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Class Action Launched Over Alleged Defects In Pacemakers

A proposed Canadian class action alleges that certain Boston Scientific pacemakers may pose serious health risks due to battery defects that can trigger device failures, potentially causing irregular heart rhythms, fainting, stroke, or death.

Canada Litigation

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Siskinds LLP

New State Of Play: Canada Updates Playpen Vertical Displacement Testing Requirements

Effective June 15, 2026, Health Canada is changing the compliance test for playpens with removable floor pads and removable foldable components. Health Canada has developed an interim policy that modifies compliance...

Canada Consumer

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McMillan LLP

Class Actions: Looking Forward 2026

The past year has continued to be an active one for class proceedings in Canada. More than 250 actions have been filed in courts across the country since the beginning of 2025.

Canada Litigation

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Bennett Jones LLP

Health Canada Removes FPS Submission Requirement For NHP Product Licence Applications

Health Canada has announced a procedural shift that will eliminate the requirement to submit finished product specifications as part of Natural Health Product licence applications starting June 25, 2026.

Canada Consumer

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Gowling WLG

National Coordination Of Class Actions

Canada Litigation

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Bennett Jones LLP

Fuel For Rejection: The Superior Court Of Québec Dismisses A Claim Against A Professional Seller Under The Legal Warranty Regime

Canada Litigation

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Langlois Lawyers, LLP

Ontario Superior Court Limits Damages Claims In Certifying Personal Injury Medical Device Class Action

Canada Litigation

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Bennett Jones LLP

Class Action Pursued Over Infection Risks Linked To Endoscope Devices

Canada Consumer

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Siskinds LLP

Association Is Not Causation: Ontario Court Dismisses Drug Liability Claim Against AstraZeneca

Canada Litigation

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McMillan LLP

Driving Forward: Key Takeaways From The 16th Anniversary Edition Of McCarthy Tétrault's Annual Retail And Consumer Markets Summit

Worldwide Consumer

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McCarthy Tétrault LLP

Revue De L'année 2025 – Décisions Et Changements Clés En Matière De Responsabilité Du Fabricant

Canada Consumer

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Fasken (French)

Key Product Liability Cases And Developments – 2025 Overview

Canada Consumer

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Fasken

Know Your Rights: The BC Guide To Product Liability Claims

Canada Consumer

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Rice Harbut Elliott

Proposed New Requirements For Lithium-Ion Batteries In Consumer Products

Canada Consumer

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Gardiner Roberts LLP

Supreme Court Of Canada Denies Leave In Wolastoqey Nation’s Aboriginal Title Claim

Canada Litigation

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Cassels

A Guide To Canadian Corporate Dividend Tax Strategy

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Rotfleisch & Samulovitch P.C.

How To Meet The Very High Bar For Establishing And Maintaining Canadian-Controlled Private Corporation (CCPC) Status, Plus Corporate And Tax Implications Of Share Transfer

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Rotfleisch & Samulovitch P.C.

Walking The Journey With Founders: Joe Gill’s Approach To Supporting Saskatchewan Startups (Video)

Canada Commercial

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McKercher LLP

Crypto Tax Reporting: Canada vs. U.S. (2026); CRA Digital Asset Rules Compared To IRS Form 1099-DA Reporting

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Rotfleisch & Samulovitch P.C.

Incoming Lithium-Ion Battery Regulations—Health Canada Wants To Hear From You

On December 2, 2025, Health Canada published a Notice of Intent regarding proposed regulations for lithium-ion batteries and consumer products containing lithium-ion batteries...

Canada Consumer

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Bennett Jones LLP

Québec's Bill 10: New Rules For Subscriptions And Ticket Resale Practices – What Businesses Need To Know

Bill 10 requires merchants to provide clear cancellation options, end-of-trial notices and transparent fee disclosures for subscriptions.

Canada Media & IT

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Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP

Class Actions Landscape In Canada: 2025 Mid-year Update

Class actions continue to shape the Canadian legal landscape. As we head toward the end of 2025, we note the following developments emerging from the class actions landscape across Canada so far this year

Canada Litigation

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Torys LLP

Tendances actuelles – Octobre : Action collective en matière d'indications de prix partiel, responsabilité du fait des produits, tarifs douaniers américains, et plus encore

Le bulletin Tendances actuelles de McCarthy Tétrault présente chaque mois les dernières tendances du marché pour vous tenir informé(e) des développements pouvant avoir une incidence sur vos activités.

Canada International

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McCarthy Tétrault LLP

October Timely Topics: Drip Pricing Class Action Implications, Key Product Liability Cases, The Latest In U.S. Tariffs, And More

Canada Consumer

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McCarthy Tétrault LLP

Québec's Warranty Of Availability: Are Companies Ready For October 5?

Canada Commercial

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Borden Ladner Gervais LLP

Product Liability Update: Q2 2025

Canada Consumer

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McCarthy Tétrault LLP

Limitation Periods For Product Liability Claims - Statute Of Limitations vs. Statute Of Repose

Canada Litigation

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Scott Venturo Rudakoff LLP

Affaires importantes en responsabilité du fait des produits : Mise à jour du T2 2025

Canada Consumer

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McCarthy Tétrault LLP

Health Canada's Product Safety Pledge: A Model Product Safety Framework For Consumer Products And Cosmetics

Canada Healthcare

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Borden Ladner Gervais LLP

Canadian Product Stewardship And EPR: 2025 Summer Update

Canada Environment

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Gowling WLG

Ontario Court Bars Product Liability Suit Under Ultimate Limitation Period

Canada Consumer

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Borden Ladner Gervais LLP

Ontario Court Of Appeal Addresses The Duty To Warn And Declines To Certify Claims For Pure Economic Loss In A Product Liability Class Action

Canada Litigation

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McCarthy Tétrault LLP

Recent Canadian Product Liability Case Law Highlights

Canada Consumer

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Borden Ladner Gervais LLP

Canadian Product Stewardship And EPR: 2025 Summer Update

In the first half of 2025, we have seen the continuation of innovative product stewardship and extended producer responsibility ("EPR") programs across the country.

