OUT of the FRYING PAN AND INTO THE DUTCH OVEN.

Focuses on the approval of a mass tort litigation law by the Dutch government in response to the claim of pharmaceutical companies, insurers and individuals for being harmed by the pregnancy drug diethylstibestrol (DES). Ruling of the Dutch Supreme Court on the case in 1992; Tradition of Europeans to avoid using courts to incite corporate reform or restitution; Benefit of the mass litigation law for companies that have several claimants according to retired Stibbe partner Thomas Bremer.