A wave of reforms has swept class action regimes in many parts of the world. By 2019, significant amendments were introduced in the so-called first and second generation class regimes, the United Stat...

Capital investor model proceedings under the German Capital Markets Model Case Act are an accepted instrument of collective redress in mass disputes concerning capital investor claims. However, there ...

Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger? Belgium has had a (consumer) class action regime since 2014. The Law of 21 April 2024 implemented the 2020 Representative Actions Directive. Although the revisions we...

Quantum and class certification in data privacy mass claims after the first ECJ and BGH decisions Data breaches frequently lead to mass claims. With the European Court of Justice (ECJ) finding that th...

Collective actions function as natural monopolies. An empirical analysis of the Dutch collective action cases demonstrates that funding returns remain consistently high at around 25% regardless of cas...

Developments on admissibility in class actions Public interest litigation is on the rise, especially in the Netherlands. As a result, Dutch class actions case law is undergoing significant development...

France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and Portugal France Maria-Jose Azar-Baud Legislation In 2020, as part of the fact-finding panel of the General Administration, Legislation and Constitutional La...