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A popular New Year’s trend is to say “goodbye” to all the things that didn’t serve you in 2023, as you usher in new intentions and habits for 2024. Although there were many great trial...

The laws in many countries allow class actions

Consumer class-action legislation giving effect to an EU directive has just recently (and quietly) passed into Irish law having been signed by the President Michael D Higgins.

Supreme Courts decision in R v Competition Appeal Tribunal and others [2023] UKSC 28 The UK Supreme Court recently handed down an important judgment concerning the statutory interpretation of the...

Government to publish Summer Economic Statement on Tuesday revealing its financial position ahead of Budget 2024

For the first time consumers' "collective interests," as opposed to "subjective rights," are explicitly recognized and protected by an ad hoc tool, the Representative Action, which has...

On May 3, 2023, the European Council adopted its position and commented on a March 22, 2023 proposal to amend EU consumer rules targeting greenwashing. The proposal was submitted by the...

European Council EC approved position limits greenwashing terminology in branding advertising. Greenwashing includes undefined terms ecofriendly, climate neutral, green which have no standard definition. Terms must meet official standards. Goes to European Parliament vote.

The European Commission ("Commission") is relentless in its fight against Greenwashing and the misrepresentation of sustainability impacts or benefits of a company’s products or...

Under the timeline imposed by the EU’s Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on Representative Actions for the Protection of the Collective Interests of Consumers, the...