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Powerful US business lobbyist enters Australia's class action debate

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The US Chamber Institute for Legal Reform says its members are exposed to litigation in what it calls a plaintiff-friendly country

One of Washington’s most powerful business lobbyists has entered Australia’s increasingly political fight on class action litigation, as a key piece of law goes to a vote in the Victorian Parliament this week.

Its involvement in the national debate, led by plaintiff lawyers and business leaders, is unsurprising after global moves by the institute to stem what it calls "litigation abuse". Labor-aligned law firm Maurice Blackburn, which files the most class actions in the country, said in its submission it was concerned that business interests ideologically opposed to class actions, including the ILR, had the ear of the Liberal federal government.

 

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