Today, the long-awaited ruling of the CJEU in the CDC-proceedings has been delivered. It is the first time that the issue of jurisdiction in cartel damage claim-cases according to the Brussels I Regulation is dealt with by the CJEU.
The decision can be accessed here.
Marshall Islands: A Pacific island-country joins the HCCH Service Convention
On 31 July 2020, the Depositary (i.e. the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands) notified that the Marshall Islands acceded to the HCCH Service Convention. A six-month period for filing objections has been set to run… Read more…
Posted by Mayela Celis | Published on August 2, 2020
Nagy on collective actions in EU
Recently published paper The Reception of Collective Actions in Europe: Reconstructing the Mental Process of a Legal Transplantation, authored by Csongor István Nagy, Professor at the University of Szeged, is a must read for those studying collective actions in EU.… Read more…
Posted by Ivana Kunda | Published on July 31, 2020
New text: The Conflict of Laws in New Zealand
Readers of this blog may be interested to hear of a new textbook on private international law, recently published by LexisNexis. The Conflict of Laws in New Zealand is the first comprehensive treatment of the subject from a New Zealand perspective. Drawing… Read more…
Posted by Maria Hook | Published on July 30, 2020
Political Agreement on the Reform of the Evidence and the Service Regulation
After years of discussion the Council of the European Union and the European Parliament have finally reached agreement on the reform of the Evidence and the Service Regulation. The new rules aim to improve the cross-border taking of evidence as… Read more…
Posted by Giesela Ruehl | Published on July 30, 2020
CJEU on the deceased’s habitual residence
Written by Vito Bumbaca, University of Geneva On 16 July the CJEU issued its preliminary ruling in case E.E. & K.-D. E. (CJEU, C-80/19, ECLI:EU:C:2020:569, not yet available in English). The case concerned, inter alia, the assessment of the deceased’s… Read more…
Posted by Thalia Kruger | Published on July 30, 2020
Soft launch of the Asian Principles for the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments
In January 2018, we reported on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments in Asia, a publication by the Asian Business Law Institute (ABLI). The sequel to this publication, the Asian Principles for the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments,… Read more…
Posted by Adeline Chong | Published on July 30, 2020
postdoc position at the Max Planck Institute
For the earliest possible starting date, the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Law and Private International Law in Hamburg is offering up to two positions as a Research Fellow (m/f/d) (post-doctoral or Habilitation) under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Ralf… Read more…
Posted by Ralf Michaels | Published on July 28, 2020
New conflict of laws rule for minimum wages in road transport: UPDATE
Written by Fieke van Overbeeke, Legal Counsel at the International Institute for International and Foreign Law - the Netherlands and research fellow at the University of Antwerp – Belgium On 10 June conflictoflaws.net posted a piece about ‘new conflict of… Read more…
Posted by Thalia Kruger | Published on July 28, 2020
The third 2020 issue of RabelsZ has been released this week. It contains the following articles: Reinhard Zimmermann, Pflichtteil und Noterbenrecht in historisch-vergleichender Perspektive (Compulsory Portion and Forced Heirship in Historical and Comparative Perspective), pp. 465–547 The essay traces the… Read more…
Posted by Giesela Ruehl | Published on July 25, 2020
Call for abstracts: RIDOC 2020
University of Rijeka, Faculty of Law announces its call for RIDOC 2020: Rijeka Doctoral Conference. This conference has a stong international character and gathers promising law doctoral students, both from Europe and beyond. They will have the oportunity to test… Read more…
Posted by Ivana Kunda | Published on July 22, 2020
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