Clifford Chance
Class Action Reform
13 February 2012
A class action is a form of legal action devised to protect the 'homogeneous' individual rights of
consumers and users, which was introduced (after several unsuccessful attempts) on 1 January
2010 with the entry into force of section 140-bis of the Italian Consumer Code.
In the two years since this law entered into force, there has been a relatively low rate of use of class
actions. This is mostly a result of the rigid wording of the law and the "filter" which an action is subjected to before being admitted as a class action.
