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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.
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Open (on campus and online) Book Launch & Seminar on EU civil justice, at Leuven Law 25-26 June.
Xandra Kramer, Stefaan Voet and Adriana Dori have edited an excellent volume on European Civil Procedure. To celebrate its launch, the editors are organising an on campus (Leuven) and online seminar, with authors speaking on topics related to the…
Not much peace in Greenpeace v Energy Transfer. Dutch court responds with confirmation of jurisdiction in anti-SLAPP claim while US court issues partial anti-suit viz same claim. CJEU Brussels Ia authorities galore.
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Acer v Nokia on RAND claims: A good example of qualification aka characterisation in the conflict of laws.
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…
[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.
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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