Collective Redress and the EU Directive on Actions for Antitrust Damages on Parallel Paths—Where Are We Now?

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Ann Marie Galvin, Feb 25, 2015

Private enforcement has come a long distance since the European Commission (“the Commission”) began its assessment of how to support and encourage damages actions over ten years ago. The question of whether European consumers have access to sufficient and appropriate mechanisms to claim damages for harm has been a focus for different Commission Directorates in separate parallel initiatives. The C