Margaret Waddell

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Class-action lawsuits targeted cybersecurity, worker rights in 2021

/ 2021 Year in Review, Class Action /

Class-action lawsuits help publicize issues and offer consumer protection, lawyer Margaret Waddell, a partner with Waddell Phillips Professional Corporation noted in 2021. She opened the year telling LegalMattersCanada.ca that a lawsuit targeting Westjet baggage fees that were charged between 2014-19 should be a novel test of the Competition Act. “Airport tariff cases are complicated because this […]

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Ponzi scheme class-action lawsuit an ‘inventive’ brand of litigation

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By Tony Poland, LegalMatters Staff • The recent certification of a lawsuit in a $30-million Ponzi scheme is an example of an “inventive and entrepreneurial” class-action claim, says Toronto lawyer Margaret Waddell.   In November, a British Columbia judge certified a class-action suit brought by Jastram Property Ltd. against HSBC Bank Canada in an investment plan that was exposed

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Failing to adequately safeguard data results in $3.44M settlement

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By Tony Poland, LegalMatters Staff • Organizations that fail to adequately safeguard their clients’ personal information risk financial and reputational consequences, says Toronto class action lawyer Margaret Waddell, whose firm helped negotiate a $3.44-million settlement in a cyber hacking case. Waddell Phillips Professional Corporation, along with Howie, Sacks & Henry LLP and Schneider Law Firm, launched

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Reverse class action judgment needs to be reversed

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By Tony Poland, LegalMatters Staff • The recent decision of the Federal Court of Appeal addressing certification of a defendant’s class action demonstrates a fundamental misapprehension of the essential differences between a plaintiff’s class action and a defendant’s class proceeding says Toronto class-action lawyer Margaret Waddell.   Waddel, a partner with Waddell Phillips Professional Corporation, says the recent decision

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Don’t expect a quick result from the Uber class-action lawsuit

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By Tony Poland, LegalMatters Staff • As many as 366,359 Uber couriers in Ontario got the green light to proceed with a $400 million class-action lawsuit alleging that they are employees, and not independent contractors in a fight that has gone on for years and will undoubtedly take many more to resolve, says Toronto class-action lawyer Margaret

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Cybersecurity case could ultimately help shape privacy litigation

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By Tony Poland, LegalMatters Staff • A cybersecurity lawsuit currently before the courts could be the catalyst in defining and expanding the interpretation of the tort of intrusion upon seclusion, says Toronto class action lawyer Margaret Waddell. At issue in Owsianik v. Equifax Canada Co. was “the question of whether a claim for intrusion upon seclusion can succeed against the

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Drinking water lawsuits could get politicians back on track

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By Tony Poland, LegalMatters Staff • Class-action lawsuits brought against the federal government over the lack of safe drinking water on First Nations lands are another example of the effectiveness of turning to the courts when political options fail, says Toronto class-action lawyer Margaret Waddell. Indigenous leaders have launched parallel lawsuits in Federal Court and the Manitoba

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Baggage fee lawsuit pushes the envelope in consumer class action

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By Tony Poland, LegalMatters Staff • A lawsuit targeting Westjet baggage fees that were charged between 2014-19 should be a novel test of the Competition Act, says Toronto class-action lawyer Margaret Waddell. The class-action lawsuit, which was certified earlier this month by British Columbia’s Supreme Court, also claims the Airline breached the terms of its contract by charging a

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Every privacy breach is serious in the eyes of the law

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By Tony Poland, LegalMatters Staff • When it comes to personal information violations, no harm, no foul is not the rule, says Toronto class-action lawyer Margaret Waddell. Privacy intrusions can be subject to legal action even if there is no tangible damage, says Waddell, a partner with Waddell Phillips Professional Corporation. “Just because no obvious

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Game on! in a potential legal battle in Canada over loot boxes

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By Tony Poland, LegalMatters Staff • A lawsuit targeting a video game manufacturer for selling “loot boxes” will likely test the interpretation of the Criminal Code, says Toronto class-action lawyer Margaret Waddell. A class-action suit was filed in September against Electronic Arts (EA) in Canada, claiming the company operated an illegal gambling system in numerous

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