Partner

Myriam Brixi is a member of the Litigation and Dispute Resolution group and devotes a significant part of her practice to the defense of class actions. Her experience covers a wide range of class actions, including multi-jurisdictional proceedings, which has allowed her to develop solid knowledge of the procedural and strategic aspects of class actions in Canada.

Education

• J.D., Université de Sherbrooke, 2009
• LL.B., Université de Sherbrooke, 2008
• Université de Rennes I, France, 2007

Significant Accomplishments

In the course of her work, Ms. Brixi has successfully obtained the dismissal of several class actions, both at the authorization stage and on the merits, and has effectively negotiated numerous settlements in cases involving various sectors, including product liability, consumer law, price-fixing allegations, and environmental issues.

In addition to her class action practice, Ms. Brixi handles civil and commercial litigation cases, including extraordinary remedies. She also practices insurance law, advising insurers and insured parties on civil and professional liability matters, particularly in the construction industry.

Throughout her career, Ms. Brixi has received several professional distinctions. She was named Quebec Litigator of the Year in the emerging talent category at the Benchmark Litigation Canada Awards and is listed among the top 100 female litigators in Canada according to the same directory. She is recognized by The Best Lawyers in Canada in the areas of class actions and product liability. The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory also recommends her in these same areas, and she has been designated a Leading Lawyer in litigation by Lexpert.

Ms. Brixi is also actively engaged in her community. She is the President of the Quebec Class Action Section of the Canadian Bar Association, sits on the organizing committee of the Quebec Bar's National Conference on Class Actions, and on the Class Action Committee of the International Association of Defense Counsel. Ms. Brixi has contributed to the analysis of reform projects with governmental bodies, published various articles, and regularly participates as a speaker on subjects related to her expertise.

Previously, Ms. Brixi was a member of the Access to Justice Committee of the Quebec Bar and co-chair of the Citizenship and Charters Committee of the Quebec Division of the Canadian Bar Association. She has also served on the boards of directors of Factry and the Quebec Special Olympics Summer Games Society.

Representative mandates

• A social media network in a class action regarding addiction allegations.
• A video game company in two separate class actions: one concerning loot boxes and the other regarding addiction allegations.
• A pharmaceutical company in a class action concerning the sale of medications containing opioids.
• A Japanese corporation in the Quebec portion of an international class action regarding a price-fixing cartel.
• Financial institutions in class actions regarding allegations of price-fixing cartels.
• The main public transit companies in Quebec in a class action concerning the sale of transit passes.
• Automobile manufacturers in class actions involving product liability.
• A food processing company in a class action involving product liability.
• An electronics company in a class action involving product liability.
• A heating products company in a class action involving product liability.
• An energy drink company in a class action regarding allegations of false or misleading representations.
• A pasta manufacturer in a class action regarding allegations of false or misleading representations.
• A chemical products supplier in a class action concerning a Legionnaires' disease outbreak in Quebec City.
• Medical clinics in a class action regarding the billing of accessory fees.
• A hotel chain in a class action concerning price display.
• A telephone service retailer in a class action regarding the sale of extended warranties.
• A loyalty market player in a class action concerning the right to modify the general terms and conditions of a rewards program.
• An event promoter in a class action regarding the scope of obligations related to hosting a festival.
• A zinc refinery in a class action concerning allegations of neighborhood disturbances.
• A construction contractor in a class action regarding allegations of nuisance and neighborhood disturbances.
• A religious congregation in a class action regarding allegations of vicarious liability.
• An airport in a class action concerning allegations of noise nuisance and neighborhood disturbances.
• A seaplane base in a class action concerning allegations of noise nuisance and neighborhood disturbances.

Professional and community activities

• Chair of the Executive Committee of the class action section of the Canadian Bar Association, Quebec Branch
• Member of the organizing committee of the Quebec Bar's National Class Action Symposium
• Member of the Organizing Committee of the Cambridge Forum on Canadian Class Actions
• Member of the honorary cabinet for Educaloi's fundraising campaign
• Co-Chair of the Citizenship and Charters Executive Committee of the Quebec Division of the Canadian Bar Association (2017-2020)
• Coach, Pierre-Basile-Mignault Moot Court Competition, UQAM (2017-2019)
• Member of the Committee on Access to Justice of the Barreau du Québec
• Member of the Young Advocates' Standing Committee of the Quebec chapter of the Advocates' Society
• Member of the board of directors of the Young Bar of Montreal (2015-2016)
• Head of the Technology and Information Committee of the Young Bar of Montreal (2015-2016)
• Pro Bono legal services for the Fondation Mira

