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Class-action plaintiffs are discovering fertile new ground in a host of other areas. Privacy and cybersecurity breach proceedings are flourishing. Judges are coming down harder on abuse and delay by defendants. The Supreme Court is poised to pronounce on national class actions. The administration of settlements is achieving new levels of maturity. And more and more cases are making their way to trial.

With all these countervailing trends competing for permanence, there's certainly no paucity of controversy or issues on the substantive side of class actions, but there's no doubt that some measure of clarity has been achieved. Could it be that the Wild West era of Canadian class actions has finally faded into the past?

Lexpert contributor Julius Melnitzer reports at lexpert.ca/globe

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