I have been otherwise engaged for most of May and have a bit of a backlog on the blog – I shall try and tackle in in the upcoming days.
Acer Incorporated & Anor v Nokia Technologies OY [2026] EWCA
Geert Van Calster
The Geert Van Calster blog focuses on European Union private international law, providing detailed analysis of recent court rulings and legal developments. It covers topics such as applicable law in cross-border employment contracts, consumer contract regulations under Rome I, collective actions under EU jurisdiction rules, liability and conflict of laws in environmental and human rights cases, and climate litigation related to spatial planning and environmental duties. The blog serves as a resource for legal practitioners, scholars, and students interested in EU private international law, jurisdictional issues, and the intersection of EU law with national procedural rules and environmental obligations.
[Steizer]. Emiliou AG on proprietary v contractual aspects of the transfer of intellectual property rights and the impact on formal validity under Rome I cq Rome II.
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Prysmian (Electricity & Water Authority of Government of Bahrain ea v Prysmian ea). CJEU holds against merits review viz anchor defendants in anti-trust follow-on claims, but allows it for abuse discipline.
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Tesla’s derivative actions. A good example of a conflit mobile in by-laws choice of court, and (ir)relevance of time of filing of claim.
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A boiler room fraud leads to an interesting judgment viz (not) using CJEU Brussels Ia authority for application of residual private international law.
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Dutch courts convincingly tackle X and GROK in calling a halt (mostly in The Netherlands) to AI generated sexual abuse.
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The Tournai first instance court in Hugues Falys v TOTAL. A convinced if not totally convincing jurisdictional finding in climate claims, and a lack of engagement with applicable law, with the court eventually staying its case until the Paris courts have ruled.
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Sherpa v Yves Rocher. An important supply chain due diligence finding post Omnibus, with relevant Rome II lois de police findings seeking support in CS3D.
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Richard de la Tour AG in TERVE Production v Intesa Sanpaolo Holding International. More on forum societatis and forum contractus (sadly not: on forum delicti) in take-over squeeze out.
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Opinion Rantos AG in [Idziski]: A justifiable continued reigning in of Article 7(2) Brussels Ia jurisdiction: suggests eDate centre of interest approach must not apply to terrestrial broadcasting.
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