Discontinuance of a Class Action: A New Approach to Multijurisdictional National Settlements in Québec?

Peter Douglas explores evolving approaches to managing multijurisdictional class actions in Canada in the blog he co-authored, Discontinuance of a Class Action: A New Approach to Multijurisdictional National Settlements in Québec. The blog examines the Québec Superior Court’s decision in Bourgeois v Electronics Arts Inc and how it signals a willingness by Québec courts to defer to settlements approved in other provinces where the rights of Québec class members are adequately protected, potentially paving the way for a more streamlined single-jurisdiction settlement approval process for national class actions. (Prior to Lenczner Slaght)