UK’s Civil Justice Council Recommends US-Style Procedures for Collective Actions
As reported today in the UK trade publication Professional Pensions, the Civil Justice Council, a governmental advisory committee charged with studying and recommending policy decisions relating to...
View ArticlePrivate Litigation Funding Catching on in Loser Pays Jurisdictions
Litigation funding by private corporations other than law firms or individuals who are not lawyers is generally prohibited here in the US, but the concept is catching on overseas, especially in...
View ArticleConsumers Don’t Benefit from UK Collective Actions. So How Exactly Does that...
UK legal publication The Lawyer has an interesting article out today for anyone tracking trends in class and collective action reform across the pond. According to the article, Which?, a consumer...
View ArticleLaw Society Gazette: Government Report Calls for Opt-Out Collective Action...
One more abbreviated post before I return from vacation. Neil Rose of the British publication the Law Society Gazette reports that the paper has obtained unpublished government research calling for an...
View ArticleUK Facing Identity Crisis in Class Action Debate?
Anyone interested in curious in an outsider’s critique of the U.S. class action system should be following the debate over the adoption of an opt-out collective action scheme in the U.K. Opponents of...
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