Conflict of Laws
  • About
  • Editorial board
  • Subscription
  • Submission
  • Materials
  • Contact
  • Click to open the search input field Click to open the search input field Search
  • Menu Menu

Conference Announcement: European Class Action – Status and Perspectives

April 26, 2012/in /by Giesela Ruehl
image_pdfimage_print

On 7 and 8 May 2012 the Humboldt-Viadrina School of Governance will host a conference on EU Class Action in Berlin. The programme reads as follows:

Monday, 7 May

  • 10:00 Welcome, Prof. Dr. Christoph Brömmelmeyer, European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder)
  • 10:15 Opening Statement, Herr Lothar Jünemann, German Judges Association, Berlin

I. Kollektiver Rechtsschutz – Rechtspolitische Fragen

  • 10:45 Aktuelle Pläne und Perspektiven einer EU-Rahmenregelung für kollektive Rechtsschutzinstrumente, Frau Salla Saastamoinen, Directorate-General for Justice, Brussels
  • 11:15 Bemerkungen zu den Brüsseler Gesetzgebungsplänen aus Sicht des Bundesverbandes der Deutschen Industrie (BDI), Herr Dr. Heiko Willems, Federation of German Industry
  • 11:30 Coffee break
  • 12:00 Bemerkungen zu den Brüsseler Gesetzgebungsplänen aus Sicht der Verbraucherzentralen, Herr Gerd Billen, Federation of German Consumer Organisations, Berlin
  • 12:15 Bemerkungen zu den Brüsseler Gesetzgebungsplänen aus Sicht der Anwaltschaft, Dr. Christian Duve, Attorney-at-law, Frankfurt am Main
  • 12:30 Der Meinungsstand im Europäischen Parlament zu den Gesetzgebungsplänen in der Kommission, Dr. Andreas Schwab, European Parliament, Brussels
  • 12:45 Discussion, Chair: Prof. Dr. Thomas Lübbig, Attorney-at-law, Berlin
  • 13:15 Lunch

II. Kollektiver Rechtsschutz: Effektivität und Erforderlichkeit in ausgewählten Rechtsgebieten 

  • 14:45 Effektivität kollektiver Rechtsschutzinstrumente, Prof. Dr. Caroline Meller-Hannich, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg
  • 15:15 Kollektiver Rechtsschutz im Kartellrecht, Prof. Dr. Christoph Brömmelmeyer, European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder)
  • 15:45 Coffee break
  • 16:15 Kollektiver Rechtsschutz im Verbraucherrecht, Prof. Dr. Eva Kocher, European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder)
  • 16:45 Discussion, Chair: Prof. Dr. Hans-Peter Schwintowski, Humboldt-University Berlin
  • 17:15 End of the first day

Tuesday, 8 May

III. Kollektiver Rechtsschutz in den U.S.A. und den Mitgliedstaaten der EU

  • 10:00 Class Actions in den U.S.A. als Vorbild für Europa?, Prof. Dr. Astrid Stadler, University of Konstanz
  • 10:30 The Status and Practice of Collective Redress in France, Jacqueline Riffault-Silk, Cour de Cassation, Paris
  • 11:00 Coffee break
  • 11:15 Grenzüberschreitender kollektiver Rechtsschutz, Prof. Dr. Michael Stürner, European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder)
  • 11:45 Discussion,  Chair: Prof. (em.) Dr. Dieter Martiny, European University Viadrina  Frankfurt (Oder) / Hamburg
  • 12:15 Lunch

IV. Kollektiver Rechtsschutz im Bereich der Finanzdienstleistungen

  • 13:45 Kollektiver Rechtsschutz im Kapitalmarktrecht, Prof. Dr. Jan von Hein, University of Trier
  • 14:15 Kollektiver Rechtsschutz im Versicherungsrecht, Dr. Theo Langheid, Attorney-at-law, Cologne
  • 14:45 Discussion: Ist das KapMug ein Erfolgsmodell und sollte es auf andere Bereiche des Ersatzes von Streu- und Massenschäden ausgedehnt werden?, Prof. Dr. Jan von Hein, University of Trier; Dr. Theo Langheid, Ministerialrat Dr. Christian Meyer-Seitz, Federal Ministry of Justice, Berlin, Dr. Wolfgang Schirp, Attorney-at-law, Berlin; Chair: Prof. Dr. Axel Halfmeier, Frankfurt School of Finance, Frankfurt am Main
  • 15:30 End of Conference
Share this entry
  • Share on Facebook
  • Share on X
  • Share on WhatsApp
  • Share on Pinterest
  • Share on LinkedIn
  • Share on Tumblr
  • Share on Vk
  • Share on Reddit
  • Share by Mail
https://conflictoflaws.net/News/2020/08/CoL_Banner-1.png 0 0 Giesela Ruehl https://conflictoflaws.net/News/2020/08/CoL_Banner-1.png Giesela Ruehl2012-04-26 21:07:352012-04-26 21:07:35Conference Announcement: European Class Action – Status and Perspectives

Categories

  • Views
  • News

Most Recent Posts

  • Conflicts of jurisdiction in Senegal: lesson from the Senegalese Supreme Court on Lis Pendens and the Exequatur of foreign judgments July 27, 2026
  • Adoption in the proposal for a European Parenthood Regulation July 21, 2026
  • Copyright, Targeting and Geo-Blocking: The CJEU Stirs the Pot July 15, 2026
  • A Follow-Up: The German Judges Association’s Response to the HCCH Draft Text of a Future Convention on Parallel Proceedings and Related Actions July 15, 2026
  • Private International Law Dimensions of Singapore’s New Legislation to Combat Online Harms July 14, 2026
  • The 1961 HCCH Apostille Convention: Why All African Countries Should Ratify It? — Insights from Judicial Practice in Africa July 14, 2026
  • The enforcement of an advance on costs for substitute performance at the expense of a Russian debtor in German-French legal relations July 2, 2026
  • “Yes, in principle, but not quite there yet…” – Some Observations on the Public Consultation on the HCCH Draft Text of a Future Convention on Parallel Proceedings and Related Actions June 29, 2026
  • Judgment Mobility Rules in India’s Private International Law Regime: No place for a revision au fond? June 26, 2026
  • Nothing to See Here: The CJEU’s Decision in Case C-232/25 Idzinski June 18, 2026
  • Refusal to Enforce in Egypt of a Californian (U.S.) Judgment for Lack of Reciprocity: What Has Gotten into the Egyptian Supreme Court? June 15, 2026
  • PRC Double Interest neither Double nor Penal: Australian Courts Clear Its Name When Enforcing Chinese Judgments June 10, 2026
  • The AIFC Court, Gazprom v Naftogaz and the Emergence of a New Conduit Jurisdiction Debate June 6, 2026
  • Montana Supreme Court Decides International Child Custody Case June 3, 2026
  • China’s Countering Improper Foreign Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Regulation Blocked EU’s Extraterritorial Data Acquisition May 29, 2026
Link to: Wal-Mart and the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Link to: Wal-Mart and the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Wal-Mart and the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Link to: 2nd Annual ICQL Lecture: Assignment of Contractual Claims under the Rome I-Regulation Link to: 2nd Annual ICQL Lecture: Assignment of Contractual Claims under the Rome I-Regulation 2nd Annual ICQL Lecture: Assignment of Contractual Claims under the Rome I-...
Scroll to top Scroll to top Scroll to top