ABSTRACT
Formal adoption of a class action mechanism is under consideration in New Zealand. The United States has had a robust class action mechanism since 1966, but it is on the wane. The reason is big businesses have turned against it. In this essay, I explain why the business community dislikes the American class action and make some suggestions on how New Zealand might design its own class action to head off similar opposition.
Fitzpatrick, Brian T, Can the Class Action Be Made Business Friendly? (June 3, 2020). 24 New Zealand Business Law Quarterly 169 (2018); Vanderbilt Law Research Paper No 20-32.
First posted 2020-06-08 06:03:56
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