Resistance is Futile – How Private International Law Will Undermine National Attempts to Avoid ‘Upload Filters’ when Implementing the DSM Copyright Directive
Last week, the European Parliament adopted the highly controversial
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Out now: Pretelli (ed), Conflict of laws in the maze of digital platforms
/in News/by Tobias LutziThe Swiss Institute of Comparative Law has just published the proceedings from its 30th Private International Law Day, which focused on digital platforms and their implications for the conflict of laws. The following teaser, as well as the volume’s
Reminder: Second German Conference for Young Scholars in PIL
/in News/by Tobias LutziRegistration for the Second German Conference for Young Scholars in Private International Law, which will be held at the University of Würzburg on 4 and 5 April 2019, are still possible for another two weeks (until 10 March 2019). Further information can be found in
Job Vacancy: PhD/Research Assistant at the University of Cologne
/in News/by Tobias LutziThe Institute for Private International and Comparative Law of the University of Cologne (Professor Mansel) is looking to appoint a Research Assistant (Wissenschaftliche/r Mitarbeiter/in) with knowledge of French, Italian, Dutch, or Spanish (edit: and who have completed a German State Exam in Law with an above-average degree). It is a part-time position with 19.92 hours […]
Call for Papers: SLS Conflict of Laws Section, Preston 2019
/in News/by Tobias LutziSince Conflict of Laws became a subject section at the Society of Legal Scholars in 2017, it has been part of the Society’s annual conference. This year’s conference, which will be held in Preston, UK, from 3 September to 6 September (right before the
Yearbook of Private International Law, Vol. XIX (2017/18)
/in News/by Tobias LutziThe latest volume of the
Forcing a Square Peg into a Round Hole – The Actio Pauliana and the Brussels Ia Regulation
/12 Comments/in Views/by Tobias LutziEarlier today, the Court of Justice held that, under certain circumstances, special jurisdiction for an actio pauliana can be based on Art. 7(1) Brussels Ia (Case C-337/17 Feniks). The actio pauliana is an instrument provided by the national laws of several EU member states that allows the creditor to challenge fraudulent acts by their debtor […]
Montenegro Ratifies Hague Choice of Court Convention
/in News/by Tobias Lutzi(Only) last week, the government of the Netherlands – the depositary of the Convention –