Collective and Class Actions - Page 2
Forever chemicals may be next corporate class action risk – report
Ben Rigby examines if public concern about forever chemicals will trigger a wave of class action litigation
France’s new collective redress law offers wins for consumers, but challenges for business
New laws that significantly change French class action law will pose challenges for claimant and defendant lawyers alike, writes Ben Rigby
UK Supreme Court restores CAT judgment in £2.7bn FX cartel case
Landmark ruling is a significant moment for the UK’s collective actions regime
Ex-CAT president: undermining the collective actions regime would only benefit corporate wrongdoers
The UK’s fledgling opt-out system provides a crucial means of calling to account big businesses, writes former Competition Appeal Tribunal president Sir Gerald Barling
Pogust Goodhead recruits MoFo partner to lead Mariana litigation after landmark victory
Morrison Foerster’s former London head of litigation Jonathan Wheeler to oversee development of mammoth case into damages phase
Big win for Pogust Goodhead as UK’s High Court rules BHP liable for Brazil dam collapse
Anglo-Australian miner found liable for 2015 Mariana dam disaster under Brazilian law in multi-billion pound London litigation
Unclaimed funds can transform civil justice and improve consumer awareness of collective actions
Unclaimed collective action pay outs could help improve access to justice, writes Clare Carter, CEO of the Access to Justice Foundation
Hausfeld defeats Gibson Dunn-repped Apple in landmark £1.5bn class action suit
Result marks first case brought under UK’s collective action regime to reach successful conclusion at trial
Class action reform could give UK economy £24bn annual boost, study claims
Stephenson Harwood report outlines recommendations to improve opt-out regime’s effectiveness
Carmakers defend dieselgate litigation as High Court case begins
Lawsuit brought on behalf of 1.6 million claimants against five leading carmakers could be worth up to £6bn
Justice charity gets £3.7m unclaimed settlement windfall amid controversy over low take-up of class action damages
Competition Appeal Tribunal draws attention to ‘very low rate of take-up’ by customers in rail fare case
The economic consequences of the UK’s unchecked rise in mass litigation are real
ECIPE’s Fredrik Erixon responds to Hausfeld global co-chair Antony Maton’s recent op-ed that took aim at ECIPE’s warnings about the unchecked rise in mass litigation
Stephenson Harwood enlisted to advise on consumer class action against Amazon over pricing
Amazon faces claim it inflated prices for more than 45 million UK consumers
UK Competition Appeal Tribunal regime must be given more time to bed in
The UK government’s review of collective actions is arguably premature and misguided, writes Ben Rigby
US securities class actions predicted to hit pre-pandemic levels this year – study
Increased filings will be driven by rise in litigation funding, economic issues and AI-related disputes, Inigo survey shows