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The Québec government recently adopted Bill 29, an Act to protect consumers from planned obsolescence and to promote the durability, repairability and maintenance of goods the Act, which introduces several substantive amendments to Québec s Consumer Protection Act CPA. The Act was assented to and came into force1 on October 5, 2023. These amendments impose significant new obligations on merchants and manufacturers.
After reports were made regarding the presence of nitrosamines in certain pharmaceutical products in 2018 and 2019, and subsequent precautionary regulatory action was taken, an avalanche of litigation commenced in Canada and the United States regarding alleged failures by drug manufacturers, wholesalers, distributors and retailers in respect of a host of pharmaceutical products, including Losartan, Valsartan, Ranitidine and others.
Bennett Jones is expanding its national business law practice with the opening of an office in Montréal. This new office is the latest chapter in the development of Bennett Jones. Founded in Calgary in 1922, it is Canada s only leading national law firm to expand from West to East. Montreal joins existing offices in Calgary, Edmonton, Toronto, Ottawa, Vancouver and New York.