Private damages activity escalates across key jurisdictions
By EsqSocial Corporation 20/03/25
In the EU, the surge in private damages actions following the transposition of the Private Damages Directive (PDD) at member state level has brought to the fore several novel legal questions, prompting national courts to regularly seek guidance from the European Court of Justice (ECJ). In seeking to strike a balance between facilitating claims and promoting legal certainty, the ECJ has tended to favor the former. However, there is a concern that, if the threshold for obtaining damages in the EU...
By: A&O Shearman