Although class actions have been common in the United States for decades, they have not been as widely used in the rest of the world. The situation and risks remain in flux, however, as more countries have renewed momentum to enact class actions or class action-like procedures.

In this first installment of an in-depth, multipart series on class actions, Jones Day Partners Ozan Akyurek and Becky Kcehowski talk about what a reader will learn from the publication and discuss recent trends and developments in U.S. and U.K. class actions.