The French Supreme Court rules that a consumer organisation may not use the Internet to solicit victims of anticompetitive practices with a view to finding claimants for damages actions (UFC Que Choisir)

Vogel, Joseph

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26 May 2011

The French Supreme Court rules that a consumer organisation may not use the Internet to solicit victims of anticompetitive practices with a view to finding claimants for damages actions (UFC Que Choisir)

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French Supreme Court, 26 May 2011, Case n°10-15.676, UFC Que choisir

UFC Que Choisir had complained of practices between three telephone operators that, in its view, were anticompetitive. Before the ruling against the operators [1], UFC Que Choisir had set up on its website a mechanism by which those with a grievance could develop their case in an online file. The association stated that it would handle the legal proceedings to obtain reparation for the damage suffered. One customer

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Joseph Vogel
Vogel & Vogel (Paris)

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Joseph Vogel, The French Supreme Court rules that a consumer organisation may not use the Internet to solicit victims of anticompetitive practices with a view to finding claimants for damages actions (UFC Que Choisir), 26 mai 2011, e-Competitions May 2011, Art. N° 38645

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