A Practical Look at How AI Supports Legal Professionals From our exhibitor – Andri.ai
Legal professionals today face growing pressure for fast, precise, and confidential research. To meet these demands without compromising accuracy, purpose-built AI solutions are becoming essential. Andri.ai is leading this shift. Active in the Netherlands since late 2023, it has already contributed to favorable outcomes in over 50 cases. Designed specifically for the legal field, Andri […]
Short review of the European Commission (EC) on Third Party Litigation Funding (TPLF) which was published on March 21, 2025
A short summary for the Perfect law website by Prof Susanne Augenhofer[1] It is out: The long-waited mapping study of the European Commission (EC) on Third Party Litigation Funding (TPLF)was published on March 21, 2025, and it is impressive706 pages long. The study shall provide the foundation for any forthcoming policy decisions by the EC […]
A win for collective actions: Judicial review of a mortgage contract term against the entire banking industry allowed
Case C-450/22 Caixa Bank and Others v Adicae and Others ECLI:EU:C:2024:577 The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has recently clarified that a collective action against the entire banking industry of a country regarding the transparency of a contractual term in millions of mortgage contracts is,in fact,allowed despite the complexity inherent in the judicial review. On […]
Consumer Organisations Can Always Defend Individual Investors But May Be Refused Legal Aid
Case C-346/23 Banco Santander SA v Auge ECLI:EU:C:2025:13 The Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID)[1] ensures inter alia the protection of investor consumers in the financial sector. Part of the protection is allowing consumer organisations to bring actions in the general interest of the organisation or the individual interest of its members per – then […]
Litigation funding agreement of WAMCA Class Action against Google found admissible
Two foundations each brought a collective action under the WAMCA regime against Google about the way in which Google collects and processes personal user data. In its interim judgment from January 15, 2025, the District Court of Amsterdam ruled that both foundations as well as their litigation funding are admissible within the meaning of the […]