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It's hard to see how this "sends shockwaves through [the] legal community." The ruling essentially upheld the status quo in the UK, and doesn't even definitivel
by Mindwipe 5y ago
It's hard to see how this "sends shockwaves through [the] legal community." The ruling essentially upheld the status quo in the UK, and doesn't even definitively do that. It's pretty unsurprising.
- xpe 5y agoOn what basis do you say this is the status quo? Link?
- aardvark179 5y agoNot the GP but. Mass action lawsuits are not common under English law, and opt-out mass action lawsuits are only allowed in a small number of legal areas, competition law and data protection being two. I think Merrick vs Mastercard has been one of the biggest and was to do with excessive card fees so is easy to demonstrate what the harm to each victim would be. The Google case doesn’t sound like it has significantly changed things in this area.