Class action lawsuits become legal in France
(ANSAmed) - PARIS - A law introducing class action lawsuits came into effect Wednesday in France, giving consumer groups the right to file a joint lawsuit against a company. As soon as the new legislation became official, a consumers' association - Ufc-Que Choisir - announced it was ready to file the first such lawsuit on behalf of 318,000 tenants.
The association is suing a company providing real estate services, Foncia, claiming it made 44 million euros by charging tenants with the expense of sending receipts - a practice which, according to a civil court ruling, is illegal.(ANSAmed).
