Catherine Pilon | Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP

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Catherine Pilon LL.M., LL.B., Partner

Catherine Pilon practises mainly in civil and commercial litigation, including product liability and consumer protection. She regularly acts for manufacturers, franchisors, distributors, hypothecary lenders, and real estate owners and developers, as well as banks. She holds a Master’s degree in private law from the Université de Paris I (Panthéon-Sorbonne). Catherine joined Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP in 1997 and became a partner in 2006. She is President-elect of the Montreal Bar Association.

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Catherine has expertise in the following fields: civil and commercial litigation (including contractual conflicts and real estate litigation), insurance law, product liability, consumer protection, and extraordinary and emergency procedures (including seizures before judgment, injunctions and class actions).

Representative Work

Representing KPMG in the Hollinger/Black class actions in Quebec and Ontario. KPMG was the auditor of the Hollinger group of companies. Revelation of the alleged management fraud has led to multi-jurisdictional litigation and regulatory proceedings

Representing a manufacturer of video lottery terminals called in warranty by Loto-Québec pursuant to a $700 million class action brought by pathological gamblers against Loto-Québec

Defeated the certification of a class action against several public bodies concerning allegedly discriminatory conditions of employment

Defended the shareholders of a corporation against a party seeking injunctive relief for allegedly having entered into an agreement for the purchase of their shares

Publications

The Québec National Assembly adopts Bill 9 to amend the Code of Civil Procedure

The judicial cost of tobacco - Comments on the Conseil québécois sur le tabac et la santé v. JTI MacDonald Corp. and Létourneau v. JTI MacDonald Corp. decisions, EYB2005REP357, May 2005

Comment on Bill 99 concerning anti-SLAPP provisions: “Loi modifiant le Code de procédures civiles pour prévenir l’utilisation abusive des tribunaux et favoriser le respect de la liberté d’expression et la participation des citoyens au débat public”, EYB2009REP790, January 2009 (available in French only)

“Preliminary steps to certification of a class action: from interlocutory motions to authorization to present relevant evidence”, article published in the Développements récents en recours collectifs, Éditions Yvon Blais, 2007

Comment concerning Spieser v. Canada (Government) - Certification of a class action and the medical examination of the class representative, EYB2006REP495, June 2006 (available in French only)

Comment concerning Young v. Noranda inc. - Certification of a class action and the examination on discovery of the class representative, EYB2006REP431, January 2006 (available in French only)

Prior Speaking Engagements

Les litiges civils potentiels reliés à la dénonciation (whistle-blowing), conference presented for Insight regarding litigation aspects of whistleblowing, November 24 and 25, 2004

Notions primordiales sur le litige : les étapes et la rédaction des procédures, conference presented for several Insight training sessions to paralegals concerning civil proceedings

Lecturer for the Canadian Bar Association and the Québec Bar in class action matters