Webinar – Social Media Litigation: A Path Towards Remediation and Social Change

Thursday, May 29, 2025, 9:00 – 10:30 a.m.

This webinar is eligible for 1.5 CEP credits for regulated member’s professional learning.

Webinar Description:

This webinar seeks to explore how Cuming & Gillespie can guide and represent school boards across Alberta in banding together to seek damages and change related to the costs (both economic and social) associated with having to respond to the disruption and harm caused by social media platforms including Meta, TikTok and Snapchat.

By attending this webinar, participants will have the opportunity to:

1. Learn about the ongoing social media litigation as it relates to school boards across Canada and the USA;
2. Learn about how your school board can engage in the social media litigation in a low-risk environment; and
3. Ask questions of experienced class action and mass torts lawyers regarding their insights and experience in this area and how we can help.

Presented by:

Cuming & Gillespie LLP is a premier and nationally recognized contingent litigation and class action boutique operating out of Calgary, but we handle claims across Alberta and Canada. We have extensive class action and mass action experience in Alberta, certifying the first-class action in this province and acting as lead counsel on many industry-wide claims including pay day loans, pharmaceutical claims and investor fraud.

Presenters Craig Gillespie and Laura Comfort are partners at Cuming & Gillespie LLP. Both Craig and Laura have vast experience in the class action and mass torts space, having most recently been involved in the Tobacco litigation and settlement, one of the largest class action settlements in Canadian history at $32.5 billion. With combined experience of over 25 years, Craig and Laura seek to inform and educate school boards across Alberta about the process and benefits of participating in the active social media litigation in Canada.