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On 24 January 2023, Damiën Berkhout provided a lecture on Dutch collective actions under the WAMCA at Utrecht University. He did so together with Ms Branda Katan, a partner at Stibbe. The lecture focussed on key steps in Dutch class actions, with Mr Berkhout providing insights from the plaintiffs perspective, and Ms Katan from a defence perspective.
Lindenbaum’s attorneys have been involved in some of the largest WAMCA procedures up to date, such as Take Back Your Privacy’s claims against TikTok on behalf of all Dutch children, and the claim by the Consumer Competition Claims Foundation against Apple. Mr. Berkhout has been lead counsel in WAMCA’s and other class actions, successfully representing both plaintiffs and defendants.
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25 September 2024 - Insights
Lindenbaum is moving to its new Amsterdam offices at Concertgebouwplein 13. We look forward to meeting you there.
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Lindenbaum's managing partner Damiën Berkhout provided legal and governance advice to the management board of Beequip in the context of the transaction between NIBC and Apollo.
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The Amsterdam District Court ruled that the representative organization Stichting Farma Ter Verantwoording is admissible in its collective action against pharmaceutical giant AbbVie. The case now moves on to the merits phase, in which the court will assess whether Abbvie abused its dominant position and violated human rights by charging excessive prices for its Humira medicine.
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