ConsumerAffairs.com issued this report Tuesday about a “class action” lawsuit being considered in China against an American manufacturer for importing allegedly contaminated shampoo products into that country. Recent attempts by Chinese litigants to seek a collective civil remedy in the Chinese courts against government-controlled Chinese companies for manufacturing allegedly tainted baby formula have met with serious government resistance (see [...]
Archive for April, 2009
Could U.S. Deep Pockets Be Key to Expansion of Collective Actions in China?
Posted in International Class Action Law, tagged china class action, chinese class action, chinese group action, International Class Action Law, products liability on April 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Does Class Action Spell Doom for Pico-Blogging?
Posted in Articles, Class Action Humor, Class Action News, tagged april fools, pico blog class action on April 1, 2009 | 1 Comment »
The newest Internet craze, “pico-blogging” may be over as soon as it started. Lawyers representing two users of the popular pico-blogging site, www.a.com, filed a class action Wednesday accusing the site’s owners of fraud, copyright infringement, violations of the Colorado Consumer Protection Act, loss of consortium, and a variety of other legal transgressions. According to the [...]

