For those of you interested in the forthcoming book, World Class Actions, here’s a quick update. The page proofs should be ready by the end of next week, and barring unexpected delay, we are still on pace for an early summer publication date. For those that haven’t yet heard about the book, it is a [...]
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World Class Actions Update
Posted in International Class Action Law, Lawyers' Resources, tagged global class action, international class action, International Class Action Law, oup, oxford, transnational class action, world class actions on March 29, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Netherlands Court Reaffirms Extraterritorial Jurisdiction in Approving Collective Settlement
Posted in Class Action News, International Class Action Law, tagged amsterdam court of appeal, collective action, collective settlement, converium, extraterritorial, International Class Action Law, netherlands, scheurleer, transnational, tzankova on January 17, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Those of you who attended last month’s 5th Annual Conference on the Globalization of Class Actions (or followed my series of posts summarizing the conference) will know that the Netherlands has been on the forefront of global mass dispute resolution as a result of its statute allowing for collective settlements. Today, the Amsterdam Court of Appeal issued a ruling dismissing [...]
Notes from the 5th Annual Conference on the Globalization of Class Actions and Mass Litigation, Session 3 – Managing the Mass
Posted in Class Action Trends, International Class Action Law, Practice Tips, tagged belgium, case management, civil law, class action, Electronic discovery, high court of justice, International Class Action Law, jarndyce, mass action, rosenthal, s.d. tex, southern district of texas, steel, telekom, tort, verougstraete on December 27, 2011 | 3 Comments »
This is the third in a multi-part post summarizing last week’s 5th Annual Conference on the Globalization of Class Actions and Mass Litigation. Click these links to see the summaries for Session 1 and Session 2. Session 3: Managing the Mass: Judicial Case Management As the title suggests, this presentation focused on strategies for judges [...]
“Will the Birds Stay South?” Highlights Developments in Collective Actions in Latin America
Posted in International Class Action Law, tagged argentina, brazil, collective action, columbia, gomez, international class action, International Class Action Law, latin america, latin american class action, mexico on November 9, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
For those of you interested in trends in class and collective actions in other parts of the world, check out the recent article by Manuel A. Gómez, Associate Professor at Florida International University College of Law, entitled Will the Birds Stay South? The Rise of Class Actions and Other Forms of Group Litigation Across Latin [...]
More on Mexico’s New Class Action Law
Posted in Class Action News, class action reform, Class Action Trends, International Class Action Law, tagged class action frontier, Class Action Legislation, cross-border class action, International Class Action Law, latin america, latin america class action, mexican class action, mexican collective action, mexico, transnational class action on October 10, 2011 | 3 Comments »
A recent CAB post entitled Mexico Joins the Class Action Club provided an update from Mexican attorney Jorge de Hoyos Walther on the passage of recent legislation in Mexico introducing class actions. If that post piqued your interest, check out this new article authored by Catherine Dunn for Corporate Counsel magazine (available at Law.com) entitled Mexico’s [...]
Canadian Moose Collision Class Action Is a … Go??!
Posted in Class Action Decisions, Class Action News, International Class Action Law, tagged canada class action, canadian class action, class certification, International Class Action Law, moose class action, moose collision, N.L. class action, newfoundland class action on June 7, 2011 | 1 Comment »
The premise sounds ridiculous, but maybe there’s more to it after all. This quote from moose collision class action lawyer Ches Crosbie sums it up: Six months ago when we launched this class action, most people in the province thought that we were a bit crazy. Count most observers from outside the province as sharing that [...]
Are Class Actions About to Make a Run for the Border?
Posted in class action reform, Class Action Trends, International Class Action Law, tagged class action reform, International Class Action Law, latin america class action, mexican class action, mexico class action on December 15, 2010 | 3 Comments »
According to this December 9, 2010 Bloomberg article from Adriana Lopez Caraveo and Jens Erik Gould, the Mexican Senate has passed a bill that would introduce a form of class action litigation to Mexico. According to the article: The bill, which now moves to the lower house, would allow Mexicans to bring class action suits against companies [...]
Could Proposed Product Recall Law Mean More Class Actions in Canada?
Posted in class action reform, Class Action Trends, International Class Action Law, tagged canada class action, canadian class action, Class Action Trends, class actions in canada, consumer class action, consumer protection, International Class Action Law, product recall on November 30, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Debate about legal reforms outside the U.S. can often provide a revealing look at the strengths and weaknesses of the U.S. legal system. For policymakers in other countries, U.S. consumer protection laws can be the gold standard for access to justice and, at the same time, the epitome of litigiousness run amok. As an example, check out today’s column from Globe and Mail law reporter [...]
Are Reports of the Demise of Class Actions in the UK Greatly Exaggerated?
Posted in class action reform, Class Action Trends, International Class Action Law, tagged antitrust, british airways class action, civil procedure rule 19.6, collective action, International Class Action Law, lord justice mummery, Micawberish, representative action, UK class action on November 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Emerald Supplies Ltd. v. British Airways PLC is already being heralded as a rejection of US-Style class actions in the UK, but my reading of the opinion leaves the question far from settled. The opinion falls far short of foreclosing the possibility of a representative action in every case where the plaintiffs’ interests are not literally identical. In fact, the [...]
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Trask’s Key Insights from the 5th Annual Conference on the Globalization of Class Actions
Posted in Commentary, Other class action blogs, tagged classactioncountermeasures, global class action, International Class Action Law, trask on December 28, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Fellow class action blogger and defense lawyer Andrew Trask has posted some key insights from his notes of the 5th Annual Conference on the Globalization of Class Actions, on his excellent blog, ClassActionCountermeasures. I had the pleasure of finally meeting Andrew in person at the conference, and he was every bit as engaging in person as he is [...]
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