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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

Mayer Brown

Le Patourel v BT – What Can We Learn From the First Trial in a UK Antitrust Class Action?

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On 19 December 2024, the Competition Appeal Tribunal ("CAT") handed down its judgment in the first opt-out class action to proceed through to a full trial under the UK antitrust class action regime1. This stand-alone, opt-out...more

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Mid-Year Review of Key Global Trade Secret Developments

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A trade secret is any information used in one's business that derives independent economic value from being kept secret. Unlike patents, trade secrets are protected indefinitely for as long as they remain a secret. In the...more

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Court Reverses Summary Judgment On Breach Of Fiduciary Duty Claim Against Corporate Director

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In E&E Serv. & Supply v. Ruddick, a corporation sued a former employee who formed a competing business. No. 11-14-00055-CV, 2016 Tex. App. LEXIS 7514 (Tex. App.—Eastland July 14, 2016, no pet. history). The trial court...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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