A class action law was first enacted in Italy in 2009 (Art. 49 of Law no. 99 of 23 July 2009, hereinafter the “Class Action Law”, in force as of 2010). In 2012 the Class Action Law was amended so as to expand its scope and so to protect the contractual rights of a number of consumers and users that find themselves in homogeneous situations (whereas the previous wording required the situations to be identical),…