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BNP Paribas sued in France for financing fossil fuel companies
This post was written bu Begüm Kilimcioglu, PhD candidate at the University of Antwerp On 23 February 2023, one of the biggest commercial banks in the Eurozone, BNP Paribas (BNP)
Applying Mexican Law in U.S. Courts? Mexico v Smith & Wesson
Dr. León Castellanos-Jankiewicz Researcher, International Law T.M.C. Asser Institute for International & European Law, The Hague Mexico’s ongoing transnational litigation against the firearms industry in U.S. courts is raising important questions of private international law, in particular as regards the application of Mexican tort law in U.S. courts. In its civil
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German Federal Supreme Court refers questions to the CJEU relating to the concept of “habitual residence” under Art. 8 (a), (b) of the Rome III Regulation
In its decision of 20 December 2023 (Case No. XII ZB 117/23), the German Federal Supreme Court has referred three questions to the CJEU relating to the interpretation of Art. 8 (a), (b) of the Rome III Regulation. The following is a convenience translation of the German press release: Facts of the Case: The spouses, […]
Opinion of Advocate General Szpunar of 11 January 2024 on the Scope of the Service Regulation in respect to service of process on a domestic subsidiary of a foreign defendant in cartel damages proceedings, C-632/22 – AB Volvo
This case, C-632/22 – AB Volvo ./. Transsaqui SL, arises from a reference for a preliminary ruling of the Supreme Court of Spain (Tribunal Supremo). The core question is whether a claimant may serve process on a domestic subsidiary of a defendant in another Member State. In principle, the answer is simply no (absent special […]
Supreme Court of Canada to Hear Jurisdiction Appeal
The Supreme Court of Canada has granted leave to appeal in Sinclair v Venezia Turismo. In light of the test for obtaining leave and the relatively low number of cases in which leave is granted, this offers at least some suggestion that the top court is interested in considering the legal issues raised in the […]