Information technology and class action notification

Department of civil procedure, Ural State Law University, 620137, Yekaterinburg, Russia

^* Corresponding author: dolganichev@mail.ru.

Abstract

The article discusses the use of information technology for class action notification. The author analyzes the foreign experience of using information technology to notify potential group members about a class action field. In international practice, there are two ways of notification: public and individual. In both cases, the capabilities of the Internet can be used. So, a public notice involves non-personalized notification of the alleged group members. A public notice can be implemented, for example, by posting information about a class action on various sites, banners. It is also possible to use the social networks of the defendant or the plaintiff-representative. Individual notification in this context can be implemented via e-mail and social networks, and their messengers. As a result of the analysis of the Russian legislation on class actions regarding the notification of potential participants, the author notes the heterogeneity of procedural mechanisms for sending notifications and the limited use of information technologies.