Cos. Must Prepare For Collective Consumer Suits In Germany

By Julia Schwalm and Jakob Schellmann (August 1, 2018, 1:38 PM EDT) -- German consumers will be able to sue manufacturers and service providers by way of representative action starting on this November — just in time to suspend the statute of limitations for consumer claims based on the exhaust emissions scandal. And this new law won't be the last step Germany will take towards allowing "consumer class actions" — because it is by no means enough to implement the planned European Union directive on representative actions (2018/089 (COD))....

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