Canada Environment

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Gowling WLG

Ontario Court Bars Product Liability Suit Under Ultimate Limitation Period

In what is believed to be a first, the recent decision of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice in Hennebury v Makita Canada Inc, 2025 ONSC 3850 dismissed product liability claims, including allegations of failure to warn...

Canada Consumer

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Borden Ladner Gervais LLP

Ontario Court Of Appeal Addresses The Duty To Warn And Declines To Certify Claims For Pure Economic Loss In A Product Liability Class Action

In North v. Bayerische Motoren Werke AG, 2025 ONCA 340 the Ontario Court of Appeal addresses the limits of claims for pure economic loss in product liability cases.

Canada Litigation

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McCarthy Tétrault LLP

Recent Canadian Product Liability Case Law Highlights

There have been several significant new developments in product liability cases across Canada in the past year.

Canada Consumer

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Borden Ladner Gervais LLP

No Harm, No Foul, No Class: Ontario Court Of Appeal Denies Certification In Pure Economic Loss Case

Canada Litigation

TL

Torys LLP

Is It A Lemon?: The Limits Of Legal Blameworthiness For Product Manufacturers

Some of those products that we relied upon may have caused external damage to other property. But is the manufacturer always liable for a defect in its product? The short answer is it depends.

Canada Consumer

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Pallett Valo LLP

Product Liability: Who Has The Burden Of Proof, Again?

The Court of Appeal recently released its decision in AIG Insurance Company of Canada v. Volvo Group Canada Inc., 2024 QCCA 1733, which relates to the presumption of liability that can apply against professional sellers...

Canada Consumer

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WeirFoulds LLP

Recours en nuisance publique : un risque croissant pour les entreprises canadiennes

Ces dernières années, de plus en plus de demandeurs ont intenté des recours...

Canada Litigation

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McCarthy Tétrault LLP

Public Nuisance Claims: An Increasing Risk To Canadian Businesses

In the last several years, plaintiffs have pursued an increasing number of public nuisance claims against Canadian businesses—particularly in product liability class actions.

Canada Litigation

MT

McCarthy Tétrault LLP

Consumer Protection Class Actions: The Rise Of The ESG Claim

Canada Litigation

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Torys LLP

Pushing Boundaries: Public Nuisance Claims In Class Actions And Mass Tort Litigation

Canada Litigation

TL

Torys LLP

Product Liability: Tipping The Scales Against Industry

Canada Consumer

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Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP

What You Need To Know About The Scope Of Statutory Warranties Of Quality And A Seller's Duty To Inform In Quebec

Canada Commercial

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Fasken

British Columbia Court Of Appeal Interprets Policy Definition In Favour Of Insured

Canada Insurance

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Theall Group LLP

Key Product Liability Cases: Q3 2024 Update

Canada Consumer

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McCarthy Tétrault LLP

Health Canada Flags Lithium-Ion Batteries And More As Key Hazards In New Prohibitions List

Canada Consumer

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McMillan LLP

Affaires importantes en responsabilité du fait des produits : mise à jour du T3 2024

Canada Consumer

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McCarthy Tétrault LLP

B.C. Supreme Court Denies Certification Of Contested Common Issues In Mentor Breast Implant Litigation

Canada Healthcare

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Bennett Jones LLP

Reasonably Participating In Treatment, Managing Invisible Disabilities, And Establishing Plaintiff Credibility: Key Findings In Moustakis V. Agbuya 2023 ONSC 6012

Canada Litigation

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Howie, Sacks & Henry LLP

Canadian Product Liability Class Actions – Case Highlights

Canada Litigation

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Borden Ladner Gervais LLP

Towing The Line: Ontario's New Towing And Vehicle Storage Laws – Close, But Not Quite Right

Canada Consumer

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Cassels

Does Absence Make The Case Grow Stronger? Considering Adverse Inference When A Personal Injury Plaintiff Has Not Called A Family Doctor As A Witness

Canada Litigation

HS

Howie, Sacks & Henry LLP

Guide To Doing Business In Canada: Dispute Resolution & Litigation

Canada Litigation

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Gowling WLG

Unpacking Product Liability In The Wake Of Ontario's Listeria Scare

Canada Consumer

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McLeish Orlando LLP

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Latest Videos

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Lois canadiennes, américaines, britanniques et européennes entourant l'Internet des objets (Video)

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Borden Ladner Gervais LLP

Take 2 Video – Class Actions: The Rise Of Coordinated Claims (Video)

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Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Covid-19: Advertising & Regulatory Issues (Video)

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Gowling WLG

A Must See Video: Medical Alert – Hernia Mesh Recalls And Lawsuit In Canada (Video)

HS

Howie, Sacks & Henry LLP

The Canada Consumer Product Safety Act - The New Reality - Video

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Stikeman Elliott LLP

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