There’s been a bunch of emails circulating about sharing poems or other inspirational sayings to get us through this pandemic. And, while I have not had any inclination
to write something more intellectual, I did get inspired to write a poem! So, for your Saturday reading pleasure, I offer the following: It’s a F***cking Quarantine [...]
Professor Susanne Lilian Gössl, Professor for Civil Law and Digitalization in Private Law, Comparative Law and Private International Law at Kiel University is looking for
a highly skilled and motivated PhD candidate and fellow (Wissenschaftliche*r Mitarbeiter*in, 50% or 25%) to work in the areas of Civil Law and Digitalization in [...]
The POAM project (Protection of Abducting Mothers in Return Proceedings) is co-funded by the European Commission. It would have held an Experts’ Workshop in Milan today,
but this event has of course been cancelled. [...]
On Tuesday morning of our trip (after a full day in Belfast), we hopped on the bus and headed to Derry… or Londonderry, depending with whom you are talking. (And for a very
funny take on the situation in Derry during the Troubles, see Derry Girls.) From the name(s) themselves, it was clear that this … Continue reading Ireland Reflections [...]
Written by Associate Professor Jie (Jeanne) Huang, Sydney Law School, Jeanne.huang@sydney.edu.au If a defendant is not present in Australia, Uniform Civil Procedure Rules
(“UCPR”) of New South Wales provides that service outside of Australia is permitted if the plaintiff’s claim falls within UCPR Schedule 6 or if a leave is granted [...]
In his Opinion delivered today, Advocate General Tanchev presents his take on Article 10 of the Regulation No 1259/2010 implementing enhanced cooperation in the area of the
law applicable to divorce and legal separation (commonly referred to as Rome III Regulation), under which ‘[w]here the law applicable pursuant to Article 5 or Article [...]
We were greeted for our first morning in Belfast by both our tour guide and some traditional Irish weather. Our quite rainy walking tour took us through many locations deeply
connected to the time of the Troubles. It was during this walking tour we were quickly confronted with the very real and lasting impact of … Continue reading Ireland [...]
From SFOI Sukhsimran Singh: Dear Colleagues, It has not been easy to work remotely and to coordinate several work tasks and meetings besides teaching from a computer! I looked
up on several resources to find if there are any best practices on working from home, especially for those of us with young or not so … Continue reading Tips on [...]
From time to time I have blogged about how different legal systems regulate the wrongful assertion of patent rights: by means of competition law (e.g., claims for monopolization
by means of asserting fraudulently procured patents, or by sham litigation; abuse of dominant position); unfair competition law (e.g., claims for commercial disparagement, [...]
From BFOI Kristen Blankley: Colleagues, Here is a near-final draft of an upcoming paper that I am publishing in the Fordham Law Review. It is about Online Resources and implementing
Parenting & Financial Plans. Maybe it will give some people new ideas on working with parenting and financial plans in a pandemic. [...]
