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A class action is a type of legal action where a representative individual or group of individuals can bring a claim on behalf of a larger group or class who share a common legal interest.
Morrison & Foerster LLP

Class Action Landscape 2025: Mid-Year Trends and Developments

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Over the past decade, changes in legislation, case law, and industry practices have driven a sharp increase in opt-out collective proceedings before the UK’s Competition Appeal Tribunal (“CAT”). We have also seen the English...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

UK Class Actions Update: Merricks Secures Uncontested CPO, But the Competition Appeal Tribunal Shows It Retains Significant Teeth...

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After protracted challenges to class certification status, in Merricks v Mastercard the U.K. Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) granted its first collective proceedings order (CPO). The claim remains huge, comprising 46.2...more

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Certified Progress for the UK’s Collective Actions Regime - the First Opt-Out Class Action has been Approved

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This week has seen a major breakthrough in the UK’s fledgling class action regime, which brought opt-out collective proceedings to the UK for the first time back in 2015. The first opt-out collective action has now been...more

K&L Gates LLP

Competition Appeal Tribunal Blocks Class Action Against MasterCard

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In one of the first decisions of its kind, the Competition Appeal Tribunal (“CAT”) has blocked a group of claimants from pursuing a £14 billion “collective action” against MasterCard, in a significant blow to the feasibility...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

First Opt-Out Class Action Underway In The United Kingdom

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On June 21, 2016, the United Kingdom Competition Appeal Tribunal (the “Tribunal”) published notice of an application to commence collective proceedings under Section 47B of the UK’s competition act. If this action continues,...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Evolving Private Remedies for Competition Infringements in Europe: Class Actions in the U.K.

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Winds of change are blowing through Europe’s national courts, beginning with a new antitrust damages Directive requiring changes in national laws to facilitate private enforcement of competition law. This step was a major...more

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