Caleb Edwards

The plaintiffs brought a motion to certify a class action against Facebook, alleging the unauthorized sharing of user data with third-party apps.

The court struck the claims for breach of confidence and breaches of the privacy statutes of British Columbia, Manitoba, and Newfoundland and Labrador, but found the pleadings disclosed causes of action for breach of contract, intrusion upon seclusion, disgorgement, and breach of the Saskatchewan Privacy Act.

The court excluded the plaintiffs' proposed expert evidence but admitted various documentary exhibits.

While the court approved several common issues, it found others required individual inquiries and adjourned the motion to allow the plaintiffs to propose a revised class definition and litigation plan.

The plaintiffs brought a motion to certify a class action against Ticketmaster regarding its secondary ticket market practices.

The plaintiffs alleged that Ticketmaster knowingly facilitated or turned a blind eye to professional resellers using bots and multiple accounts to bypass primary market ticket limits, contrary to its Terms of Use and Purchase Policy.

The court certified the class action for claims of breach of contract, breach of ticketing legislation, unlawful means conspiracy, negligence, and unjust enrichment.

However, the court found that the claims under the Competition Act and consumer protection legislation did not disclose a cause of action because the plaintiffs failed to plead a sufficient causal connection between the alleged misrepresentations and their damages.

The court also dismissed Ticketmaster's motion to strike the plaintiffs' expert reports, finding them admissible and relevant to establishing a methodology for calculating aggregate damages.

In a certified and settled class action against Yahoo!, Class Counsel brought a motion to resolve conditions of the settlement approval and finalize administration.

The court approved a second notice program, awarded additional Class Counsel fees of $541,869.22 plus disbursements, and allocated a portion of the accrued interest on the settlement fund to Class Counsel.

The court also recalculated the Class Proceedings Fund levy.

However, the court dismissed Class Counsel's request for retroactive payment of omitted docketed time, finding it was counsel's own error.

The plaintiffs sought to certify a class action against the defendant pharmaceutical companies for manufacturing and distributing valsartan contaminated with NDMA and NDEA, which are probable human carcinogens.

The plaintiffs claimed damages for psychological harm and pure economic losses (medical bills, medical monitoring, refunds, and wasted pills) arising from the increased risk of being diagnosed with cancer, but explicitly did not claim damages for actually developing cancer.

The court dismissed the certification motion, finding that the law does not recognize a cause of action for the mere creation of risk or for pure economic loss from shoddy but not imminently dangerous goods, and therefore the claims failed to satisfy the cause of action, common issues, and preferable procedure criteria.

The applicant condominium corporation sought an urgent injunction to stop the respondents from renovating their unit and having third-party tradespeople attend the building during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The respondents requested an adjournment to seek legal counsel.

On consent, the court adjourned the application and ordered the respondents to allow no one to enter their unit until further order of the court, with exceptions for the external patio, yard, and government first-responders.