Legal changes bring UK/US class action regimes closer
UK collective legal action is becoming easier, and US class actions harder, but the two systems will retain differences
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- UK-US differences
- Contingency fee arrangements
- Legal costs
- UK legal changes
- Still stricter UK regime
- Limited application
- Contingency fee arrangements
- Exemplary damages
- New EU directive
- US anti-class action moves
- Constitutional punitive damages limitation
- Class Action Fairness Act
- Class action certification decisions
- Posner decision
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