Observatoire des Actions de Groupe
The Perfect Law Conference 2023 will be happening on April 27th and April 28th at Central Hall Westminister. Speaker include Han Jongneel, Jessica Radke (CMA), Dr. Fabian Reuschle, and many more. Registration is now open on perfectlaw.co.uk
On April 29th, the 18th National Symposium on Class Actions will happen in Ontario, Canada. Registry is now open, and you can read the programme here.
The Mass Action Forum 2023 will be happening on February 22nd and 23rd, in San Diego, at the El Prado at Balboa Park. Speakers and moderators include the Observatory’s founder Maria José Azar-Baud. You can read the full programme here.
The CPLJ Lecture Series is part of the Comparative Procedural Law and Justice (CPLJ) project, which brings together more than one hundred academics worldwide. In 2023, the CPLJ Lecture Series will provide an opportunity to discuss exciting topics related to CPLJ with outstanding scholars who are very… Read More »CPLJ Lecture Series
by Alexandre Predal, under the supervision of Maria José Azar-Baud On 8 June 2022, 14 months after the claims were heard, the Competition Appeal Tribunal decided to grant a Collective Proceedings Order (CPO) to the Road Haulage Association. The association represents 17,500 haulage companies that were allegedly… Read More »Road Haulage Association passes certification hurdle whilst UK Trucks Claim’s opt-out claim reaches the end of the road (subject to forthcoming appellate proceedings)
Euroconsumers is pleased to announce that a settlement agreement has been reached with HP Inc over its “Dynamic Security” feature. Euroconsumers’ agreement with HP puts consumers first, and ensures consumers that owned certain HP printers which had Dynamic Security installed will be compensated. You can… Read More »HP and Euroconsumers settle on Dynamic Security
On October 7th 2022, an event organized by the Centre d’Études Juridiques de La Rochelle, named “D’une approche sectorielle à une approche globale de l’action de groupe en droit français”, will happen at Faculté de Droit, de Science Politique et de Management – IAE, Amphi.… Read More »Program for event D’une approche sectorielle à une approche globale de l’action de groupe en droit français
On 31 August 2022, the Competition Appeal Tribunal released its judgment in Elizabeth Helen Coll v Alphabet Inc. and Others [2022] CAT 39, which confirms that consumer champion Liz Coll is authorised to bring an opt-out collective claim against Google for alleged competition law infringements relating to Google’s practices in its Play… Read More »A ‘paradigm’ case for collective proceedings: the Competition Appeal Tribunal releases its certification judgment in the case brought by Liz Coll against Google
On 8 June 2022, 14 months after the claims were heard, the Competition Appeal Tribunal decided to grant a Collective Proceedings Order (CPO) to the Road Haulage Association. The association represents 17,500 haulage companies that were allegedly harmed by truck manufacturers over a 14-year long cartel as found… Read More »Road Haulage Association passes certification hurdle whilst UK Trucks Claim’s opt-out claim reaches the end of the road
British Collective actions in the FX cartel case: The Competition Appeal Tribunal “opts-in” In 2019, two competing opt-out claims were brought to represent two overlapping claimant classes and claim compensation following on from two decisions sanctioning large City banks. The banks acknowledged they had… Read More »British Collective actions in the FX cartel case: The Competition Appeal Tribunal “opts-in”