Tag: Private Actions
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...
Collective Redress Proposals for Europe: Seeking a Solution to a Non-Existent...
Luke Tolaini, Samantha Ward, Apr 29, 2011
The European Commission's public consultation on collective redress is the latest in a series of attempts at legislating for...
Class Representation: Opt-in, Opt-out, or Representative Action?
PrivaAlberto Martinazzi, Apr 29, 2011
This paper aims to discuss one of the key themes underlying the recent European Commission's public consultation on collective redress,...
Collective Redress, More Consultations at the European Level But are We...
Ann Marie Galvin, Apr 29, 2011
Towards a Coherent European Approach to Collective Redress is the latest consultation by the European Commission ("Commission") on collective...
Is the European Commission’s Consultation on Collective Redress Trying to Fix...
Paul Chaplin, Nicholas Heaton, Apr 29, 2011
In February 2011 the European Commission launched a public consultation on whether new EU-wide forms of collective redress...
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...
From the Editor: Autumn 2008
Over 90 percent of antitrust litigation in the United States is filed by private plaintiffs, sometimes as class actions, and always seeking treble damages....
