Law 5019/2023: Implementation of Directive (EU) 2020/1828 of the European Parliament and ofthe Council of 25 November 2020 ‘on representative actions for …
Axel Halfmeier
From 1988 to 1993 he studied law at the University of Hamburg (first state examination 1993). After his LL.M. studies (1995-1996) University of Michigan, Ann Arbor and his legal clerkship (1996-1999), he passed the major state law examination before the HansOLG in 1999. After receiving his doctorate (Dr. iur.) in 1999 and his habilitation in 2006, he was Professor of German and International Private and Commercial Law at the Frankfurt School of Finance & Management from 2007 to 2012. Since 2012, he has been Professor of Civil Law, Comparative Law and Private International and Procedural Law at Leuphana University Lüneburg.
Publications
Halfmeier, Axel; Hensler, Deborah R.; Kalajdzic, Jasminka; Cashman, Peter; Gómez, Manuel A.; Tzankova, Ianika: The Globalization of Mass Civil Litigation Lessons from the Volkswagen “Clean Diesel” Case [URL]
News
Law No 414/2023 on the conduct of representative actions for the protection of consumers’ collectiveinterests (of 19 December 2023) You can read …
New “Representative Actions” in Italy for the Protection of Collective Consumer Interests: Legislative Decree March 10, 2023, No. 28, implementing Directive 2020/1828 …
Representative Actions for the Protection of the Collective Interests of Consumers Act 2023(Act No 22 of 2023) You can read the full …