Class Actions and Mass Actions
Our German dispute resolution team regularly works with clients involved in a number of similar proceedings. The team has extensive experience with the special challenges associated with such "mass actions", such as coordinating fact-finding, the evaluation of these facts and the structuring of the actual litigation management. Efficient organisation allows the team to properly handle in a cost-effective manner the scale of issues that regularly arise in such cases.
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Publications: 25 NOVEMBER 2020
The International Chamber of Commerce (the ICC) has published its revised 2021 Arbitration Rules (2021 Rules). The 2021 Rules, which will apply to all arbitrations registered after 1 January 2021,…
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Publications: 04 NOVEMBER 2020
This article, published in the International Bar Association (IBA) Dispute Resolution International journal at [2020] DRI 83, gives an overview of the profound global impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic…
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Publications: 09 OCTOBER 2020
Hamburg regulator issues EUR 35 million GDPR fine for data privacy breach
The Hamburg Data Protection Authority imposed the largest ever GDPR fine in German history on Swedish fashion company H&M on 1 October 2020. According to the regulator, the company had stored and used…
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Publications: 22 SEPTEMBER 2020
First German decision holding credit rating agency liable to investors
The German courts have taken the liability of credit rating agencies to the next level. In a series of recent decisions, the Berlin Regional Court has developed criteria under which credit rating…
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