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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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Funding Representative Actions: The Strategic Decision between CPR 19.8 and Collective Actions in the CAT

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The English High Court offers limited routes to bring “opt-out” group claims but, in recent years, funded claimants have attempted to bring representative actions under CPR 19.8 at a notable rate. The rule has been available,...more

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Google Faces Eight-Figure Settlements Following Data Privacy Claims

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Google has agreed to pay a whopping $155M to resolve a government investigation and a class action lawsuit stemming from its use of location data, including claims that it stored and collected consumers’ location-related...more

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Lloyd v Google UK Supreme Court Class Action Judgment — End of the Road for Some, Open Door for Others

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On 10 November 2021, the Supreme Court dismissed the United Kingdom’s first ever “opt-out” class action brought outside of the competition law sector, in Lloyd v Google LLC. The claim, seeking an award of damages of around £3...more

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NY Court Of Appeals Rejects No-Opt Out Class Action Settlement In Shareholder Litigation

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In Jinnaras v. Alfant, decided on May 5, 2015, the New York Court of Appeals rejected a proposed settlement of a shareholder class action, where the proposed settlement would have deprived out-of-state class members of a...more

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