Inconsistency of EU Consumer Protection?
In a recent article, Pedro de Miguel Asensio points to a seeming contradiction at the heart of EU consumer lawContinue Reading
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In a recent article, Pedro de Miguel Asensio points to a seeming contradiction at the heart of EU consumer lawContinue Reading
The post below was written by Giuditta Cordero-Moss, who is a Professor at the Department for Private Law, University ofContinue Reading
The post below was written by Matthias Lehmann, who is Chair for Private Law, International Private Law and Comparative LawContinue Reading
The post below was written by Sylvain Bollée, who is Professor at Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University. It is the fourth contributionContinue Reading
The post below was written by George A Bermann, who is Walter Gellhorn Professor of Law and Jean Monnet ProfessorContinue Reading
The post below was written by Manuel Penades, who is a Reader in International Commercial Law at King’s College London.Continue Reading
The post below was written by Alex Mills, who is Professor of Public and Private International Law at University CollegeContinue Reading
London holds the distinction of being a preferred seat for arbitration, making significant developments in English arbitration law of generalContinue Reading
This post was written by Ralf Michaels and Antonia Sommerfeld, Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law, andContinue Reading
The author of this post is Willem Visser. He is one of the editors of the Dutch Journal for ConsumerContinue Reading
The author of this post is Michele Grassi, who is a post-doc at the University of Milan. In 2010, BechettiContinue Reading
This post was written by Felix M. Wilke. Many papers and posts have already appeared on the EU rule ofContinue Reading
This post was written by Cécile Pellegrini who is Associate Professor at Lyon Catholic University (UCLy). It summarises a contributionContinue Reading
This post was written by Giesela Rühl, LL.M. (Berkeley), Humboldt-University of Berlin, and is also available via conflictoflaws.net. On 25 April 2023 theContinue Reading
The author of this post is Uglješa Grušić, Associate Professor, Faculty of Laws, University College London. As has already been reportedContinue Reading
On 9 March 2022, the CJEU ruled on the concept of “consumer” under Article 17(1)(c) of Brussels I bis RegulationContinue Reading
“A rose is a rose is a rose”, goes the famous quote. It indicates a basic, intuitive truth: the wordsContinue Reading
Following the publication of her monograph on PIL and non-judicial divorce, I have invited Nuria Marchal Escalona to provide anContinue Reading
This is the and final part of a post collectively written by Marion Ho-Dac and Matthias Lehmann. Part one isContinue Reading
The author of this post is Uglješa Grušić, Associate Professor at the Faculty of Laws of the University College London.Continue Reading
This post was collectively written by Marion Ho-Dac and Matthias Lehmann. It consists of two parts. Part two can beContinue Reading
UNIDROIT has started an online consultation on its Draft Principles and Commentary on Digital Assets and Private Law, which MarcoContinue Reading
This post was contributed by Catherine Kessedjian, Professor Emerita of the University Paris Panthéon-Assas and Chair of the ADI/ILA 2023Continue Reading
In a post published on this blog in 2022, I addressed the relationship between private international law (PIL) and strategicContinue Reading
This post was written by Felix M. Wilke, University of Bayreuth. The new EU Sale of Goods Directive 2019/771 andContinue Reading
The author of this post is Cristina González Beilfuss (University of Barcelona). The MPA case (Case C-501/20), decided by the CJEUContinue Reading
A recent Briefing paper titled Updating the European digital identity framework, authored by Mar Negreiro and Maria Niestadt (from theContinue Reading
This is the last post in the series dedicated to the empirical analysis of the ECJ’s case law in theContinue Reading
As announced in the first post in this series, I will continue my empirical analysis of the ECJ’s case lawContinue Reading
I am coming back to the topic of a recent post published on this blog, where I analyzed the trends emergingContinue Reading
This post, written by Pascal de Vareilles Sommières, who is a Professor at the University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, isContinue Reading
This is the second and final part of a post contributed by Estelle Gallant, regarding the provisions on parentage inContinue Reading
This post, written by Estelle Gallant, who is a Professor at the University of Toulouse Capitole, is the sixth inContinue Reading
Prompted by a kind invitation to participate in the International Weekend of ABILA (American Branch of the International Law Association,Continue Reading
Private international lawyers and the ECJ are bound by a love-hate relationship: one single judgment delivered by the latter mayContinue Reading
This post was contributed by Thomas Mastrullo, who is an Associate Professor of Commercial Law at the University of Luxembourg.Continue Reading
The author of this post is Lydia Lundstedt, who is a Senior Lecturer at the Stockholm University. In IRnova (C-399/21),Continue Reading
This post was authored by François Mailhé, who is Professor of Private Law at the University of Picardie Jules Verne.Continue Reading
