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Lisa Parliament is a highly respected litigation and dispute resolution partner with a practice that emphasizes class action defence and high-stakes product liability, consumer protection, and competition litigation. Lisa’s reputation and expertise has been acknowledged in numerous Canadian and international directories, including Chambers and Partners, where she is recognized as a rising star and described as “extremely skilled and knowledgeable”; and Who’s Who Legal, where she is recognized as a global leader and a national leader who “frequently provides outstanding counsel in high-profile class action proceedings.” She is also recognized in Best Lawyers in Canada and Benchmark Litigation: Canada.

Regularly retained to act for some of the world’s leading companies, Lisa provides representation in litigation and advice on regulatory issues. She also acts as national or global coordinating and lead counsel to a number of companies, assisting with multijurisdictional management and the resolution of complex matters.

Lisa has extensive experience as lead national counsel in Canadian class action proceedings. She has acted in precedent-setting cases on key issues relating to class action procedure, pre-certification dismissal or discontinuance of class actions, defence recovery of costs, cross-border and multijurisdictional discovery, and settlement. She also advises and represents companies in multijurisdictional investigations and proceedings on matters relating to privacy and data breaches, as well as competition and compliance.

Frequently acting as lead counsel in international and cross-border regulatory, cartel and conspiracy investigations and litigation, Lisa has extensive experience defending investigations by Canada’s Competition Bureau and the Director of Public Prosecutions. She has defended many recent class action cases alleging anti-competitive activities relating to auto parts, air cargo and passengers, aftermarket auto lights, hydrogen peroxide and chocolate.

Lisa is a member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. She has been involved in a number of domestic and international arbitrations, and has acted as assistant to the tribunal in significant international arbitrations. Lisa also taught business dispute resolution as an adjunct professor at Osgoode Hall Law School.

Expertise

Practices

Representative Matters

Representing a medical device company in litigation alleging injury and death relating to use of a medical device;
Representing a leading pharmaceutical company in connection with indemnity advice;
Representing a leading pharmaceutical company in product liability litigation in Ontario, Saskatchewan and British Columbia, including proposed national class actions;
Representing a leading pharmaceutical company in a class proceeding in British Columbia involving product liability and consumer protection allegations;
Representing a medical device company in connection with numerous claims alleging negligent manufacture;
Representing a financial services company in proposed national class proceedings and related litigation involving privacy and data breach allegations;
Representing a trust company in national class proceedings;
Representing a developer in proposed class proceedings in Ontario;
Act as preferred national lead counsel for a multinational company with respect to product liability claims;
Act as national coordinating counsel for a financial services company, providing advice, advocacy and management of a national claims portfolio;
Act as national coordinating counsel for a financial services company, managing and coordinating claims across Canada’s common law jurisdictions;
Providing risk management advice and training to leading national and multinational companies and organizations on data and document creation, storage, access, management and destruction protocols and policies;
Defending a global chemical manufacturer in competition class proceedings in jurisdictions across Canada;
Acting as national counsel to a major global manufacturer in connection with their product liability litigation across Canada;
Defending a number of major airlines in multijurisdictional class proceedings involving consumer protection and competition allegations;
Representing a global industrial corporation and chemical manufacturer in national and province-wide class proceedings in jurisdictions across Canada;
Representing auto parts companies in multijurisdictional class proceedings involving consumer protection and competition allegations;
Acting as national coordinating counsel for a leading company, with oversight responsibility for more than 100 active cases across Canada;
Representing a leading automobile company in a national privacy class proceeding.

Speaking Engagements

"Class Actions for Regulatory Breaches" - Managing Regulatory Risks: Compliance, Inspections and Investigations Lexpert

December 2015

"Financing Class Actions" Third Party Litigation Financing – Opportunity, Threat or Both?, Corporate Counsel Seminar

August 2014

Best Practices for Corporate Document Retention Policies Speaker, The Six-Minute Business Lawyer 2014, The Law Society of Upper Canada

June 2014

Email Communications and e-Discovery: Is Your Organization at Risk? Corporate Counsel Series

January 2014

"Privacy Litigation" - Information Privacy and Data Protection: Technology, Security and Corporate Accountability in Today's Marketplace Lexpert

December 2013

Opting In? The Global Effect of Class Action Orders and Potential Conflicts of Law Speaker, American Bar Association, Section of International Law

April 2013

Staying Kleen: Predictive Coding and Antitrust Litigation Speaker, American Bar Association, Section of Antitrust Law

March 2013

Privacy Litigation Lexpert Conference - Information Privacy & Data Protection: Technology, Security and Corporate Responsibility in Today's Marketplace

