Collective Redress in the Digital Age: Enforcing the DMA and DSA through the EU Representative Actions Framework
Image credit: Sumsub To be Presented by Dr Marco Scialdone* at the Perfect Law Conference The European Union’s Digital Markets Act (Regulation (EU) 2022/1925) and Digital Services Act (Regulation (EU) 2022/2065) represent a significant legislative effort to regulate the digital ecosystem. The DMA primarily targets the concentrated market power of large online platforms designated as “gatekeepers,” […]
Cy-Près or Next-Best Justice? Rethinking Residue Distributions in Collective Actions
To be Presented by Professor Suzanne Chiodo* at the Perfect Law Conference Recent developments in the Merricks case have raised serious questions about the distribution of unclaimed damages in collective proceedings. Back in 2021, I said of that case: [I]t remains to be seen how many of the 46.2 million class members in the Mastercard […]
Airbag lawsuit tests boundaries of Italy’s dual collective action framework(Part I)
On 4 April 2025, the Court of Turin section specialised in business law held the final hearing on the admissibility of collective actions against Groupe PSA, Stellantis and Citroën Automobiles SAin the Airbag caseconcerning over 170,000 vehicles.[1]The case results from joining six compensatory collective actions undertaken by one individual and seven consumer associations: it is […]
Developments and prospects in the Italian collective redress system
Short article by Fabio De Dominicis. Title: The Evolution of Class Action in Italy: from a Consumer tool to a broad legal instrument with growing strategic potential Italy introduced class action proceedings on January 1, 2010, through Article 49 of Law No. 99 of July 23, 2009, which inserted Article 140-bis into the Consumer Code. […]