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AI, TECH CLASS
ACTION TRENDS
THE GROWING EMBRACE OF AI TOOLS IS SPURRING
A BROAD RANGE OF CLASS ACTION CLAIMS, FROM
PRICE-FIXING TO COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT.
MEANWHILE, DEVELOPING CASE LAW HAS
INTRODUCED A TWIST TO A LONGSTANDING DATA
PRIVACY TREND, WRITES JESSICA MACH
AS CANADIAN companies increasingly
integrate AI tools into their business prac-
tices and case law develops around claims
involving other types of technology, class
action lawyers share the most notable
technology-related claims they've recently
observed – and the trends they expect to
see more of in the future.
Price-fixing claims involving AI tools
In Canada, a typically reliable way to
predict future class action trends is to
examine the activity in US courts.
Andrew McCoomb, a partner at Norton
Rose Fulbright Canada LLP and co-chair
of its Toronto litigation department,
