26 Jul, 2024 German Civil Procedure Goes Digital – New regulation on virtual participation in oral hearings By Elisabeth Weber Fabian Seigfried Status quo Virtual participation in oral hearings has become an important part in German civil proceedings. Conducting oral hearings,...
23 Jul, 2024 The start of a new chapter of investor lawsuits? – Second reform of the German Capital Markets Model Case Act is now in force By Elisabeth Weber Stefanie Fay Jan Henning Buschfeld Marie Laubenstein Theresa Schumacher Johanna Möller +3 more... Show less Germany and collective actions have not been a big success story so far. The development of collective redress mechanisms in Germany has...
23 Jul, 2024 New EU Measures to Protect European Parties from Legal Actions and Expropriations in Russia By Noah Rubins KC Carsten Wendler Eric Leikin Leane Meyer Gonzalo Salazar Valerio Letizia +3 more... Show less As part of the 14th package of sanctions against Russia adopted on 24 June 2024 as Regulation 2024/1745, the EU has introduced three...
05 Jul, 2024 UK Supreme Court rules that downstream emissions of fossil fuel projects must be assessed before granting planning permission By Cat Greenwood-Smith Adele Marriott Laila Pourdad On 20 June 2024, the UK Supreme Court handed down its long-awaited judgment in R (on the application of Finch on behalf of Weald Action...
05 Jul, 2024 High Court lays down important points of principle for costs budgeting in large-scale and complex group litigation By James Roberts Simon Duncombe Rebecca Fenning Alice Goodinge Owen Jack +2 more... Show less In a judgment handed down today, the High Court has laid down a number of significant points of principle for cost management exercises...
04 Jul, 2024 Digital or printed? Navigating liability and evidence in product instruction and safety information By Laura Knoke Kristina Weiler Rixa Kuhmann Hendrik Wilkens +1 more... Show less I. Introduction Manufacturers of consumer-facing products in the increasingly integrated European market operate in a complex...
04 Jul, 2024 Sian Participation – revisiting the boundary between Insolvency and Arbitration under English Law By Billy Liu John Choong Craig Montgomery Noah Rubins KC Neil Golding Ashley Jones +3 more... Show less In the recent decision Sian Participation v Halimeda (Sian), the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (the Privy Council) held on a...
05 Jun, 2024 AI and Arbitration: The Silicon Valley Arbitration and Mediation Center Guidelines on the Use of AI in Arbitration By Elliot Friedman Marta García Bel Veronika Timofeeva Desmond Chong +1 more... Show less Introduction The Silicon Valley Arbitration and Mediation Center (SVAMC) recently published its first edition of Guidelines on the use of...
04 Jun, 2024 A new regime for a new era: How the EU Product Liability Directive will reshape product liability in Germany By Moritz Becker Patrick Schroeder Martin Mekat Kristina Weiler Anita Bell Hannah Meyer +3 more... Show less Introduction Following years of intense debate among EU institutions, the final compromise text of the new EU Product Liability...
20 May, 2024 Force majeure and reasonable endeavours: timely clarification from the UK Supreme Court By Ali Kirby-Harris Zaid Fathoala Charlotte Dunn In recent years, we have seen various global events that have placed unforeseen obstacles in the way of strict contractual performance....
16 May, 2024 Big hit or missing the mark? – Second reform of the German Capital Markets Model Case Act By Elisabeth Weber Stefanie Fay Jan Henning Buschfeld Marie Laubenstein Johanna Möller Theresa Schumacher +3 more... Show less Germany and collective actions have not been a big success story so far. The development of collective redress mechanisms in Germany has...
08 May, 2024 Bilateral Investment Treaty between the United Arab Emirates and the Kingdom of Spain draws closer to signing By Laura Lozano Carlos Hernandez Amr Omran On 23 April 2024, the Spanish Government’s Council of Ministers (Consejo de Ministros) authorised the signing by the Kingdom of Spain...