Private Competition Law Enforcement
by John Evans, Sarah Jordan, Collette Rawnsley
Background Comments / Pointers
The UK’s Office of Fair Trading (“OFT”) has embarked on a detailed consultation exercise on the appropriate legal and procedural reforms that would, as encouraged by the European Union (“EU”), facilitate private enforcement of competition law while at the same time not encouraging a ‘litigation culture’. In April 2007, the OFT published a Discussion Paper which identified barriers to consumers and businesses bringing private actions, and outlined principles on which any proposals to make private antitrust litigation more efficient should be based. Howrey made written and oral submissions in response to the Discussion Paper. On 26 November 2007, the OFT published its recommendations on reforms which, in the OFT’s view, should be made in the UK to improve access to private competition law enforcement.
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Medical Monitoring in The UK
by Paul Llewellyn
In the US, contingency fees, high base damages and punitive damages, both levels of award bearing only a tenuous relationship to the actual damage sustained, coupled with class actions, have created an entrepreneurial claimant bar. The high percentage contingency fee levy on substantial damages and the ability of claimant lawyers to pursue actions on behalf of huge classes of claimants by means of a token claimant mean that claimant lawyers have every incentive to seek new and imaginative causes of action and remedies.
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The DRI International Law Committee & DRI Europe:
The Beginning of a Beautiful Relationship
by Bob Allen
After a period of dormancy, the DRI International Law Committee is on its way back to vibrancy, and one of the most meaningful paths we are taking involves our relationship with the newly formed DRI Europe Section.
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