Class action trends across the globe: Germany
18. Oktober 2024
Class actions are seeing a significant period of growth across the world. Recent legislative reforms, such as the EU’s Representative Actions Directive, are driving change and awareness of group litigation beyond the US and across Europe.
In this second episode, Jennifer Miles is joined by Stephan von Marschall, who discusses the relatively new class actions landscape in Germany, which came into force in October 2023 to enforce the European Directive on Representative Actions. You can see our guide to the position across 20 jurisdictions in the EU and UK here.
Topics covered in this episode include:
- class action regime in Germany
- whether class actions proceed on an opt-in or opt-out basis
- who decides the class action in Germany?
- current trends in class actions
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