After it was initially proposed more than two years ago, the European Union passed a new product liability directive (PLD) on Dec. 9, 2024, which prescribes a new legislative framework to expand and modify product liability...more
The countdown has begun towards the transformed European product liability landscape! The recently adopted European Union Product Liability Directive (PLD) was published in the Official Journal of the European Union today...more
We previously reported on the new EU Product Liability Directive (PLD) that will significantly overhaul the EU’s existing product liability directive to conform with the digital era and modern economy. The changes to the EU’s...more
As reported by Law.com, a new report by CMS shows that the number of class actions in Europe continues to grow following the implementation of the Representative Actions Directive (RAD) in most European Union member states....more
This week, the European Union made a significant breakthrough towards its goal of overhauling the 40-year-old Product Liability Directive for the demands of the “digital” age and modern economy. To amend the directive, the...more
Americans love a good scare on Halloween. But, of course – with ancient castles, centuries of folklore, and actual Transylvania, our friends in the European Union know how to celebrate the spooky season just as well as we...more
On May 23, 2023, the European Commission formally published the new General Product Safety Regulation, which reforms a variety of product safety regulations for manufacturers doing business in the European Union (EU) and its...more
Under the timeline imposed by the EU’s Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on Representative Actions for the Protection of the Collective Interests of Consumers, the EU’s 27 member states were required to...more
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On September 28, 2022, the European Commission adopted two proposals that adapt liability rules to the digital age, circular economy and the impact of global value chains. These proposals are related to (i) the Revised...more
In this sixth alert in our series regarding the European Parliament’s formal endorsement of a new collective actions legislation titled the Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on Representative Actions for...more
In this fourth alert in our series regarding the European Parliament’s formal endorsement of a new collective actions legislation titled the Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on Representative Actions...more
In this third alert in our series regarding the European Parliament’s formal endorsement of a new collective actions legislation entitled the Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on Representative Actions...more
In this second alert in our series regarding the European Parliament’s formal endorsement of a new collective action legislation titled the “Directive (EU) 2020/1828 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25...more
The European Parliament formally endorsed the text of a new collective actions legislation, “Directive (EU) 2020/1828 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2020 on Representative Actions for the...more