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Lex & Forum 4/2021: A special on the 2019 Hague Convention on the Recognition of Foreign Judgments

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Professor Kerameus started his academic career at the Law School of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, in his home town, and completed his career at the University of Athens. The Chair of the meeting, Emeritus Professor of the Law School of Thessaloniki Ms. In Memoriam Prof.

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Save the Date: German Conference for Young Scholars in Private International Law 2023

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Following successful conferences in Bonn, Würzburg and Hamburg, please save the date for the 4th German-speaking Conference for Young Scholars in Private International Law, which will take place on 23 and 24 February 2023 at Sigmund Freud University in Vienna.

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A Major Amendment to Provisions on Foreign-Related Civil Procedures Is Planned in China

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Written by NIE Yuxin and LIU Chang, Wuhan University Institute of International Law. The present Civil Procedure Law of China (hereinafter “CPL”) was enacted in 1990 and has been amended four times. Jurisdiction over cyber torts: With regard to cyber torts, Art.

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Has the Battle Just Begun for Collective Action against Big Tech Companies?

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Julia H örnle, Professor of Internet Law, CCLS, Queen Mary University of London [1]. In Case C-498/16 Max Schrems v Facebook Ireland [4] the Court of Justice of the EU in 2018 denied the privilege of EU law for consumers to sue in their local court [5] to a representative (ie Max Schrems ) in a representative privacy litigation against Facebook under Austrian law. The claimant sought to apply the cases on the tort of misuse of private information by analogy.

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The Chinese villages win a lawsuit in China to repatriate a Mummified Buddha Statue hold by a Dutch Collector —What Role has Private International Law Played?

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—What Role has Private International Law Played? By Zhengxin Huo, Professor of Law, China University of Polit’l Science and Law; Associate Member of International Academy of Comparative Law; Observer of the UNESCO 1970 Convention.

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The Latest Development on Anti-suit Injunction Wielded by Chinese Courts to Restrain Foreign Parallel Proceedings

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(This post is provided by Zeyu Huang, who is an associate attorney of Hui Zhong Law Firm based in Shenzhen. Mr. Huang obtained his LLB degree from the Remin University of China Law School. He is also a PhD candidate & LLM at the Faculty of Law in University of Macau.

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Praxis des Internationalen Privat- und Verfahrensrechts (IPRax) 3/2021: Abstracts

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Dickinson: Realignment of the Planets – Brexit and European Private International Law. The principal focus will be on questions of jurisdiction, the recognition and enforcement of judgments and choice of law for contract and tort.

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Praxis des Internationalen Privat- und Verfahrensrechts (IPRax) 4/2021: Abstracts

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Choice of law by the testator is particularly important and a notary should point not only at the present situation, but also at possible developments in the future. 102 TFEU and/or national competition law rules. The decision also deals with questions of German procedural law.

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Praxis des Internationalen Privat- und Verfahrensrechts (IPRax) 2/2021: Abstracts

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Wagner: European Conflict of Law 2020: EU in crisis mode! It also refers to the laws enacted at the national level in Germany as a result of new European instruments. Furthermore, the authors look at areas of law where the EU has made use of its external competence.

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A call for the wider study of Private International Law in Africa: A Review of Private International Law In Nigeria

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Written by Orji Agwu Uka, Senior Associate at Africa Law Practice (ALP)*. This is the fifth and final online symposium on Private International Law in Nigeria initially announced on this blog. Orji Agwu Uka is a Senior Associate at a top Commercial Law Firm in Lagos, Nigeria.

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Praxis des Internationalen Privat- und Verfahrensrechts (IPRax) 5/2022: Abstracts

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On applicable law for environmental pollution (Article 7 Rome II), a pinnacle of business and human rights as well as climate change litigation. The European Union rules on the law that applies to liability for environmental damage, are an outlier in the private international law agenda.

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Shell litigation in the Dutch courts – milestones for private international law and the fight against climate change

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Though decided almost four months ago, the case merits discussion of several private international law aspects that will perhaps become one of the milestones in the broader context of liability of parent companies for the actions of their foreign-based subsidiaries. Substantive law.

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Praxis des Internationalen Privat- und Verfahrensrechts (IPRax) 2/2022: Abstracts

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Wagner: European Conflict of Law 2021: The Challenge of Digital Transformation. It also refers to the laws enacted at the national level in Germany as a result of new European instruments. Furthermore, the authors look at areas of law where the EU has made use of its external competence. In addition, the article also looks at current projects and the latest developments at the Hague Conference of Private International Law. Law No.

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