Useful Articles and Information

PROPOSAL FOR EU DIRECTIVE: “REPRESENTATIVE ACTIONS FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE COLLECTIVE INTERESTS OF CONSUMERS”

• Text of the EU Commission’s Proposal, 11 April 2018 (EN, FR, DE, IT, ES, other languages)

• Text of the European Parliament legislative resolution of 26 March 2019 (EN, FR, DE, IT, ES, other languages)

• European Commission fact sheet on the functioning of the Collective redress mechanism, April 2018

• Study of the European Parliament on Collective redress in EU Member States, October 2018

• Study of the European Parliament Think Tank on “Representative actions for the protection of collective redress of consumers”, March 2019

• Survey on “The growth of collective Redress on the EU” by the U.S. Chamber – Institute for Legal Reforms, March 2017

US AMERICAN CLASS ACTION

• Rodriguez v. Mach, Class Action Complaint, The United States District Court for the Western District of Texas, San Antonio Division

• Paper of Janet Cooper Alexander on “An Introduction to Class Action Procedure in the United States”

• Report on Class Action Lawsuits: A Legal Overview prepared for the US American Congress, April 2018

• Overview of class/collective actions and current trends by Latham & Watkins LLP

• Article on US American Class Actions, including regulatory framework, by Thomas Reuters

• Article of Adam Weinstein on “The Texas Legal Outfit Accused of Preying on Concealed Carry Holders”, The Trace, 17 August 2015

• Article of Michael Berry on “Beto gets sued over invasive text messages”, Houston’s Morning News, 22 October 2018

UK-STYLE GROUP LITIGATION

• List of group litigation orders, UK Government

• Overview on collective redress in England and Wales by the British Institute of International and Comparative Law

• Article on Merricks v Mastercard Incorporated & Anor proceeding, October 2019

THE GERMAN MUSTERFESTSTELLUNGSKLAGE

• Text of Musterfeststellungsklage

• Article of Anthony J. Sebok on how Germany views US tort law, 23 July 2001

CLASS ACTIONS IN AUSTRALIA

• Discussion paper by the Australian Government on “Inquiry into Class Action Proceedings and Third-Party Litigation funders”, June 2018

• Review of the Class Action in Australia 2016/2017

• Study on the Australia’s class action regimes, July 2017