Publications and Lectures

• Speaker, Class Actions Related to Video Game and Social Media, Defense Research Institute, Product Liability Conference, Miami, FL, 2024
• Speaker, Procedural Grab Bag, National Annual Class Actions Symposium 2024, Osgoode Professional Development, Toronto, 2024
• Creative solutions for the settlement of a collective action, in Barreau du Québec, Service de la formation continue, Colloque national sur l'action collective (2024), volume 566, Montreal, Éditions Yvon Blais, 2024 (co-author)
• Some class actions to watch in 2024, Need to Know, March 11, 2024 (co-author)
• Class Actions - Canada, Getting the Deal Through, editions 2016-2024
• Speaker, Canada Opioid Litigation, Defense Research Institute, Product Liability Conference, Austin, TX, 2023
• Canadian courts put an end to the public nuisance of uncertain torts, Defense Research Institute, 2023 (co-author)
• Speaker, Collective action settlements, National conference on collective action, November 10, 2022
• Creative solutions for class action settlements - Recent developments in Quebec, Canada and the United States (2022), in Barreau du Québec, Service de la formation continue, Colloque national sur l'action collective (2022), volume 520, Montreal, Éditions Yvon Blais, 2022 (co-author)
• Loss of personal information: The Superior Court dismisses a class action, Need to Know, April 14, 2021 (co-author)
• A Decision of Interest to the Entertainment Industry, Need to Know, July 31, 2019 (co-author)
• Cyberattack: Superior Court dismisses application for authorization to institute a class action against Yahoo! Inc., Need to Know, July 23, 2019 (co-author)
• Panelist at the National Conference on Class Actions: Recent Developments in Quebec, in Canada and in the U.S., "Environmental Class Actions," March 21, 2019
• "Churchill Falls (Labrador) Corp. v. Hydro-Québec I The Supreme Court rules in favour of Hydro-Québec: the interaction between good faith and the scheme of the contract," Need to Know, December 2018 (co-author)
• Speaker at the Congrès des Services de Première Ligne, Palais des Congrès de Montréal, "Class actions related to accessory fees in healthcare services," March 6, 2018
• "Québec consumer law and the automotive industry: keep your hands on the wheel!," Need to Know, November 2017 (co-author)
• "Quebec's distinctive class action regime," Defence Research Institute - Class Action seminar, July 2016 (co-author)
• "Leave to Appeal by the Defendant at the Authorization Stage of the Class Action: The Québec Court of Appeal Adopts a Restrictive Approach," Need to Know, November 2016
• "The warranty of fitness for purpose in consumer law - Court of Appeal judgment," Need to Know, February 2016, (co-author)
• "Mandatory mediation at the Small Claims Division: Merchants, be prepared!" Need to Know, January 2016 (co-author)
• "Consumer law and class actions: Beware of unilateral amendments to contracts involving sequential performance," Need to Know, November 2015 (co-author)
• "Historic Quebec lawsuit against tobacco companies: The Superior Court awards more than $15 billion in damages," Need to Know, June 2015

Professional Associations
Member, Young Bar Association of Montreal
Member, Canadian Bar Association

• Loss of Personal Information: The Superior Court Dismisses a Class Action

  By Myriam Brixi, Guillaume Laberge, Myriam Brixi, Roxane Fortin Lecompte |April 2021

Additional Articles

• Historic Quebec lawsuit against tobacco companies: The Superior Court awards more than $15 billion in damages
• Consumer law and class actions: Beware of unilateral amendments to contracts involving sequential performance
• Mandatory mediation at the Small Claims Division: Merchants, be prepared!
• The warranty of fitness for purpose in consumer law - Court of Appeal judgment
• Québec's distinctive class action regime
• Leave to Appeal by the Defendant at the Authorization Stage of the Class Action: the Québec Court of Appeal Adopts a Restrictive Approach
• Québec consumer law and the automotive industry: keep your hands on the wheel!
• Churchill Falls (Labrador) Corp. v. Hydro-Québec | The Supreme Court rules in favour of Hydro-Québec: the interaction between good faith and the scheme of the contract
• Cyberattack: Superior Court dismisses application for authorization to institute a class action against Yahoo! Inc.
• A Decision of Interest to the Entertainment Industry
• Loss of personal information: The Superior Court dismisses a class action
• Class actions to watch in 2024