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  We litigate over a broad range of practice areas including appellant advocacy, class actions, condominium law, corporate and commercial litigation, employment law, foodborne illness, personal injury, privacy, and real estate litigation.
  
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  Charney is a class action firm. We represent millions of Canadians in class action litigation. We have a diverse class action practice including competition law, consumer rights, employment, pharmaceuticals, privacy, product defects, and securities. If it’s a class action – we do it!
  
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Class Action Fees

Class action lawsuits can be costly and risky for a law firm to pursue. Often they are extremely complex in nature due to the legal issues of the case and also by virtue of the logistics in dealing with the sheer number of claimants involved. Costs for carrying the case, such as legal time and expenses (i.e., disbursements), administration, advertising/public awareness, research and expert reports, are all borne by the law firm. Individual claimants are normally not charged anything unless the lawyers are successful in recovering compensation for them.

Legal fees for class actions are generally calculated as a percentage of the amount of compensation recovered, typically 20-30%, plus whatever amount the defending side contributes towards legal fees or expenses.