Tag: Damages
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Dukes: Supreme Court Clarifies Commonality Analysis for...
Donald Falk, Marcia Goodman, Archis Parasharami, Aug 16, 2011
Last year we reported on the en banc Ninth Circuit's pathbreakingly broad decision affirming the certification...
Duking It Out in Antitrust Price-Fixing: Class Actions After Dukes
Jay Himes, William Reiss, Aug 15, 2011
In Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Dukes, the United States Supreme Court rejected class certification in a gargantuan gender...
Implausible Wrongs and Dissimilarities: The Supreme Court Continues Its Anti-Litigation Trend,...
Marcia McCormick, Aug 15, 2011
The Supreme Court's decision this term in Wal-Mart v. Dukes, has broad implications for the future of class actions, particularly...
Implications of Wal-Mart v. Dukes for Federal Antitrust Class Actions
William Michael, Aidan Synnott, Aug 15, 2011
On June 20, 2011, the United States Supreme Court ruled that "one of the most expansive class actions...
Private Competition Litigation in Canada
Davit Akman, Adam Fanaki, Mark Katz, Aug 31, 2010
Private competition litigation, particularly class action litigation, is an area of growing importance in Canada. In...
Recent Developments In Antitrust Class Actions in The United Kingdom
Robert O'Donoghue, Aug 10, 2010
Somewhat fitful attempts at promoting antitrust damages litigation have taken place in the EU in the last several years. These...
English Court of Appeal’s Judgment in Cooper Tire and Ors v....
Ruchit Patel, Aug 10, 2010
On July 23, 2010, the English Court of Appeal rejected an appeal brought by Dow Deutschland and others against a...
Estimating Pass-On
Andrea Lofaro, Jan Peter van der Veer, May 28, 2010
When assessing the damage incurred by customers of a cartel, it may (depending on the...
Deliberate Concealment in Cartel Claims
Ruchit Patel, Romano Subiotto, May 28, 2010
This paper examines the application of the deliberate concealment doctrine (as contained in the UK Limitation Act 1980)...
Developments in Private Enforcement of Italian Antitrust Law: The Introduction of...
Alberto Martinazzi, Feb 16, 2010
As from January 1, 2010, a new procedural tool for the protection of consumers, the class action, is now available...
