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Ignore Injunctive Relief At Your Peril: Federal Courts Might Reject Damages...

It appears that courts have found a way to try to keep class actions alive even where traditional damages claims do not satisfy the stringent standard for class certification. Specifically, recent...

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Supreme Court of Canada Lowers Bar to Certifying Price-Fixing Class Actions

CANADA – In Godfrey v Pioneer, 2019 SCC 42 (“Godfrey“), the Supreme Court of Canada has lowered the bar for certifying price-fixing class actions brought under the federal Competition Act, while also...

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Collective Redress Directive: A new text under proposal

UPDATE: The European Commission published the agreed text of the directive on representative actions for the protection of the collective interests of consumers and repealing Directive 2009/22/EC...

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The US Plaintiffs’ Class Action Bar Increasingly Looks to and Relies Upon the...

For many hundreds of years since old English common law, a public nuisance cause of action allowed the government to stop, quite literally, a public nuisance that threatened the welfare of a...

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China: New class action framework for corporate fraud in the securities market

China has launched a new class action mechanism to crack down on corporate malfeasance in the securities market. Although legal actions by individual investors were possible previously, this was often...

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Supreme Court of Canada Allows Class Action Alleging Investment Firm’s...

The Supreme Court of Canada has authorized a Quebec class action against an investment fund dealer and investment fund manager. The class members are customers who allege they were insufficiently...

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Collective Redress Directive Approved by European Parliament – Class Action...

On 24 November, the European Parliament approved the final text of the EU Representative Actions Directive. The approved directive will enter into force 20 days after its publication in the EU’s...

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Webinar invitation: Looking Ahead: Class Actions and Consumer Claims in 2021

Join Baker McKenzie for a webinar on “Looking Ahead: Class Actions and Consumer Claims in 2021” to be held on Thursday, 14 January 2021 at 14:00 UK / 15:00 CET. The rapid expansion of class actions...

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UK Supreme Court Judgement in Mastercard v. Merricks

The UK Supreme Court gave its judgment in Mastercard Incorporated and others (Appellants) v Walter Hugh Merricks CBE (Respondent) [UKSC 2019/0118] on 11 December 2020.  It confirmed the decision made...

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The Year Ahead: Developments in Global Litigation and Arbitration in 2021

The Year Ahead – our publication looking at key developments in global litigation and arbitration for 2021 – is now available in English, Spanish and Mandarin. COVID-19 and its effects have triggered...

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