CONTENTS
Private International Law and
International Civil Procedure
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Dr. Stefan Remmeloo, The Long Road towards Codification of Netherlands Private International Law: Book 10 Civil Code (Draft Bill)
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BGH (DE) 5 October 2010 – Lugano Convention Article 13(1)(3) – Consumer matters –
Matters “relating to a contract” – Claims based on a statutory provision
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OGH (AT) 5 October 2010 – Brussels I Regulation Article 5(3) – Place of the harmful
event – Infringement of a trade mark – Use of a keyword on an internet search engine
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OGH (AT) 1 September 2010 – Brussels I Regulation Article 55 – Declaration of enforceability of a foreign judgment – Certificate to be produced – Numerous documents
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Okresní Soud v Chebu (CZ) 5 July 2010 – Brussels I Regulation Articles 16(2), 17(3), 24; Directive 93/13/EEC Article 6(1) – Reference for a preliminary ruling – Unknown address 193
Lietuvos Aukščiausiasis Teismas (LT) 4 May 2010 – Brussels I Regulation Article 1(2)(b);
Insolvency Regulation Article 3(1) – Reference for a preliminary ruling – Actio pauliana 194
BGH (DE) 13 August 2009 – Brussels I Regulation Articles 22(5), 49 – International jurisdiction – Measures of enforcement – Execution by substitution
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ECJ 5 October 2010 – C-400/10 – J. McB v L. E. – Brussels IIbis Regulation – 1980 Hague
Convention on international child abduction – Interpretation of ‘rights of custody’
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Supreme Court (UK) 1 December 2009 – I (A Child) – Brussels IIbis Regulation Article 12 –
Prorogation of jurisdiction – Relevant point in time – Concept of third state
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OLG Köln (DE) 28 September 2010 – Insolvency Regulation Article 4 – Classification of
capital-replacing loans – Classification according to insolvency or company law
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Cour de cassation (FR) 27 September 2010 – 1980 Rome Convention Article 6(1) – Access
to justice – Period to seise the courts – Imperative rules – Most favourable law
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Hof van Cassatie van België (BE) 29 July 2010 1980 – Rome Convention Article 6(2)(b) –
Reference for a preliminary ruling – Place of actual employment – Place of business
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BGH (DE) 11 February 2010 – Tendering in Bulgaria – EGBGB Article 40 – Rome II Regulation Article 6 – Applicable law – Unfair competition
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Cour d’appel (LU) 13 January 2010 – 1980 Rome Convention Article 6(2)(a) – Contractual
obligations – Applicable law – Work performed in more than one country
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International and European
Commercial and Company Law
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ECJ 28 October 2010 – C-203/09 – Volvo Car Germany GmbH v Autohof Weidensdorf
GmbH – Directive 86/653/EEC – Self-employed commercial agents – Indemnity
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European
Consumer
Law
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ECJ 9 November 2010 – C-137/08 – VB Pénzügyi Lízing Zrt. v Ferenc Schneider – Directive 93/13 – Article 23 of the Statute of the Court of Justice – Unfair terms
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ECJ 9 November 2010 – C-540/08 – Mediaprint Zeitungs- und Zeitschriftenverlag GmbH
& Co. KG v ‘Österreich’-Zeitungsverlag GmbH – Directive 2005/29/EC – Unfair commercial practices
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International and European
Labour Law
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ECJ 12 October 2010 – C-45/09 – Gisela Rosenbladt v Oellerking Gebäudereinigungsges.
mbH – Directive 2000/78/EC – Discrimination on the grounds of age – Termination
of employment contract on reaching retirement age
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ECJ 12 October 2010 – C-499/08 – Ingeniørforeningen i Danmark v Region Syddanmark –
Directive 2000/78/EC – Discrimination on grounds of age – Severance allowance
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The
European Legal Profession
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ECJ 14 September 2010 – C-550/07 – Akzo Nobel Chemicals and Akcros Chemicals v Commission and Others – Competition – Measures of inquiry – Legal professional privilege –
Employment relationship between a lawyer and an undertaking – Exchanges of e-mails
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New Publications
Table of Abbreviations
Conference Calendar
Masthead
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