Also how was your self represented litigation experience?
I write using Google Docs and agree with you. It’s suboptimal. I’d rather write in markdown, but some Docs features are too nice to give up, mostly sharing the document via a link letting others comment on my draft. If anyone knows of a MD-based solution that has some kind of collab feature I would be very interested.
My experience so far has been good. Two companies that were completely unwilling to take me seriously suddenly became very willing to discuss a settlement after I’d filed my claim with the court. I believe I ought to have won both cases had I gone to verdict. However I also have a gut feeling that the courts view me with some suspicion. In Sweden we don’t really have a tradition of litigation as a way of enforcing rights (we’re getting there) and seeking compensation for immaterial damages is sometimes looked upon as frivolous since these damages would not be compensated in Swedish legal tradition. So these kinds of damages are a new thing. But this is only a gut feeling since I haven’t gone to verdict.
One last thought. In class actions based upon the GDPR the claimants will be legion while the claims will be small. For example you might have 100,000 claimants each entitled to 300 EUR. As a lawyer, how do you manage all these clients. Since the claims are so low you can spend only very little time per client before the cost for your services become much larger than the claim itself. These cases would be difficult to take on “commission” for that reason. Is there some software for managing class actions?
Did you get a monetary settlement with the companies? Was there an NDA involved?