The Canadian Chamber of Commerce, 2019
Acted for the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, an intervener, in appeals decided by the Supreme Court of Canada on September 20, 2019, arising from class action proceedings alleging a global, criminal price-fixing cartel in respect of optical disc drives, which clarified the standard for class certification in competition class actions, and settled long-standing issues concerning the applicability of limitation periods to the cause of action under s. 36 of the Competition Act and whether "umbrella purchasers" have a cause of action.