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State immunity in global COVID-19 pandemic:
State immunity in global COVID-19 pandemic: Alters, et. al. v People’s Republic of China, et. al. By Zheng Sophia Tang and Zhengxin Huo Background Four American citizens and a company filed the class-action against Chinese government for damages suffered as the result of the COVID-19 pandemic. None of the named plaintiffs were infected by the […]
Italian Self-Proclaimed Overriding Mandatory Provisions to Fight Coronavirus
By Ennio Piovesani. The author is a PhD Student at the Università degli Studi di Torino and at the Universität zu Köln. Summary The Italian Government has adopted a series of Decree-Laws [1] introducing measures to fight the emergency caused by the “new” Coronavirus. These measures include “self-proclaimed” overriding mandatory provisions on the reimbursement of […]
Service of Documents on Insurance Companies: The ECJ in the Corporis/Gefion Insurance Case
The Court of Justice of the European Union on 27th February 2020 delivered its judgment in Corporis/Gefion Insurance, Case C-25/19. The case concerned rules surrounding service of documents in a specific, yet increasingly common context. Corporis is a Polish insurance company, who was assigned damages by the owner of a vehicle following a car accident […]
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Virtual Workshop (in German) on December 6: Christiane Wendehorst on Crypto-Assets in Private International Law
On Tuesday, December 6, 2022, the
Rivista di diritto internazionale privato e processuale (RDIPP) No 3/2022: Abstracts
The third issue of 2022 of the Rivista di diritto internazionale privato e processuale (RDIPP, published by CEDAM) was just released. It features: Giovanna Adinolfi, Professor at the University Milan, States’ Economic Measures to Counter Cyberattacks: Disentangling Their (Il)Legitimacy under International Law The present contribution draws the attention on measures adopted by States to tackle […]
The Greek Supreme Court on the date of service of documents abroad: The end of a contemporary Greek tragedy
The Greek Supreme Court of Cassation (Areios Pagos) rendered a very important decision at the end of June, which is giving the final blow to a period of procedural insanity. A provision in force since the 1st of January 2016 is forcing claimants to serve the document instituting proceedings abroad within 60 days following filing. […]
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