Entries by Giesela Ruehl

ERA-Conference on Cross-Border Debt Recovery in Legal Practice

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The Academy of European Law (ERA) will host a conference on “Cross-Border Debt Recovery in Legal Practice” in Trier, Germany, on February 6 and 7, 2014. The conference is directed at lawyers dealing with civil litigation and dispute resolutions. Detailed information is available on the

Vacancy at the University of Zurich

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Professor Tanja Domej from the  Faculty of Law at the University of Zurich is seeking to fill the position of a Research and Teaching Associate (PhD candidate). Candidates should have an excellent academic track record and should be interested in the chair’s main research areas (civil procedure, private law, private international law and comparative law). A […]

Territorial Laws in a Global Era

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On November 22 and 23 the Research Project “The Architecture of Regulatory Competition” at the University of Helsinki will host a seminar on “Territorial Laws in a Global Era”. The programme reads as follows: Friday, 22 November 2013 8.45 – 9.15 Registration and Coffee 9.15 – 9.30 Opening 9.30 – 11.30 Session I Erin O’Hara O’Connor: […]

CJEU rules on Art. 15 (1) lit. c) Brussels I-Regulation

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On 17 October 2013 the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has handed down its long-awaited decision in Lokman Emrek ./. Vlado Sabranovic. The court held that consumers may sue professionals before their home courts according to Art. 15 (1) lit. c), 16 (1) Regulation 44/2000 (Brussels I) even if there is no causal link […]

Niedermaier on Arbitration and Arbitration Agreements Between Parties of Unequal Bargaining Power

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Tilman Niedermaier, LL.M. (University of Chicago) has authored a book on “Arbitration Agreements and Agreements on Arbitral Procedure Between Parties of Unequal Bargaining Power. A Comparison of German and U.S. Law With Consideration of Further Legal Systems.” (Originial German title: “Schieds- und Schiedsverfahrensvereinbarungen in strukturellen Ungleichgewichtslagen. Ein deutsch-U.S.-amerikanischer Rechtsvergleich mit Schlaglichtern auf weitere Rechtsordnungen”). The […]

German Notary Institute Conference on the Succession Regulation

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This is to remind the readers of our blog that the German Notary Institute (DNotI) will host a conference on the European Succession Regulation on 11 October 2013.  The conference will take place in Würzburg and celebrate the Institute’s 20th anniversary. The conference programme is available 

Proposal for Amendment of the Brussels I-Regulation

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The recently reformed Brussels I-Regulation is up for reform: according to a proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council (COM(2013) 554 final) of July 26, 2013 the Brussels I-Regulation (Regulation (EU) No 1215/2012 (recast)) will be changed to account for the 2012 Unified Patent Court Agreement and the 2012 Protocol to […]

Do we need a Rome 0-Regulation?

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As reported earlier in our blog, Stefan Leible and Hannes Unberath from the University of Bayreuth hosted a conference on the question whether we need a Rome 0-Regulation in June 2012. Recently, the conference volume has been published. For the moment it is available in German only. However, the editors are contemplating an English version at […]

ADR and ODR for (Cross-Border) Consumer Contracts

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On 22 April 2013 Council of the European Union adopted a Directive on Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) and a Regulation on Online Dispute Resolution (ODR) for (cross-border) consumer contracts. Building on two proposals of the European Commission of November 2011 the two instruments are meant to improve the cross-border enforcement of consumer rights. The official […]