Landmark Win in UK Class Actions: Dr Rachael Kent Succeeds in £1.5 Billion Claim Against Apple
Landmark Win in UK Class Actions: Dr Rachael Kent Succeeds in £1.5 Billion Claim Against Apple We extend our huge congratulations to Dr Rachael Kent, Senior Lecturer in Digital Economy & Society Education at King’s College London, for her historic success in a landmark collective action against Apple — the first claim under the UK’s […]
Advocate General of the CJEU supports access to evidence in competition damages claims for consumer organisations in the Meliá Hotels case
Advocate General of the CJEU supports access to evidence in competition damages claims for consumer organisations in the Meliá Hotels case On 12 June 2025, Advocate General Szpunar delivered his opinion in Case C-286/24 (Meliá Hotels International), in which the Portuguese Supreme Court asked clarification regarding the threshold for a consumer association to obtain access […]
Global Class Actions & Mass Torts Conference by Perfect Law LTD – Conference Report, Day 2 room 2: 25 April 2025
Global Class Actions & Mass Torts Conference by Perfect Law LTD – Conference Report, Day 2 room 2: 25 April 2025 The session in room 2 was opened with welcoming words from Clare Ducksbury, CEO & Founder of Case Pilots (UK), who highlighted, both, some takeaways of day 1 and the topics that would be […]
Global Class Actions & Mass Torts Conference by Perfect Law LTD – Conference Report, Day 2 room 1: 25 April 2025
Global Class Actions & Mass Torts Conference by Perfect Law LTD – Conference Report, Day 2 room 1: 25 April 2025 Noah Wortman, Founder and CEO of NRW Consulting (US), opened the second day of the conference by welcoming participants. Wortman highlighted key themes such as litigation trends, case management, funding developments, and forum shopping. […]
Global Class Actions & Mass Torts Conference by Perfect Law LTD – Conference Report, Day 1: 24 April 2025
Global Class Actions & Mass Torts Conference by Perfect Law LTD – Conference Report, Day 1: 24 April 2025 The Global Class Actions & Mass Torts Conference by Perfect Law LTD took place on 24-25 April 2025 at the Park Plaza London Westminster Bridge. The event brought together over 200 eminent practitioners, academics, funders, experts, […]
Turin Court of Appeal Confirms Admissibility of Takata Airbag Class Actions Against Stellantis and Groupe PSA
Turin Court of Appeal Confirms Admissibility of Takata Airbag Class Actions Against Stellantis and Groupe PSA Image source: studiolegalebonafede.it On July 16, 2025, the Business Specialized Division of the Turin Court of Appeal issued a landmark ruling confirming the admissibility of six consolidated collective actions – both class and representative – filed against Stellantis, […]
Airbag lawsuit tests boundaries of Italy’s dual collective action framework (Part II)
On 14 April 2025, the Court of Turin section specialised in business law declared all of the class and representative compensatory actions filed against Groupe PSA, Stellantis and Automobiles Citroën SA admissible.[1] The court order clarifies some procedural issues arising from joining collective actions filed under the two Italian regimes under a single procedural framework. […]
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 […]