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 [...]
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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 »
Notes from the 5th Annual Conference on the Globalization of Class Actions and Mass Litigation, Session II – Who’s Paying?
Posted in Class Action Trends, CLE Programs, International Class Action Law, tagged attorney fees, attorneys fees, australia, cameron, cartel claims, class action, class action funding, collective litigation, cost shifting, european class action, fee shifting, foris, hodges, ilf, IMF, international class action, litigation funder, litigation funding, loser pays, Meincke, netherlands, omni bridgeway, private litigation funder, schreiber, vaughn walker, wieling on December 17, 2011 | 5 Comments »
This is part II of a multi-part post summarizing last week’s 5th Annual Conference on the Globalization of Class Actions and Mass Litigation. For the introduction, see part I posted yesterday. Who’s Paying? New Developments in Funding Professor Christopher Hodges, Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, University of Oxford/Erasmus University (and a co-sponsor and co-founder of the conference) [...]

