A. The Impetus for Presenting the Issue In light of the publication of three judgments of the Thessaloniki First Instance Court concerning the service of documents in Contracting
States to the 1965 Hague Convention on the Service Abroad of Judicial and Extrajudicial Documents in Civil or Commercial Matters [hereinafter: HSC], the issue examined [...]
The standard textbook of Belgian Private International Law in French has just been published in its fourth edition (by Larcier Intersentia). The great scholar François Rigaux
published the first version of this précis in 1977-1979 (in two volumes). The second edition followed in 1987-1993, and the third in 2005. [...]
This report was written by Josephine Götze, LL.M.-student at the University of Groningen. An extended version will appear in a forthcoming edited volume published by Springer.
On 29 May 2026, the WEAKER PIL research line at the Faculty of Law of the University of Groningen hosted the symposium ‘Digitalisation of Justice: Perspectives [...]
Following an earlier call on this blog, the Civil Justice Conversations Series organised by the European Civil Justice Centre will kick off on 11 September at 10 am CEST. At
this first session Benedikt Schmitz (Assistant Professor of Private International Law and Comparative Contract Law, University of Groningen) will present on ‘ Cross-Border [...]
Last May, I published a post on Versata Software, LLC v. Ford Motor Co., a case in which a panel of the Federal Circuit held that, under the federal Defend Trade Secrets Act
(DTSA) and the Michigan Uniform Trade Secrets Act, a plaintiff is entitled to recover “unjust enrichment” damages as a matter of statutory right. [...]
Remember when parties developed unrealistic expectations all by themselves? Now they have AI to help. These days, mediators may have to work through expectations that have
hardened around an AI-generated assessment. Lawyers may have to explain why the AI analysis is wrong, incomplete, or wildly overconfident. And imagine the client’s [...]
The fifth annual Asian Private International Law Academy (APILA) Conference will take place in person at Sungkyunkwan University in Seoul (South Korea) on Saturday 12
(Day 1) and Sunday 13 (Day 2) December 2026. The APILA Conference will be in the form of two days of roundtable discussions in English. [...]
Many of you know our colleague Ava Abramowitz, long time mediation expert and professor at GW. Ava is still teaching us–and this time about a new subject. As she wrote
to me to share with our community “if Alzheimer’s runs in your family, you will want to read this piece by Ava Abramowitz who has … Continue reading Still teaching [...]
This final installment of posts on the Court of Appeals for England and Wales’ decision in Lufthansa Technik AG v. Astronics Advanced Electronic Systems, [2026] EWCA Civ
964, will discuss Lord Justice Arnold’s analysis of the correct method of apportionment, the double recovery issue, and interest, and the two short concurring opinions [...]
by Marta Liduma, LLB candidate in International and European Law, University of Groningen A Dutch actor dies in March. By April, his likeness starts to appear widely. Generated
videos show him promoting a supplement, and one clip ends with a link to a shop selling shirts printed with his face. [...]