A Company That Manufactures Cigarettes Has Been Named as the Defendant

A company that manufactures cigarettes has been named as the defendant in a class action. Which of the following statements is TRUE?

A) The company will likely place notifications in newspapers in an attempt to avoid certification.
B) The company will probably have to pay costs on a solicitor- and- client basis if it loses the case.
C) because they have sued by way of a class action, the plaintiffs necessarily have hired lawyers on a contingency basis
D) the class action will be certified even if some other form of litigation is the preferable procedure.
E) The fact that the defendant has been sued in a class action necessarily means that other companies have also been sued in the same action.