EAPIL blog

On 25 February 2026, the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart in Milan will host a seminar in English titled Recognition of U.S. Securities Class Actions in Europe: Compatibility of Opt-Out Claims with the Right to a Fair Trial. The main speaker will be Meltem Ece Oba (Koç University, Istanbul), while Marco Lamandini (University of […]

The latest issue of the International and Comparative Law Quarterly (Volume 74, Issue 4) features one article on private international law. Adeline Chong, ‘Salami-Slicing’ and Issue Estoppel: Foreign Decisions on the Governing Law, 875-903 Whether an issue estoppel arises over foreign decisions on the governing law of the claim has not been directly considered by an English […]

The team of editors behind the EAPIL blog has just become larger. Konrad Duden, a professor of civil law, private international law and comparative law at the University of Hamburg, and Caterina Benini, a post-doctoral researcher and adjunct professor at the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart in Milan, have joined the blog as permanent […]

This post was written by Jerca Kramberger Škerl, Professor of Private International Law and Civil Procedure at the University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Law, and Working Group member for Slovenia in the EAPIL Working Group on Anti-SLAPP Directive Transpositions. On 28 January, the Slovenian Parliament adopted the Act on Protective Measures concerning Strategic Lawsuits against […]

The author of this post is Caterina Benini, post-doctoral researcher and adjunct professor at the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart in Milan. The recognition and enforcement of foreign punitive damages judgments in Italy is no longer considered anathema. In 2017, overturning its previous opposition, the Joint Sections of the Italian Supreme Court held that […]

The European Parliament has published in January 2026 two in-depth studies devoted to the operation and future of the 1980 Hague Convention on the civil aspects of international child abduction. Together, these studies offer a timely and complementary assessment of one of the cornerstones of international family law instruments in relation to the Brussels II […]

On 18 February 2026, from 3 to 4 pm UK time, the Aberdeen Centre for Private International Law and Transnational Governance will host a webinar featuring Tobias Lutzi (University of Augsburg) under the title Between Ambition and Realism – What to Expect from the Upcoming Reforms to the Rome II and Brussels Ia Regulation? The […]

The first issue of the Journal du droit international for 2026 has been released. It contains one article and several case notes relating to private international law issues. In her contribution, Estelle Fohrer-Dedeurwaerder (University of Toulouse Capitole) discusses the international element of legal situations (La manipulation de l’internationalité des situations juridiques). The English abstract reads: […]

This post was written by Giacomo Marola (PhD). As announced on this blog, on 5 February 2026 Advocate General (AG) A. Rantos delivered his Opinion in Case C-232/25, Idziski, following a request for a preliminary ruling from the Polish Supreme Court. The case concerns the interpretation of Article 5(3) of the Brussels I Regulation (now Article 7(2) of the Brussels I bis Regulation) […]

This post was written by Silvia Marino, Professor of EU law at the University of Insubria in Como and Director of the EAPIL Winter School. The third edition of the EAPIL Winter School in European Private International Law took place at the Department of Law, Economics and Cultures of the University of Insubria in Como […]

On 15 January 2026, the Paris Court of Appeal ruled on an application to set aside an arbitral award on the ground of the alleged partiality of two of the members of the arbitral tribunal. Background The case was concerned with the alleged expropriation by the Federation of Russia of real properties belonging to a […]

Laura Carpaneto (University of Genoa), Francesca Maoli (San Raffaele Telematic University of Rome) and Ilaria Queirolo (University of Genoa) edited Towards Universal Parenthood in Europe with Editoriale Scientifica. The book presents the outcome of UniPAR – Towards Universal Parenthood in Europe, a project co-funded by the EU and addresses a broad range of issues relating […]

As announced earlier on this blog. the next EAPIL Conference will take place in Geneva from 18 to 20 June 2026. In the run-up to the Conference, elections will be held for both the Board of Administration and the Scientific Council of the Association in accordance with the EAPIL Statutes. EAPIL’s governing bodies play a […]

The author of this post is Caterina Benini, post-doctoral researcher and adjunct professor at the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart in Milan. Climate change litigation is relatively rare in Italy. Only a few months ago, the Italian Supreme Court issued its first ruling in a climate change-related lawsuit brought against a corporation. By a […]

The third bi-annual conference of the European Association of Private International Law (EAPIL) will take place in Geneva, Switzerland, on 18-20 June 2026, under the title Shaping the Future of Private International Law in Europe – Putting Together the Pieces and Filling Gaps. The conference will present current developments in private international law. Presentations will […]

The third edition of the EAPIL Winter School has started today in Como. The general topic is Values in Private International Law. The full programme can be found here. Introduced by Silvia Marino, the course kicked off with an opening address by the President of the European Association of Private International Law, Gilles Cuniberti. The […]

A hearing in case C-799/24, Babcock Montajes, will take place on 4 February 2026. The Bundesgerichtshof (Germany) has referred to the Court a question on the interaction between articles 25 and 36 of the Brussels I bis regulation, and on the relevance of res judicata for the purposes of recognition: 1. Is the term ‘judgment’ in […]

Michele Angelo Lupoi and Davide Castagno (both university of Bologna) have posted The Yearbook of the Ravenna Summer School on Cross-Border Litigation and International Arbitration 2024 Edition on SSRN. The abstract reads: This yearbook collects papers presented at the 2024 edition of the Ravenna Summer School on Cross-border litigation and international arbitration, organised by the […]

On 5 and 6 March 2026, the Faculty of Law at Lund University will host a conference entitled Collaboration in International Family Law. The event will bring together leading academics and practitioners to explore how cooperation between key actors functions in international family law, from both national and comparative perspectives. The first day (from 14 […]

On 9 February 2026, the French Cour de Cassation will hold a one-day symposium titled Revisiting the international element in contracts (Revisiter l’internationalité du contrat). The event is organised by the Société de Législation Comparée, the Cour de Cassation and the academic research unit GREDEG (Côte d’Azur University), and is coordinated by Gustavo Cerqueira (Côte d’Azur […]