Several features of the US legal system have made class actions a particularly powerful instrument that is, however, feared by those on the defending side, namely trade and industry as it can be used as a forceful tool to compel them to settle a case, which may not necessarily be well-founded.
Im Rechtssystem der USA sind „class actions“ zu einem besonders schlagkräftigen Instrument geworden, das von denen, gegen die sich dieses Instrument richtet, nämlich Handel und Industrie, gefürchtet wird.