Do You Have a Claim for Us?
Please let SOMI know.
In the Netherlands, SOMI is an acknowledged Representative Organization as defined in the Netherlands Mass Damage in Collective Action Act (‘WAMCA’) based on article 3:305a Dutch Civil Code (‘DCC’). We are also an acknowledged Representative Organization as listed under the EU Representative Actions Directive (EU) 2020/1828 (‘RAD’). As such, we have legal standing throughout Europe.
Third-Party Claims
As a representative platform, SOMI is available for third party claims, by or on behalf of:
- 1. - Public interest groups
- 2. - Litigation funders
- 3. - Law firms
- 4. - Consumer and business groups
Our expertise
We specialize in GDPR/DSA/AI, markets abuse and product liability claims for collective redress. However, we are also available in relation to:
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Environmental and ESG damages
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Greenwashing and Sustainability claims
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Product liability and Deceptive advertisement
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Consumer fraud and Mass tort
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Constitutional rights and Labor law
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Antitrust and Cartel law
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Market abuse and Abuse of dominance
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Disaster litigation and Environmental damages
We prefer claims that are
scalable
and may be brought in
multiple jurisdictions
Do you have a claim in any other area of expertise?
Our services
SOMI brings you a full service. At your discretion, we provide you with
- 1. A collective legal framework with full legal standing
- 2. All the IT and online marketing services you’ll ever need
- 3. Lay-out design, video, translation and editing services
- 4. Identified and signed-up participants in opt-in jurisdictions
- 5. Social media and group management support
- 6. PR agencies and news agencies direct mailing support
- 7. Forecasting and budgeting tools and pitch decks
- 8. A network for funding your claim
This is how we do it
To do this, we bring:
2. A European network of affiliate law firms with proven track record
Austria
Belgium
Finland
France
Denmark
Germany
Greece
Hungary
Ireland
Italy
Netherlands
Norway
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Sweden
United Kingdom
3. Our participant base, continuously expanding, presently consisting of
160,000 +
Participants throughout Europe
21,000+
Active SOMI app users
354,000 +
Over newsletter recipients
4,500+
Influencers, media and thought leaders
Working together
We are open to discuss hi/low fee arrangements in no cure no pay funding arrangements.
We may also arrange for
2%-15%
compensation arrangements of damages retrieved for your clients.
SOMI is a non-profit organization. Any surplus of income over costs invoiced is used for the promotion and support of our statutory organizational goals and efforts.
SOMI on the Media
2025-03-10 00:00:00
TikTok and X (formerly Twitter) are no strangers to lawsuits and regulatory penalties for violations of various regulations around the world, including those protecting data privacy. In these latest lawsuits, class actions have been filed in Germany against the two companies for alleged violations of several EU laws.
2025-02-19 00:00:00
Four (4) cross-border class action suits against social media giants TikTok and X (formerly Twitter) have been recently filed in Germany, alleging violations of German and EU law, particularly the Digital Services Act (DSA), the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), and the new Artificial Intelligence Act (AI Act). The class action suits were filed by the Dutch Foundation for Market Information Research (Stichting Onderzoek Marktinformatie, or SOMI), a non-profit organization authorized to bring cross-border representative actions for consumers in the European Union.
2025-02-09 10:55:00
Hans Franke is the man behind a wave of class action lawsuits in the EU demanding billions in damages from social media. The Dutch tycoon decided to take action when his son came home with TikTok on his phone.
2025-02-06 11:30:00
The Dutch non-profit SOMI has filed a case against TikTok and X in court in Germany, claiming damages of billions of euros for privacy violations.