December 2012

Canada's Consumer Product Safety Act: The Year in Review Corporate Counsel Series

November 2012

Update on Class Actions Panel for the Canadian segment of the American Bar Association (ABA) Section of Antitrust Law teleseminar series entitled "Navigating the Globe: Cartel Enforcement Around the World"

January 2012

Private Competition Litigation in Canada Private Antitrust Enforcement, University of Bergamo and New York State Bar Association

2011

Consumer Product Safety Law Reform in Canada DRI Product Liability Conference

2011

Rankings & Recognition

Recognized by Best Lawyers in Canada (2025) as a leading lawyer in the areas of Class Actin Litigation, Corporate and Commercial Litigation, and Product Liability Law
Recognized in the 2024 Whos’ Who Legal: Product Liability Defence Guide
Recognized in the 2024 Benchmark Litigation: Canada Guide
Recognized in the 2024 Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory as a Consistently Recommended Lawyer in the area of Litigation – Product Liability and a Repeatedly Recommended Lawyer in the area of Competition Law
Recognized by Chambers Canada (2024) as a leading lawyer in the area of Litigation: Product Liability
Recognized by Best Lawyers in Canada (2024) as a leading lawyer in the area of Class Action Litigation, Corporate and Commercial Litigation and Product Liability Law
Recognized in the 2023 Lexpert Special Edition on Canada’s Leading Litigation Lawyers as a Leading Litigation Lawyer
Listed in Who’s Who Legal: Canada 2023 as a leader in Product Liability Defence
Listed in Who’s Who Legal: Canada 2023 as a leader in Product Liability Defence
Recognized in the 2023 Lexpert Special Edition on Canada’s Leading Technology and Health Sciences Lawyers as a Health Sciences Lawyer
Recognized in the 2023 Benchmark Litigation: Canada Guide as a Future Star
Recognized in the 2023 Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory as a Repeatedly Recommended Lawyer in the area of Litigation: Product Liability
Listed in Who’s Who Legal: Global 2022 as a leader in Product Liability Defence
Listed in Who’s Who Legal: Canada 2022 as a leader in Product Liability Defence
Recognized by Chambers Canada (2023) as a leading lawyer in the area of Litigation: Products Liability
Recognized by Best Lawyers in Canada (2023) as a leading lawyer in the areas of Class Action Litigation and Product Liability Law
Listed in the 2022 Who’s Who Legal: Product Liability Defence Report
Recognized in the 2022 Benchmark Litigation: Canada Guide as a Future Star
Recognized by Chambers Canada (2022) as a leading lawyer in the area of Litigation: Products Liability
Recognized by Best Lawyers in Canada (2022) as a leading lawyer in the areas of Class Action Litigation and Product Liability Law
Listed in Who’s Who Legal: Global 2021 as a leader in Product Liability Defence
Listed in Who’s Who Legal: Canada 2021 as a leader in Product Liability Defence Recognized in the 2021 Benchmark Litigation: Canada Guide
Recognized by the Best Lawyers in Canada (2021) as a leading lawyer in the areas of Class Action Law and Product Liability Law
Recognized by Chambers Canada (2021) as a leading lawyer in the area of Litigation: Products Liability
Listed in Who’s Who Legal: Canada 2020 as a leader in Product Liability Defence
Listed in the 2020 Benchmark Litigation: Canada Guide as a Future Star
Recognized by Chambers Canada (2020) as a leading lawyer in the area of Litigation: Product Liability
Recognized by Best Lawyers in Canada (2020) as a leading lawyer in the area of Product Liability Law
Listed in Who’s Who Legal: Canada 2019 as a leader in Product Liability Defence
Recognized by The Best Lawyers in Canada (2019) as a leading lawyer in the area of Product Liability Law
Listed in Who’s Who Legal Canada: 2018 as a leader in Product Liability Defence
Ranked by Lexpert Guide (2018) as a leading US/Canada Cross-Border Lawyer in Canada
Recognized in The Best Lawyers in Canada (2018) as a leading lawyer in the area of Product Liability Law
Named in Who’s Who Legal Canada: Product Liability Defence 2017
Awarded the Leadership in Mentoring Award (2012)
Recipient of the Law Society First Prize in the Ontario-wide bar admission courses (2004)

Directorships & Affiliations

International Association of Defense Counsel (IADC)
Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb)
Ontario Bar Association
The Advocates’ Society
Defense Research Institute

