Since the release of the Class Actions Final Report on Wednesday, July 17, 2019,  various media outlets have discussed the report further and interviewed LCO staff and Principal Researcher Professor Jasminka Kalajdzic. See below to read the various articles:

  1. The Lawyer’s DailyLCO makes 47 recommendations to reform Class Proceedings Act
  2. CTV NewsNew report says major reforms of Ontario’s class action law are needed
  3. Toronto StarMajor reforms of Ontario’s class action law needed, new report says
  4. Blakes: Business ClassLaw Commission of Ontario Recommends Broad Reforms for Class Actions
  5. Law Times Ontario should switch to no-cost class actions, law commission says
  6. Law Times‘Insurmountable’ access to justice issues could come from Ontario’s Crown immunity change
  7. Osler“Controversial” changes to Ontario class actions law recommended by Commission
  8. Borden Ladner GervaisLaw Commission of Ontario Report on Class Actions – Key Recommendations
  9. FaskenA Possible Blueprint for Class Actions Law Reform in Ontario
  10. Law TimesMAG says Crown liability changes defend taxpayers from ‘deep-pocketed lawyers’
  11. Goodmans LLPLaw Commission of Ontario Recommends Significant Overhaul of Ontario Class Actions Regime
  12. Gowling WLGThe Final Report: LCO Recommendations for Class Actions in Ontario
  13. McCarthy Tetrault LLPLaw Commission of Ontario issues recommendations for Class Action reform in Ontario
  14. Bennet JonesWhat the Law Commission of Ontario’s New Report on Class Actions Could Mean for Litigants
  15. Affleck Greene McMurty LLPKey Recommendations From the Law Commission of Ontario Report on Class Actions
  16. Lenczner Slaght Royce Smith Griffin LLPThe LCO’s Class Actions Final Report: The Defence Perspective
  17. Lenczner Slaght Royce Smith Griffin LLPLCO recommendations point to meaningful change in class actions
  18. Torys LLPThe Law Commission of Ontario’s final report on class proceedings in the province of Ontario
  19. CBC NewsMajor reforms of Ontario’s class-action law needed, new report says
  20. Siskinds – Speeding up Certification by Extending Filing Deadlines?
  21. LexpertClass Actions at a Crossroads
  22. Law Times – 2019 shook up everything from tribunals to the MAG
  23. The Lawyer’s Daily: Amicus curiae appointments in class actions
  24. Torys LLP: Game Changer? Ontario Introduces Significant Amendments To The Class Proceedings Act
  25. Borden Ladner Gervais: Ontario Announces Significant Proposed Changes To The Class Proceedings Act, 1992
  26. Lenczner Slaght Royce Smith Griffin LLP: Bill 161: Much Needed Modernization For Class Actions In Ontario
  27. McCarthy Tetrault LLP: Ontario’s Attorney General proposes significant changes to the Class Proceedings Act
  28. The Lawyer’s Daily: Downey stresses modernization in unveiling reforms to legal aid, law society legislation