Class action
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A class action, also known as a class-action lawsuit, class suit, or representative action, is a type of lawsuit where one of the parties is a group of people who are represented collectively by a member or members of that group. The class action originated in the United States and is still predominantly a US phenomenon, but Canada, as well as several European countries with civil law, have made changes in recent years to allow consumer organizations to bring claims on behalf of consumers.
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In fiction
John Grisham's 2003 novel The King of Torts is a fable of the rights and wrongs of class actions.
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See also
- Arbitration clause, a contract clause that attempts to prevent lawsuits by requiring arbitration in a private forum
- Bill of Peace, an English predecessor to class actions
- Class Action, 1991 American legal drama film
- Collective redress, a similar legal framework under development in the European Union
- Dukes v. Wal-Mart (2011), the largest civil rights class-action lawsuit to date
- List of class action lawsuits
- Public Interest Litigation, a similar system adopted in India
- Securities Class Action
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