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European Commission Collective Actions

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UK Class Actions Update: Merricks Secures Uncontested CPO, But the Competition Appeal Tribunal Shows It Retains Significant Teeth...

After protracted challenges to class certification status, in Merricks v Mastercard the U.K. Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) granted its first collective proceedings order (CPO). The claim remains huge, comprising 46.2...more

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The GDPR’s Influence on Class and Collective Proceedings

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When thinking about class action lawsuits, most people envision legal proceedings occurring in the United States. However, class and collective proceedings modeled after those in the U.S. are becoming increasingly popular...more

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"Class Actions" in Europe: Steps Toward a Harmonized Litigation Framework

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The Situation: Negotiators for the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union (the "Council") have reached an agreement on new European rules on collective consumer action. The Council has thus published a...more

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A further step towards an EU-wide collective action

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Recently, representatives of EU member states agreed on a mutual position regarding the Commission's Proposal for a Directive on representative actions for the protection of the collective interests of consumers, and...more

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French Class Actions at a Glance and Their Prospects for Development

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The Situation: After a lukewarm start since their introduction in 2014, class actions in France have gradually seen their field broaden. Still, while the regime of class action is already quite comprehensive in France...more

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Collective Redress in Europe: Comparing the European and German Framework

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The Situation: In 2018, Germany introduced a model declaratory action giving qualified institutions the right to raise liability claims on behalf of groups of consumers in a representative action. Once the court has issued a...more

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Decisive step toward a European collective redress mechanism such as group or class actions

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On 7 December 2018, the European Parliament's Legal Affairs Committee passed a legislative proposal to allow collective redress, such as group or class actions, moving the European Union closer to having a bloc-wide regime....more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

New Era of Collective Actions in Europe?

Despite 20 years of robust legislative activity in the field of consumer protection and the 2013 European Commission recommendation on collective redress mechanisms, a harmonized approach to collective redress such as group...more

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Germany Introduces Class Actions for Consumer Claims

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The Situation: The German Parliament has approved the Act on Model Declaratory Proceedings ("Act"), which introduces, for the first time, class action-style litigation for consumer claims. The Plan: The Act will give...more

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A proposed EU-wide representative action may blur legal boundaries around collective actions

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The European Commission is proposing a directive that would repeal the existing Injunctions Directive and require European Union (EU) member states to introduce into their national laws representative actions for the...more

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UK Antitrust Class Actions Start to Get Going

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Brussels Antitrust/Competition partner (and English lawyer) Matthew Hall brings us an update on antitrust class actions filed under new procedures in the UK. Antitrust class actions in the UK are beginning to take hold...more

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"European Commission Issues Proposals on Private Antitrust Damage Actions and Collective Actions"

On June 11, 2013, the European Commission (Commission) issued a widely anticipated series of proposals designed to advance private antitrust damage and collective actions in Europe. To accomplish this, the Commission issued...more

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EU Commission published proposals for private antitrust litigation

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On 11 June, the European Commission (“Commission”) published its long-awaited package of proposals on private antitrust litigation. The package is divided into three sets: (1) a Draft Directive on actions for damages (2) a...more

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