Sotos Class Actions

The Sotos Class Action team has once again featured on the Chamber Canada Class Actions- Plaintiff list. David Sterns, Lou Sokolov and Jean-Marc Leclerc were each recognized for the work. Click here to visit the Chambers Canada rankings.

Sometimes, counsel and their clients litigating in Ontario are faced with motions from the other side that are more tactical than substantive or are just “overkill” given the nature of the action.

As Ontario is a “loser pays” jurisdiction, the fact that an “unsuccessful” litigant can be responsible for a portion of the costs of the “successful” party is a further consideration. Ontario’s laws, however, provide a mechanism which if properly utilized can shift some of the burden of the costs of litigation onto the other party.

TORONTO ( June 23, 2016) – A class action lawsuit seeking $25 million in damages on behalf of Canadian customers of TD Bank who used its coin counting machines was commenced on June 22, 2016 in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice. The class action alleges that TD Bank launched its coin counting machine network […]

TORONTO, May 2, 2016 /CNW/ – A class action lawsuit seeking $200 million in damages on behalf of Quebec investors was launched on April 20, 2016 in the Superior Court of Quebec in Montreal.

TORONTO, April 15, 2016 /CNW/ – A class action lawsuit seeking $1 billion in damages on behalf of Canadian investors was launched today in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice.

Last week, the US Supreme Court ruled that workers could use statistical sampling, averages and other statistical analyses to support class action certification. Given that some of these methods are not currently permitted on certification in Ontario and Canada, those practicing in class actions should consider the possible relevance of the US Supreme Court’s decision to their practices.

The Financial Post has published an article on the gold manipulation class action lawsuit. Bank of Nova Scotia, along with a handful of international banks embroiled in a lawsuit in the United States over alleged manipulation of a key benchmark based on the gold price, is facing a fresh lawsuit filed in Canada. Read more […]

In Ontario and most other Canadian jurisdictions, the losing party in a legal action faces the possibility of being ordered to pay for some or all of the winning party’s legal costs and disbursements. Who gets paid and how much? This is up to the Court to decide.

Une poursuite en action collective réclamant 1 milliard de dollars en dommages-intérêts pour le compte des investisseurs canadiens a été déposéela semaine dernière à la Cour supérieure de justice de l’Ontario. Les procédures allèguent que les défendeurs,y compris la Banque de Nouvelle-Écosse, ont comploté pour manipuler les prix dans le marché de l’or, sous le […]