“Collective Redress” in Europe: Not Quite There Yet

by Maria Martinez, Chadbourne and Parke

In this past year or so, Europe has become more receptive to the idea of “collective redress” mechanisms. The European Commission (EC) has presented a White Paper, on damages actions for breaches of the EC antitrust rules, which proposes specific measures to compensate the victims of such breaches, including collective redress. Further, at a national level, some European countries have recently proposed or introduced collective redress legislation and, in particular, the position in the UK and Italy is considered in this article.