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Summary - In its judgement of 11 July 2024 (C-757/22), the European Court of Justice (‘ECJ’) ruled that the violation of a controller’s information obligations under Art. 12 and 13 GDPR, can be subject to a representative...more
Although class actions have been common in the United States for decades, they have not been as widely used in the rest of the world. The situation and risks remain in flux, however, as more countries have renewed momentum to...more
The redress action allows consumer associations to collectively sue companies for performance claims of consumers. The law has entered into force on 13 October 2023....more
Welcome to the third edition of our AI Legal News Summer Roundup! After five class actions were filed between June 28 and July 11 (as reported on in our first edition of this series), on July 21, another class action lawsuit...more
Mit dem Referentenentwurf des Bundesministeriums der Justiz (BMJ)1 zur Einführung eines Leitentscheidungsverfahrens beim Bundesgerichtshof (BGH) setzt der Gesetzgeber seine Bestrebungen zur Effektuierung der privaten...more
On 26 June 2023 the German Federal Court of Justice (BGH) issued three landmark decisions (VIa ZR 335/21, VIa ZR 533/21 and VIa ZR 1031/22) in which it paved the way for further damage claims, following the European Court of...more
Der Europäische Gerichtshof („EuGH“) legt die Anforderungen für Schadensersatz nach Art. 82 EU Datenschutz-Grundverordnung („DSGVO“) in einem neuen Urteil weit aus (Urteil vom 4. Mai 2023, C-300/21). Zwar trifft der EuGH...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
Das Umfeld für datenschutzrechtliche Sammelklagen wird seit Jahren immer klägerfreundlicher. Gerade die Geltendmachung von immateriellen Schadensersatzansprüchen nach Art. 82 DSGVO hat sich zu einem beliebten Geschäftsfeld...more
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
Der EuGH hat Ende April die Klagebefugnisse von Verbraucherschutzverbänden gestärkt, weitere richtungsweisende Entscheidungen stehen bevor. Seit dem Inkrafttreten der europäischen Datenschutz-Grundverordnung (DSGVO)...more
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
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
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
Der Bundesgerichtshof (BGH) hat am 17. November 2020 (XI ZR 171/19) in einem mit Spannung erwarteten Urteil die Musterfeststellungsklage eines Verbrauchervereins mangels Klagebefugnis für unzulässig erklärt: „Qualifizierte...more
California has sued ride-hailing companies Uber and Lyft over alleged violations of a new state law that requires companies to treat gig workers as employees “if they control how workers perform tasks or if the work is a...more
We are excited to bring you issue 76 of our International Products Law Review with insights and updates on all aspects of products law. In this issue, we explore what businesses need to consider when making climate-related...more
Germany should not be a blank spot on your company map. Located at the center of Continental Europe, it is the world’s fourth biggest economy and the home of some of the biggest companies in the world. It plays a key role in...more
The Situation: In 2018, Germany introduced a model declaratory action giving qualified institutions the right to raise liability claims on behalf of groups of consumers in a representative action. Once the court has issued a...more
In this month's edition, we examine a judge's ruling allowing an investor suit against Equifax, the dismissal of a class action against the insurer CareFirst and President Donald Trump's launch of a federal artificial...more
Quite a start to the week for consulting powerhouse McKinsey & Co., with a Times expose on the questionable relationship between McKinsey’s clients and the investments its hedge fund has made in those same clients, not to...more
On November 1, 2018, a new German act implementing a “class action”-type procedure for consumers-related matters, the so-called model declaratory judgment action (Musterfeststel-lungsklage), came into force. So far, the...more
On second thought, Wall Street does have some questions about the specifics of the pause in the trade war that apparently emerged from the G-20 sidelines this weekend. And when Wall Street has questions—well, not a banner...more
Early reports suggested that although Teresa May’s cabinet wasn’t thrilled, it backed the PM’s Brexit plan, leaving the controversial deal to make its way to Parliament. But the resignation of two Cabinet members—including...more
German consumers will be able to sue manufacturers and service providers by way of representative action starting on this November — just in time to suspend the statute of limitations for consumer claims based on the exhaust...more