This post was written by Stefan Leible and Felix M. Wilke (both University of Bayreuth). It is the fourth inContinue Reading
On 25 May 2022, the European Commission published a set of Questions and Answers (Q&As) to clarify the practical implementation ofContinue Reading
This post was written by Paul Lorenz Eichmüller, University of Vienna. Austrian civil procedure law contains a provision that requiresContinue Reading
On 19 May 2022, the CJEU rendered an inadmissibility order in case C-722/21, Frontera Capital. The request for a preliminaryContinue Reading
This is the third contribution to an online symposium on the ruling of the European Court of Justice, of 20Continue Reading
The author of this post is Lydia Lundstedt, Senior lecturer at the Stockholm University. Jurisdiction over foreign patent disputes is againContinue Reading
The author of this post is Etienne Farnoux, who is a professor of law at the University of Strasbourg. HeContinue Reading
The author of this post is Jachin Van Doninck, Lecturer in civil procedure, private international law and ADR at the VrijeContinue Reading
On 23 February 2022, the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on Corporate SustainabilityContinue Reading
The author of this post is Martina Mantovani, Phd Candidate at the University Panthéon-Assas. Climate change litigation has increased dramaticallyContinue Reading
The author of this post is Zhen Chen, PhD researcher of Private International Law at the University of Groningen. ConsumerContinue Reading
The author of this post is Marco Buzzoni, Research Fellow at the Max Planck Institute Luxembourg. On 21 December 2021,Continue Reading
The post below was written by Matthias Lehmann, who is Professor of Private International Law at the University of Vienna.Continue Reading
The post below was written by Bernard Haftel, who is Professor of Private International Law at the University of SorbonneContinue Reading
The post below was written by Adrian Briggs QC, who is Professor of Private International Law Emeritus at the UniversityContinue Reading
This is the first contribution to the on-line symposium regarding the ruling of the Court of Justice in the caseContinue Reading
This post was contributed by Olivera Boskovic, who is a Professor at the Université de Paris. The situation of victimsContinue Reading
The author of this post is Erik Sinander, Senior lecturer at the Stockholm University. In a judgment of 15 July 2021, over twoContinue Reading
The author of this post is Carlos Santaló Goris, research fellow at the MPI Luxembourg and Ph.D. candidate at theContinue Reading
The author of this post is Christelle Chalas, who is an Associate Professor at the University of Lille. Background The FrenchContinue Reading
As reported by Fabienne Jault-Seseke on this blog, the French supreme court for civil and criminal matters (Cour de cassation)Continue Reading
After arguing that States Should Not Ratify, and Should Instead Denounce, the Hague Choice-Of-Court Agreements Convention, Gary Born received aContinue Reading
The authors of this post are Lena Hornkohl, LL.M. (College of Europe), Senior Research Fellow Max Planck Institute Luxembourg forContinue Reading
The author of this post is Burcu Yüksel Ripley, who is a Lecturer in law and the Director of the Centre forContinue Reading
This is the fourth post of an online symposium on the recent judgment of the CJEU in Vereniging van EffectenbezittersContinue Reading
In a series of posts published at the Kluwer Arbitration Blog, Gary Born argues that States Should Not Ratify, andContinue Reading
This is the third post of an online symposium on the recent judgment of the CJEU in Vereniging van EffectenbezittersContinue Reading
This is the second post of an online symposium on the recent judgment of the CJEU in Vereniging van EffectenbezittersContinue Reading
I am not especially keen on celebrating anniversaries. However, as things stand now in the European Union I thought itContinue Reading
The post below was written by Alex Layton, of Twenty Essex, London. It is the third and final contribution to anContinue Reading
The author of this post is Olivera Boskovic, who is Professor of Private Law at the Université de Paris. BackgroundContinue Reading
The post below was written by Serena Forlati, Professor of International Law at the University of Ferrara. It follows aContinue Reading
The author of this post is Cecilia Rizcallah. She is visiting Professor at the Université Saint-Louis-Bruxelles and at the UniversitéContinue Reading
The post below was written by Andrew Dickinson, Fellow of St Catherine’s College and Professor of Law, University of Oxford. ItContinue Reading
On 5 February 2021, the Universities of Amsterdam, Maastricht and Tilburg, in collaboration with the Open University, organized an onlineContinue Reading
The author of this post is Estelle Gallant, professor of private law at the University of Toulouse 1 Capitole. OnContinue Reading
In 2020, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ruled twice on whether sovereign immunities are relevant toContinue Reading
All the recent studies I am aware of on the application in practice of the EU private international law instrumentsContinue Reading
For the first time since the entry into force of the 1968 Brussels Convention and the EU Regulations in theContinue Reading
As reported in other blogs (see for instance here and here), the Trade and Cooperation Agreement that the EU andContinue Reading
