New French Class Action Law Could Span The Gamut

Law360, New York (May 5, 2014, 5:39 PM EDT) -- French President Francois Hollande recently signed "Loi Hamon," or the French Consumer Act, into law, which includes a troubling class action procedure for consumer protection and antitrust claims. Most of the law's provisions took immediate effect on March 19, 2014, but the class action provisions will not become effective until the publication of the implementation decree, which is still being prepared and is expected later this summer....

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