In McMillan's Toronto office, Lindsay Lorimer
is generating increasing acclaim for her product liability portfolio. “Lindsay deserves more notice for this,” insists a peer. “Her work is not just typical work for pharmaceuticals or medical devices that many others in her field handle. It’s more varied – she has one on the go right now that literally concerns windows and walls! She also handles insurance work.” Jeffrey Levine, along with
Stephen Brown-Okruhlik and Samantha Gordon, represented cannabis market entity iAnthus in defending a secondary-market securities class action alleging misrepresentations arising from public disclosure. The claim involves alleged losses to investors during a period when iAnthus’ market capitalization fell by over $100 million. The McMillan team successfully opposed a motion seeking broad pre-discovery production in connection with the plaintiff’s motion for leave to proceed with the statutory claim. Illustrating the firm’s cross-team approach to class actions,
Lisa Parliament acts with Vancouver’s Joan Young and Montréal’s for Mitsubishi on a consumer product liability class action that arose from alleged faulty airbag control units found in various models of Toyota, Kia, Hyundai, Honda, and Mitsubishi vehicles. The class plaintiff alleged the airbag control unit defect was common across all the manufacturers vehicles and model years, despite some models having regulatory recalls and repaired.
