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New law expands Belgian "class actions" framework

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On 31 May 2024, a new Belgian law was published transposing the EU Collective Redress Directive into national law. The new Belgian law does not introduce an entirely new framework to allow so-called class actions as, unlike...more

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EU Collective Redress Directive: What Services Companies Need to Know (Part One)

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This article is the first in a three-part series on collective claims and class actions in the EU and the US. As collective claims become more prevalent in the EU, companies offering platforms, products, and services in both...more

Morgan Lewis

EU Representative Actions Directive: The Developments to Know for This Evolving Landscape

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The fragmented priorities and pace of EU member states in adopting national laws following the EU’s enactment of the Representative Actions Directive—a universal minimum-standards legal framework for representative actions...more

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Representative actions for redress will be possible from October 2023

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The redress action allows consumer associations to collectively sue companies for performance claims of consumers. The law comes into force in October 2023. What does the redress action mean for the companies that could...more

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Class Action Filings on the Rise in Europe, Especially in Product Liability Cases Ahead of Full Implementation of the EU’s...

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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

Hogan Lovells

EU Class Action Update - Progress in France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland and Spain

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By 25 December 2022, all EU Member States were expected to have adopted and published, the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with Directive (EU) 2020/1828 on representative actions for the...more

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Directive (EU) 2020/1828: A new framework for EU class actions

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For many years now, the EU has sought to create a collective redress mechanism across the EU market. Half of the EU member states have little or no such mechanism....more

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5 Major Drug and Device Developments of 2022

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As we ring in the new year, it is time once again to reflect on some of the most significant legal developments for drug and device companies this year. The list below is by no means exhaustive (who could forget the Rule 702...more

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Germany: Bill proposed to enable collective redress on behalf of consumers and small enterprises

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A draft for a bill from the pen of the Federal Ministry of Justice, currently discussed interdepartmental, provides insight on how Germany plans to implement Directive (EU) 2020/1828 on representative actions for the...more

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Heading towards ESG class actions

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For more than twenty years, the European Union (EU) witnessed the development of collective redress mechanisms to address mass claims situations. To ensure the proper implementation of these mechanisms in the Member States,...more

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The EU’s Collective Redress Directive — Are Collective Redress Suits Already Happening in Some EU Member States?

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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

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An ever-closer jurisdiction? Cross-border consumer participation in EU class actions

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With Directive (EU) 2020/1828 on representative actions for the protection of the collective interests of consumers and repealing Directive 2009/22/EC (“the Representative Actions Directive”) in force and to be implemented by...more

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The EU’s Collective Redress Directive — A Look at What Constitutes a ‘Qualified Entity’

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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

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The EU’s Collective Redress Directive — A Look at What Constitutes a ‘Trader’

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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

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Italy - The class action "revolution" enters into force

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Italy - The class action “revolution” enters into force - The new class action bill (Law no. 31 of 12 April 2019) was passed in 2019 and – after a number of postponements – finally entered into force on 19 May 2021. Although...more

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The EU’s Collective Redress Directive — The Potential for Collective Consumer Lawsuits: An Introduction

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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

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The New Deal for Consumers: our outline of the key pillars and initial steps to get ready

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The New Deal for Consumers which has entered into force aims to modernise and strengthen the enforcement of EU consumer law. In this article we have outlined the key pillars and initial steps to get ready for the New Deal for...more

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Collective Redress Set to Redefine Litigation Across Europe

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Recent developments in the area of collective redress will redefine the litigation landscape in Germany and throughout Europe. Mass actions have been on the rise throughout Europe for some time. In 2020, the balance...more

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The new EU representative action from a German perspective – not a sudden, but a gradual revolution

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It took longer than expected, although not primarily because of the COVID-19 pandemic. More than two years after the EU Commission submitted its first proposal, the Directive on representative actions was adopted by the...more

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E.U. Parliament Endorses Directive to Permit Collective Consumer Lawsuits, Including for GDPR Violations

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The European Union Parliament officially endorsed a directive on November 24, 2020, concerning representative actions that will allow collective lawsuits to protect the combined interests of consumers for alleged violations...more

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The EU Collective Redress Directive Is Coming To Town

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After more than seven years, the EU Parliament formally endorsed the much-anticipated new directive on representative actions for the protection of the collective interests of consumers (the “Directive”). This was the final...more

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New European collective actions legislation approved

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24 November 2020 marks the final approval of the new European collective actions legislation, the Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on representative actions for the protection of the collective...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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One For All! Collective Redress Is Coming To The EU

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The EU may soon introduce and adopt a collective redress directive that will make it possible for consumers across the EU to bring forward class action cases on various legal matters. The European collective redress system,...more

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EU Parliament and Council Agree to Allow Consumers to Pursue EU-Wide Collective Actions

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Negotiators from the EU Parliament and Council reached an agreement on 22 June on the Collective Redress Directive (Directive), which will allow groups of individuals to seek compensation through collective actions against...more

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