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Strategic lawsuits against public participation, commonly known as ‘SLAPPs’, are a particular form of harassment used primarily against journalists andContinue Reading
The Court of Justice of the EU has recently handed down another judgement interpreting the Succession Regulation. The judgement inContinue Reading
On 19 April 2022, the European Commission has launched a new page on the e-Justice Portal concerning children from UkraineContinue Reading
On 23 February 2022, the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on Corporate SustainabilityContinue Reading
On 31 March 2022, the EU Commission disclosed that it has been working on a proposal for a bilateral treatyContinue Reading
Annexes A and B to the insolvency Regulation list, respectively, the national insolvency proceedings and national insolvency practitioners (as notifiedContinue Reading
At the beginning of December 2021 the European Commission launched a new initiative aiming to digitalise cross-border judicial cooperation –Continue Reading
The European Commission (EC) set out an initiative Recognition of parenthood between Member States. As underlined by the EC, the initiative aims toContinue Reading
In June 2021, the Committee on Legal Affairs of the European Parliament issued a Draft Report with recommendations to theContinue Reading
On 16 July 2021, the EU Commission has issued a Proposal for a Council Decision on the accession by theContinue Reading
This post was contributed by Alexia Pato, who is Postdoc Research Fellow at the University of McGill (Montreal, Canada). TheContinue Reading
The Council of the European Union will aim at establishing a general approach on the regulation on assignments of claimsContinue Reading
On 17 September 2020 the Court of Justice of the EU issued a judgement in the case of WV vContinue Reading
On 24 February 2021 the Court of Justice of the EU issued a judgement in the case BU v Markt24Continue Reading
Pursuant to Protocol No 22 to the Treaty on European Union and the Treaty on the Functioning of the EuropeanContinue Reading
Directive (EU) 2020/1828 of 25 November 2020 on representative actions for the protection of the collective interests of consumers andContinue Reading
December 2020 will be quiet at the Court (regarding private international law cases). The judgment in C-774/19 Personal Exchange InternationalContinue Reading
On 2 December 2020, following a lengthy procedure, the Recast Service Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2020/1784 of 25 November 2020 on the serviceContinue Reading
The European Order for Payment (EOP, Regulation (EC) No 1896/2006), the European Small Claims Procedure (ESCP, Regulation (EC) No 861/2007)Continue Reading
On 16 November 2020, the JURI Committee of the European Parliament will vote on the draft recommendations for second readingContinue Reading
On few occasions Polish tax authorities made references to the EU Succession Regulation and applied foreign law designated by itsContinue Reading
It is widely known that disputes related to sports are most of the times referred to arbitration. Football is ofContinue Reading
On 10 August 2020, the European Commission launched a public consultation on Regulation 805/2004 creating a European Enforcement Order forContinue Reading
On 14 July 2020, Austria ratified the 1965 Hague Service Convention. The Convention is set to enter into force for AustriaContinue Reading
On 7 July 2020, the Members of the Committee on Legal Affairs will vote on the provisional agreement resulting fromContinue Reading
The Presidency of the Council of the European Union and the European Parliament reached on 30 June 2020 a provisionalContinue Reading
On 22 June 2020, Parliament and Council negotiators reached a deal on the first EU-wide rules on collective redress. TheContinue Reading
On 26 May 2020, the European Commission launched a public consultation on cross-border investment within the EU. Why this initiative? First,Continue Reading
In May 2018, the European Commission published a proposal for a Regulation amending the 2001 Evidence Regulation. The name ofContinue Reading
On 29 November 2019, the Council of the European Union adopted a general approach regarding the recast of Regulation 1393/2007 on theContinue Reading
On 10 February 2020, the European Commission announced its intention to open a process of consultation to get feedback fromContinue Reading
According to a press release published on 9 January 2020, the MEPs can soon start negotiating the final shape thatContinue Reading
Background On 11 April 2018, the Commission published a proposal for a new Directive on representative actions for the protectionContinue Reading
On 28 November 2019 the European Added Value Unit published a study accompanying the European Parliament’s legislative own-initiative report on Common minimum standardsContinue Reading