Court dismisses first products liability class action tried to verdict in Ontario *

Canada - June 29 2012
On June 26, 2012, Justice Lax of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice released her decision in Andersen v. St. Jude Medical, Inc., dismissing the plaintiffs’ action in its entirety.

Co-authors: Nicole Henderson.

Supreme Court balances access to information and third-party confidentiality *

Canada - February 21 2012
The Supreme Court of Canada (the Court) recently issued its first decision interpreting the exemption in the Access to Information Act (the ATIA) protecting third-party commercial information in the possession of a government institution from disclosure to requesters: Merck Frosst Canada Ltd.

Co-authors: Dara Lambie, Catherine Beagan Flood.