In
Setoguchi v Uber, the Alberta Court of Queen s
Bench reiterated that courts hearing applications for certification
of class action proceedings fulfill an important gatekeeping
function, and the case may signal a move toward a more rigorous
application of the
Class Proceedings Act.
Background
The proposed representative plaintiff applied to certify a
national class action against the defendants. She alleged, among
other things, negligence and breach of contract stemming from a
hack in which electronic information about the defendants
users was illegally accessed.
On the basis of the certification record, Justice Rooke
concluded that, although the information that was accessed was
CSPs).
(a) COVID-19
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the federal government
pursued Interim Orders and other policy changes intended to
expedite the development of COVID-19-related products, including
drugs, vaccines, hand sanitizers, disinfectants, personal
protective equipment, and medical devices (see
e.g., here and here). Both the federal and provincial
governments made regulatory changes to secure domestic drug
supplies and mitigate shortages (see
e.g., here and here). Many of these policies were passed on
an interim basis but still remain in effect.
Patent Act, adding a
provision that allowed the Minister of Health to apply for
authorization to make, construct, use, and sell a patented
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The Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) has announced all oil and gas
licensees will have to provide a financial summary in addition to
the existing requirement to provide financial statements in order
to maintain eligibility to hold oil and gas licenses. This change
is to be implemented through a proposed new edition of
AER
Directive 067: Eligibility Requirements for Acquiring and Holding
Energy Licenses and Approvals. The financial summary will be
in addition to the compliance history about the licensee, its
affiliates and directors and officers already required by
On January 18, 2021, the Federal Court (
FC)
issued its latest COVID-19 Practice Direction, which supersedes all its
prior COVID-19 practice directions. The FC s facilities in
Ontario and Quebec have been closed in light of the recent public
health measures to combat the pandemic. The FC will continue its
operations remotely in these two provinces until further notice.
These measures in Ontario and Quebec are largely the same as were
in place during earlier stages of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Also on January 18, 2021, the FC issued a new Practice Direction outlining its Document
Retention Schedule, including new plans for the destruction of
certain archived documents.