medievalism to its adoption in the US and Québec, the class action is now an established part of Canadian law. It now knocks on the door of its ...
Paul-Erik Veel and Craig Jones on Class Actions Theory
Certified: Class Actions in Ontario & Beyond - September 23, 2020 06:00 - 1 hourShould compensating class members be the goal of class actions, or is behaviour modification more important? Paul-Erik Veel and Professor Craig Jones argue that compensation is just the frosting - the "cake" of class actions is deterrence. After an hour of lively discussion, I remain unconvinced.
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