Supreme Court Class Action Decision In Godfrey

Kyle Taylor
Affleck Greene McMurtry LLP September 20th, 2019

The Supreme Court of Canada released its judgment last September in the price-fixing class action, Pioneer Corp. v. Godfrey, 2019 SCC 42. The Court held: Limitations The discoverability rule applies to extend the two-year limitation period in section 36(4)(a)(i) of the Competition Act, such that it begins to run only when the material facts on which the cause of action granted by section 36(1)(a) of the Competition Act is based are discovered or ought to have been discovered by the exercise of reasonable diligence. It is not plain and obvious that the doctrine of fraudulent concealment could not delay the ... [more] Full article

Michael Binetti Quoted in National Post: Philadelphia Cream Cheese and Volkswagen ads axed due to ‘harmful’ gender stereotyping

Litigator Editors
Affleck Greene McMurtry LLP August 18th, 2019

Michael Binetti, partner at Affleck Greene McMurtry LLP, is quoted in The National Post: Philadelphia Cream Cheese and Volkswagen ads axed due to 'harmful' gender stereotyping, published August 14, 2019. [more] Full article

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