Canada’s Federal Court of Appeal has upheld a lower court decision to stay a proposed competition class action against Uber Eats in favour of mandatory arbitration. Background In Lin v Uber Canada Inc et al, 2025 FCA 183, the plaintiff proposed a class action against Uber Canada Inc, Uber Technologies Inc, Uber Portier Canada Inc and Uber Castor Canada Inc (collectively “Uber”). The core allegation was that the defendants displayed a price for food delivery…
The Supreme Court of Canada has authorized a Quebec class action against an investment fund dealer and investment fund manager. The class members are customers who allege they were insufficiently informed about the risk profile of two investment products. See Desjardins Financial Services Firm Inc. v Asselin, 2020 SCC 30. The decision to authorize the class action does not confirm the merits of the allegations. The Supreme Court reaffirmed that “the threshold for authorizing a…