2019 Class Action Conference
The 3rd International Conference on Dispute Resolution of Consumer Mass Disputes, Collective Redress, Class Action and ADR brought together a group of global leading experts from various universities, academic institutions, law firms, litigation funders, economic experts, and claims organisers. The conference was co-organised with a number of international universities from different jurisdictions and took place at the University of Haifa on 28th and 29th March 2019.
Ingrid Gubbay, who heads up our Human Right & Environment team shared the platform with Prof. Linda Mullenix and Nicholas Diamand, Partner Lieff Cabraser, at 10.00 am on the second day to discuss Human Rights class actions.
Other key topics covered - all focused on class actions - were:
- global developments and international co-operation in class actions
- the use of technical devices and statistics
- the role of the lawyers
- the use of economic economic evidence experts
- enforcement of consumer rights by associations and regulators
- ethical issues
- the role of the judge.