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Another brilliant victory for Langlois Kronström Desjardins in class actions |
Langlois Kronström Desjardins’ expertise in class actions once again proves itself, in a magnificent way, through their most recent victory won last Friday by Chantal Chatelain, a firm partner. The Court of Appeal maintained the dismissal of a motion for authorization of a class action suit against nine pharmaceutical companies in the array of accusations regarding the claim that generic drug manufacturers have been delivering several rebates, discounts, bonuses and other benefits to Quebec pharmacists in order to favour the sale of their products. In essence, the Court of Appeal decided that the allegations were insufficient to justify a true semblance of right. Notably, the Court of Appeal deems that the proposition regarding the claim that beneficiaries may have undergone a lost is ¨legally untenable¨.
This is one of the most important class action suits in Quebec, with damages being requested in amounts exceeding 3.9 billion dollars. Chantal Chatelain was representing the respondent, RhoxalPharma, now known as Sandoz, in these proceedings. Chantal Chatelain acts in civil, public law, administrative and constitutional litigation. She has a diversified practice, mostly characterized by complex and large-scale matters. She leads cases in the fields of class actions, rights and freedoms, latent defects, independence of the judiciary, federal-provincial fiscal arrangements, access to information and numerous civil suits. She has developed her abilities mainly by acting in cases with great public, political, economic and social implications. Chantal Chatelain has appeared before and also has specific knowledge of the practice before the Federal Court of Canada and the Supreme Court of Canada.
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