According to the foundation, Block is a partner at Ross Nasseri LLP, where his practice focuses on complex commercial litigation. He has also acted on both the plaintiff and defence sides in class proceedings involving areas such as agriculture, product liability, medical devices, securities, employment and constitutional law.
Block has also written for the Wall Street Journal and Jerusalem Post, and is co-author of Emergency Law in Canada: Commentary and Legislation (published by LexisNexis Canada, publisher of Law360 Canada). He earned a degree in jurisprudence from Oxford University in 1997, an LLM from the University of Chicago Law School in 1998, and was called to the Ontario bar in 2003.
“We are fortunate to have Eric joining the class proceedings committee,” says Nadia Campion, the committee’s chair and a partner at Lax O’Sullivan Lisus Gottlieb, in the announcement. “Eric is a prolific litigator who brings a remarkable range of defence and plaintiff experience.”
The class proceedings committee decides whether applicant class action plaintiffs will receive financial support from the Class Proceedings Fund, which was established in 1992 under amendments to the Law Society Act. The committee has five members: one appointed by the Law Foundation of Ontario, one by the Attorney General of Ontario, and three appointed jointly.
Block joins the committee as the appointee of the Attorney General of Ontario, replacing longtime member and former committee chair, John P. Brown.
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