IP for Solicitors 2005


Course Date: April 14, 2005

Course Agenda ▼

2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
How to Win a Class Action: Plaintiff Breakout Session

  • chronological approach to a case study
  • identify all various opportunities to achieve success in a class action
  • proper case and defendant identification
  • jurisdiction selection
  • timing of certification motions
  • settlement discussion initiation

Luciana P. Brasil — Branch MacMaster LLP, Vancouver
Jay Strosberg — Sutts, Strosberg LLP, Windsor

OR

2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
How to Kill a Class Action: Defendant Breakout Session

  • chronological approach to a case study
  • identify all various opportunities to kill a class action
  • individual settlements
  • arbitration clauses
  • preliminary motions

Ward K. Branch — Branch MacMaster LLP, Vancouver
David Thomas Neave — Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP, Vancouver 

4:30 pm – 6:30 pm
Reception hosted by Branch MacMaster LLP, Vancouver and Bruneau Group, Ottawa

Location: Offices of Branch MacMaster LLP: 1410-777 Hornby Street, Vancouver