Search results

Order by most recent / most popular / relevance

Results: 1-10 of 22

New product liability class action highlights uncertainties in class proceedings

Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
-
Canada
-
April 29 2013

On April 15, 2013, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice certified a product liability class action in respect of pharmaceutical products

Canadian Food Inspection Agency releases guidelines for highlighted ingredients and flavours

Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
-
Canada
-
March 26 2013

In an era of heightened awareness regarding health and obesity, consumers are taking a much greater interest in the foods they eat. Health concerns

Class actions development: B.C. Court of Appeal slams the door on waiver of tort in statutory cases

Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
-
Canada
-
July 20 2012

In a significant class certification decision with national implications, the British Columbia Court of Appeal in Koubi v. Mazda Canada Inc. has curtailed the ability of class plaintiffs to rely on restitutionary doctrines such as “waiver of tort” to obtain class certification in cases grounded in alleged breaches of statute

Andersen v. St. Jude Medical: whither waiver of tort?

Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
-
Canada
-
June 29 2012

Class action litigants have long been awaiting a trial decision that would tackle the controversial doctrine of waiver of tort

Tougher safety standards for consumer products

Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
-
Canada
-
February 10 2011

Bill C-36, the Canada Consumer Product Safety Act (the Act) was passed by Parliament on December 14, 2010 and will become law upon receiving Royal Assent

Consumer products safety legislation nears third reading in the Senate

Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
-
Canada
-
December 31 2009

As was reported in the March 2009 issue of the Osler Advertising and Marketing Review, Bill C-6, the Canada Consumer Products Safety Act, was introduced in the House of Commons in January 2009

Competition Bureau issues guidelines for “Product of Canada” and “Made in Canada” for non-food products

Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
-
Canada
-
December 31 2009

In the October 2008 issue of the Osler Advertising and Marketing Review, we reported on the Canadian Food Labelling Initiative (CFLI

New organic products regulations in Canada

Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
-
Canada
-
March 2 2009

As we reported in the November 2007 Osler Advertising and Marketing Review, the Organic Products Regulations (2006 Regulations) were enacted on December 14, 2006 under the Canada Agricultural Products Act

Canada re-introduces consumer products safety legislation

Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
-
Canada
-
March 2 2009

In the May 2008 Osler Advertising and Marketing Review, we reported on new consumer product safety legislation which had been introduced last year as part of the federal government’s Food and Consumer Safety Action Plan: Bills C-51 and C-52

Government proposes ban on common cosmetic ingredients

Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
-
Canada
-
March 2 2009

On January 31, 2009 Environment Canada and Health Canada (Government) released their joint final decision on the screening assessment of a series of 16 chemical substances (Batch 2 chemicals) as part of Canada's Chemicals Management Plan

next >