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Publications and Presentations
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Monique Jilesen shared her expertise at the OBA's Civil Litigation program Mastering Summary Judgment Motions. Monique shared her expert insights on the panel "Practice Perspectives: Commercial, Class Actions, Negligence, and Employment Law".
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Paul-Erik Veel was interviewed in the Certified: Class Actions in Ontario & Beyond podcast on Class Actions Theory. Paul-Erik discussed the theory and purposes of class actions.
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Published in the Kluwer Arbitration Blog, Chris Kinnear Hunter authors an article on the legacy of the Supreme Court of Canada's highly anticipated decision in Uber Technologies Inc v Heller. Chris discusses how the decision has significant implications for international businesses by placing significant limits on the application of arbitration clauses.
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Nina Bombier spoke at the OBA's program Pandemic-Related Class Actions. Nina shared expertise on what the new landscape of class actions law will look like, and how insurance and long-term care home actions will help to change this landscape as the number of new claims rise.
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Jonathan Chen led the May 2020 edition of the OBA Class Actions Law monthly call-in series. Jonathan provided his expert insight on key class action decisions from the past month.
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Paul-Erik Veel's article Let it Rain was published in the October 2019 Issue of Lexpert Magazine. In this article, Paul-Erik discusses the Supreme Court's long-awaited decision in Pioneer Corp v Godfrey.
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Paul-Erik Veel and Chris Kinnear Hunter co-authored the article "Recognition of ‘umbrella purchasers’ will increase size of class actions" which appeared on The Lawyer's Daily. In this article, they provide further comment on the Supreme Court of Canada's recently released decision in Pioneer Corp. v Godfrey.
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Paul-Erik Veel’s blog post Applying Foreign Law in Canadian Class Actions was reprinted in Lexpert Magazine’s January 2019 issue. In the article, he discusses the key take-aways from the Court of Appeal’s recent decision in Das v George Weston Limited.
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Paul-Erik's article Time to expand analysis of the merits in all class actions was published by Lawyer's Daily. Paul-Erik discusses the Ontario Court of Appeal's decision in Fehr v Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada which provides a clear example of an appellate court setting aside the motion judge’s decision on certification because the motion judge improperly considered the merits of the case.
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Paul-Erik's article Ontario Court of Appeal Rules in Heller v Uber Technologies Inc: A Sensible Result with Challenging Implications appeared in the Class Actions Law section of the Ontario Bar Association.
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