The post below was written by Bernard Haftel, who is Professor of Private International Law at the University of SorbonneContinue Reading
The author of this post is Michiel Poesen, PhD candidate at KU Leuven. This post tells a short story aboutContinue Reading
The post below was written by Peter Mankowski, who is Professor of Private International Law at the University of Hamburg.Continue Reading
The post below, written by Gilles Cuniberti, a professor of Private International Law at the University of Luxembourg, and anContinue Reading
The author of this post is Caterina Benini, a Phd student at the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart inContinue Reading
The post below was written by Adrian Briggs QC, who is Professor of Private International Law at the University ofContinue Reading
The EAPIL blog hosts an online symposium on the ruling of the Court of Justice in the case of WikingerhofContinue Reading
The author of this post is Franz Kaps, Lawyer at DL Piper, Frankfurt am Main. To stop the spread ofContinue Reading
The author of this post is Prof Dr Dan Jerker B. Svantesson, Professor at the Faculty of Law, Bond UniversityContinue 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
In a recent e-mail exchange, Paul Beaumont and Jayne Holliday (both working now at the University of Stirling) drew myContinue Reading
The Russian Legal Information Agency has announced that Russia’s Justice Ministry, acting jointly with the Foreign Ministry and the SupremeContinue Reading
The EAPIL Blog hosts today two posts on the ruling of the Court of Justice in E.E., a case regardingContinue Reading
The EAPIL Blog hosts today two posts on the ruling of the Court of Justice in E.E., a case regardingContinue Reading
On 2 September 2020, the French Supreme Court for private and criminal matters (Cour de cassation) issued an interesting decisionContinue Reading
This post was written by Giesela Rühl, LL.M. (Berkeley), Humboldt-University of Berlin, and is also available via conflictoflaws.net. The protection of human rightsContinue Reading
On 14 August 2020, the Department of European and Comparative Procedural Law of the MPI Luxembourg met online with aContinue Reading
Jorg Sladič is an associate professor of international and European law at the European faculty of law in Ljubljana (Slovenia).Continue Reading
San Marino, the independent State surrounded by Italy, is home to about 5,000 undertakings. Unsurprisingly, given the size of theContinue Reading
Practice shows that we’re far away from a perfect world of cooperation between state authorities in the field of cross-borderContinue Reading
Still on the application of foreign law (see my previous post here), a second topic has caught my eye: thatContinue Reading
While doing some research on the topic of the application of foreign law (frustrating: nothing has happened at the international levelContinue Reading
The author of this post is Nadia Rusinova, Lecturer in International/European Private Law at The Hague University of Applied Sciences. This is theContinue Reading
The author of this post is Aygun Mammadzada, PhD Researcher at the Institute of Maritime Law of the University of Southampton. Status quo WithdrawalContinue Reading
The German Federal Court (Bundesgerichtshof) rendered an important ruling on jurisdiction and applicable law in claims against internet portals publishingContinue Reading
The European Parliament’s Legal Affairs Committee issued on 22 April 2020 a draft report with recommendations to the Commission onContinue Reading
The author of this post is Aygun Mammadzada, PhD Researcher at the Institute of Maritime Law of the University of Southampton. This is theContinue Reading
The author of this post is Caterina Benini, a PhD student at the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart inContinue Reading
The author of this post is Eduardo Álvarez-Armas, Brunel University London and Université Catholique de Louvain. As announced in this blog, Anne Peters, SabineContinue Reading
On 27 February 2020 the Court of Justice rendered its ruling in Corporis (case C-25/19), a case regarding the interpretationContinue Reading
On 2 April 2020, the conclusions of Advocate General Sánchez-Bordona in Verein für Konsumenteninformation v Volkswagen (Case C-343/19) were published. They addContinue Reading
The author of this post is Tomaso Ferando, Research Professor at the University of Antwerp. This is the third inContinue Reading
This is the second in a series of posts aimed to explore the impact of the coronavirus crisis on theContinue Reading
In May 2018, the European Commission published a proposal for a Regulation amending the 2001 Evidence Regulation. The name ofContinue Reading
The author of this post is Marlene Brosch, senior research fellow at the MPI Luxembourg. The first advisory opinion ofContinue Reading
On 29 January 2020, the Rechtbank Rotterdam (a Dutch court of first instance) ruled on the law applicable to claimsContinue Reading
The post below was written by Martina Mantovani, Research Fellow at the Max Planck Institute Luxembourg. The Schrems II case,Continue Reading
On 12 December 2019, Judge Bruno Simma and the Drafting Team of The Hague Rules on Business and Human RightsContinue Reading
Background On 11 April 2018, the Commission published a proposal for a new Directive on representative actions for the protectionContinue Reading