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A class action is a type of legal action where a representative individual or group of individuals can bring a claim on behalf of a larger group or class who share a common legal interest.
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The winding road ahead: navigating representative proceedings in the High Court

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With the rise of litigation funding of group actions, there has been an increasing use of representative actions by Claimants in recent years. In turn, Defendants are challenging this and the Courts are scrutinising cases in...more

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New Group Litigation Order issued together with the potential development of a new “GLO Lite” procedure for the collective case...

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The High Court has made a Group Litigation Order (GLO) in the class action proceedings of Tongue & Ors v Bayer Public Ltd Company & Ors [2023] EWHC 1792 (KB). This appears to be only the second GLO made by the High Court in...more

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Australia's Full Federal Court Affirms That Judicial Impartiality Overrides Case Management Considerations

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The Situation: It is increasingly common for Australian class actions to be brought by private plaintiffs at the same time as regulatory proceedings are brought by Australia's corporate, competition and other regulators in...more

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What the Law Commission of Ontario’s New Report on Class Actions Could Mean for Litigants

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On July 17, 2019, the Law Commission of Ontario released the final report of its class action investigative project, Class Actions: Objectives, Experiences and Reforms. The project is the most comprehensive research,...more

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Australian Court Manages Concurrent Class Actions By Giving The Class Members A Choice

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As securities litigation becomes increasingly globalized, the Mintz Levin Institutional Investor Class Action Recovery practice is constantly monitoring and participating in jurisprudential developments in a number of...more

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Strategies In Class Action Engagement: Case Management Considerations

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This continues our series of blog posts on effective partnering between inside and outside counsel to defend against class action lawsuits. It is important to remind the court frequently that the plaintiffs bear the...more

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