Education & Admissions

2004

Called to the Ontario bar

2003

JD University of Toronto

1996

BA (Honours with Distinction)University of Guelph

Publications

“Product Regulation, Safety and Recall Q&A: Canada,” Practical Law – Thomson Reuters (December 2017)
“Product Liability Q&A: Canada,” Practical Law – Thomson Reuters (December 2017)
“Getting the Deal Through – Private Antitrust Litigation 2016,” Canada Chapter, Law Business Research (2016)
“Recent Developments for Pharmaceutical Class Actions in Canada,” RX for the Defense (June 2014)
“Chapter: “Indirect Purchaser Litigation in Canada“,” Indirect Purchaser Litigation Handbook ABA (2014)
“Recent Developments for Pharmaceutical Class Actions in Canada,” RX for the Defense (June 2014)
“Chapter: “Indirect Purchaser Litigation in Canada” Indirect Purchaser Litigation Handbook ABA (2014)
“The Indirect Purchaser Trilogy in the Supreme Court of Canada,” ABA Business Torts & RICO News (December 2012)
“Protecting Protective Orders: Misuse of U.S. Discovery in Canadian Antitrust Litigation,” Antitrust (Summer 2012)
(February 2012) “Forum Shopping North of the Border,” Think Globally, For the Defence
“Ten tips to successfully obtain evidence in Canada for use in a foreign proceeding,” Think Globally, For the Defence (2011)
“Chapter: “Canada: Private Antitrust Litigation”,” The Antitrust Review of the Americas 2012 (2011)
“Chapter: Civil Procedure in Canada,” (co-author), DRI Defense Practice Form Book, Defense Research Institute (2008)
“Product Liability Defenses: A State-by-State Compendium (Canada Chapter),”(2007)
“A Guide to Arbitration In Canada,” Leonard Ricchetti and Brad Hanna of McMillan LLP (April 2006)
“Canada’s Post-Chicago Approach to Predation,” British Institute of International and Comparative Law, 2004 Competition Conference (2004)

Insights (19 Posts)View More

The Competition Bureau Goes Property Hunting (in Search of Anticompetitive Leases)

Analyzing the Competition Bureau's preliminary guidelines describing its approach for challenging competitor "property controls" in commercial leases

Aug 13, 2024

Changes to the Competition Act: What Merging Parties Need to Know

The Competition Act's amendments to Canada's merger review regime are significant, and merging parties should take note.

Jul 24, 2024

Bill C-59’s Expansion of the Competition Act’s Deceptive Marketing Practices: “Greenwashing” and Steering Clear of Environmental Misrepresentation

Guidance on the amendments to the deceptive marketing practices provisions in the Competition Act designed to "crack down" on "greenwashing".

Jul 8, 2024

Ready for Change? Bill C-59 Rewrites the Competition Playbook

Bill C-59 has been enacted, introducing significant changes to all aspects of Canada’s competition law regime.

Jun 21, 2024

New Era of Foreign Investment Scrutiny Starts in Canada with Passage of Investment Canada Act Amendment Bill

Bill C-34 amends the Investment Canada Act to enhance the government of Canada's national security review powers.

Mar 27, 2024

Canada’s New Policies on Investments in the Interactive Digital Media Sector

On March 1, 2024, the Canadian government introduced new policies to increase scrutiny of foreign investments in Canada's Interactive Digital Media sector.

Mar 6, 2024

2024 Changes to Canada’s Thresholds for Merger Notification and Investment Canada Act Reviews

Providing updates on the 2024 merger thresholds under Canada's Competition Act and Investment Canada Act.

Feb 28, 2024

Competition Act Amendments Proceed at Pace

Bill C-56, the Affordable Housing and Groceries Act, part of the federal government’s efforts to overhaul the Competition Act, has received Royal Assent.

Dec 28, 2023

Transformative Change: Your Guide to Canada’s Breathtaking Competition Act Changes

We provide a summary of far-reaching Competition Act amendments proposed in 2023.

Dec 5, 2023

Class Actions May Now Be Easier to Defeat in Ontario

It is now clear: the revised preferability analysis under the amended Class Proceedings Act is a strict, more onerous hurdle for plaintiffs to satisfy.

Dec 4, 2023

Round One of Competition Act Amendments Passed; National Security Review Regime Amended

New amendments to the Competition Act were passed today as part of the budget implementation bill.

Jun 27, 2022

Outlook 2022: Class Actions in Canada

Join members of McMillan’s national Class Action group on Thursday, June 9th for an in-depth discussion on the developments and trends impacting the legal landscape for class actions in Canada.

Details

Thursday, June 9, 2022

Significant Changes Coming to Canada’s Competition Act

The Canadian federal government has introduced a series of significant changes to Canada's Competition Act.

May 3, 2022

Competition Law Recap: Key Takeaways from 2020 (January 27, 2021)

2020 has been an interesting and challenging year as economies grapple with the COVID-19 pandemic.