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 [...]
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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 »
Is There Hope Yet for Group Lawsuit in Chinese Tainted Milk Case?
Posted in Class Action News, International Class Action Law, tagged china class action, chinese class action, chinese group action, International Class Action Law, melamine, tainted milk on February 11, 2009 | 1 Comment »
A February 12 article by Dune Lawrence on Bloomberg.com offers several keen insights into the legal and political challenges facing a group of victims seeking collective relief in the Chinese courts for injuries caused by melamine-tainted milk last year. The article quotes a Chinese lawyer whose thoughts echo those made in previous commentaries about the impact of the [...]
Another Attempt at Collective Redress for Victims of Tainted Milk in China
Posted in Class Action News, International Class Action Law, tagged china class action, chinese class action, International Class Action Law, melamine, tainted milk on January 21, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Here is a follow up on a story of interest to anyone following the development of class and collective action procedures in developing markets. As reported yesterday by the Winston-Salem Journal a new product liability lawsuit has been filed against 22 dairies in the Supreme People’s Court in Beijing on behalf of alleged victims of baby formula tainted with the [...]
Tainted Milk Case Accentuates Differences Between Chinese and American Tort Law
Posted in Class Action Trends, International Class Action Law, tagged china class action, china law, chinese class action, chinese law, comparative law, tainted milk on October 1, 2008 | 2 Comments »
The Christian Science Monitor published an interesting article on September 22 exploring the reasons why the scandal involving melanine-tainted milk that has killed at least four children and sickened tens of thousands more in China has not resulted in the flood of litigation that the incident would have caused in the United States. The article discusses several reasons why Chinese consumers have been slow to resort to [...]
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