Consumer Class Actions Expand into New Sectors

Contributor: Sarah Gilbert

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With the number of class action suits quadrupling over the past five years, cases now include the advertising of any category of consumer goods

Crowell & Moring partner Sarah Gilbert says she expects the number of consumer class action suits filed in the Southern District of New York to con­tinue to grow in the year ahead.

But she also says it is wise to expect the unexpected, as market volatility could give rise to new varieties of com­mercial disputes.

Read the complete article in the Litigation Forecast 2023. 

Index: Litigation Forecast 2023

• Cover Story – Class Actions—the Evolution Continues — April Ross and Jennifer Romano
• European Union – Evolving Landscape for Representative Actions — Werner Eyskens
• United Kingdom – Class Actions: Getting Traction — Laurence Winston
• Jurisdictional Analysis – Rightsizing the Federal Bench: More Judges Handling Fewer Cases — Justin Kingsolver
• Middle East/North Africa – A Pro-Arbitration Approach Changes the Dynamic — Randa Adra
• District of Columbia – Slow Flow in D.C. Courts — Toni Michelle Jackson
• Southern District of New York – Consumer Class Actions Expand into New Sectors — Sarah Gilbert
• Northern District of Illinois – Biometric Litigation Looms Large —Jason Stiehl
• Northern District of California – Will the Door to Mass Claims Close? —Christopher Banks
• Central District of California – A Faster Docket with Patent and Privacy Cases — Emily Kuwahara
• Patent Litigation Venues – Can an Infringement Claim Magnet Be Deactivated? — Yuezhong Feng

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