Consumer Associations

Unfair Contract Terms in France: How Consumer Associations Can Get Your Clauses Struck Out

A French consumer association can challenge clauses in your standard contracts without any consumer complaining, without any harm having been suffered, and with

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The Simplified Class Action in France: When and How the Action de Groupe Simplifiée Applies

When the pool of harmed consumers is already identified, their number is known, and each has suffered harm of an identical amount — or an identical amount per s

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Mediation in a French Consumer Class Action: A Business Strategy Guide

A mediated settlement offers a French consumer class action defendant a route to certainty: a homologated agreement terminates the action with res judicata auth

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How French Courts Publicise Judgments Against Businesses in Consumer Cases

When a French court rules in favour of a consumer association, the financial sanction is only part of the exposure. The court may also order the judgment to be

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