As of today, 1 August 2022, EU Regulation N. 2019/1111 of 25 June 2019, relating to jurisdiction, recognition and enforcement of judgments in matrimonial matters and in matters of parental responsibility, and international abduction of minors has entered into force,

The author of the post describes how the omnipresence of technology in arbitration and the application of the blockchain technology to dispute resolution mechanisms in the international arena led to the naissance of the blockchain arbitration. As the increase of

The Western Continental Greece Court of Appeal was recently confronted with the question whether a foreign arbitral award granting damages in bitcoin is compatible with substantive public policy. Within the framework of the 1958 New York Convention on the Recognition

The author of this contribution addresses the issue whether the companies, at the moment of registering to do business in a U.S. state, are granting state courts the power to exercise jurisdiction over them for claims arising outside the state—and

Choice-of-law clauses and forum selection clauses routinely come before courts hearing transnational cases. A choice-of-law clause selects a law to govern the contract. A forum selection clause chooses a court in which to resolve disputes. In this post, author discusses

Multistate defamation cases have always presented difficult choice-of-law problems, but the advent of the internet has exacerbated them. Nunes v. Cable News Network, Inc is a good example on point, besides being a very interesting case on other grounds. This post presents

Cassirer v. Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection Foundation is a case involving Nazi-looted art and implicating the laws of three foreign countries (Germany, Switzerland, and Spain) and two U.S. States (California and New York). Litigation began in 2006 and has already produced nineteen decisions

On 23 and 24 February 2023, the fourth German Conference for Young Scholars in Private International Law will be held – in person – at the Sigmund Freud University in Vienna. The theme of the conference will be the following:“Deference to the

The book presents the updated content of current European private internationallaw and has been written by several authors from Spain and Italy.It is intended for anyone interested in studying and learning about the private international law system of the European

The Ravenna Campus of the Department of Juridical Sciences of the University of Bologna (Italy) has organised in Ravenna (and online), between 18-23 July 2022, a Summer School on Transnational litigation: between substance and procedure. The program of the School

Paul Beaumont and Jayne Holliday have edited A Guide to Global Private International Law. The book has just been published by Hart / Bloomsbury in its Studies in Private International Law. This book provides a substantial overview of the discipline of private international law viewed from

On behalf of the European Commission (DG JUST), Milieu Consulting is conducting a study on the application of Regulation (EU) No 1215/2012 on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters (Brussels I bis Regulation). The aim of the study is to