Class Actions West 2015 is a conference dedicated to the latest developments in the class action law environment in Western Canada.
Class Actions West 2015 covers topics such as:
- The implications of major cases and appeals from the lawyers’ perspectives
- How to manage the complexities and scope of the class action trial process
- The latest in privacy and data breach class actions
- New carriage motion strategies, and how Barrick Gold may affect current cases
- Developing an effective claims process, and the court’s role in the settlement
- How the progress of legal ethics in class actions could affect practitioners
- Use of the Companies Creditors Arrangement Act following the Sino Forest case
Class Actions West 2015 brings together:
- In house counsel from federal, provincial municipal governments
- Lawyers interested or involved in class actions
- Federal Government, Provincial Government, Municipal Government
- In house general counsel from large companies in the field of consumer products, manufacturers, pharmaceuticals, biotechnology (medical devices) financial services.(auditors of companies, underwriters)
- US and Canadian class action administrators, mediators, dispute resolution, document management and ediscovery providers (Deloitte) expert testimony and financial evaluators (NERA) and third party litigation funders.(Bridgepoint, Burford)
- Consumer Products Telecommunications Medical Devices Pharmaceutical Companies Oil and Gas Production Mining-Mineral Extraction Insurance Companies Commercial Banks Auditors Securities Underwriters