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15 Mar On Thursday— March 24th,2022 – Bert Keirsbilck – Ku Leuven

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On March 24th, at 17.00 CET, Bert Keirsbilck – (Ku Leuven) will present his research entitled “Unfair Trading Practices in the Food supply Chain” Abstract: In his talk, Professor Bert Keirsbilck will address the implementation of Directive (EU) 2019/633 on unfair trading practices (“UTPs”) in the agricultural and...

31 Jan On Thursday— February 24th,2022 – João Pedro Quintais; Naomi Appelman; Ronan Fahy

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On February 24th, at 16.00 CET, João Pedro Quintais;Naomi Appelman; Ronan Fahy (University of Amsterdam) will present their research entitled “Using Terms and Conditions to apply Fundamental Rights to Content Moderation: Is Article 12 DSA a Paper Tiger?”” Abstract: Large online platforms provide an unprecedented means for exercising freedom of...

30 Sep On Thursday— November 25th, 2021 – Solene Rowan

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On November 25th, at 6.00 CET, Solene Rowan (Professor of Law, University of Oxford) will present her research entitled “Abuse of rights in English contract law” Abstract: The paper argues that the fetters on the exercise of unilateral contractual discretionary powers and the limits on damages clauses in...

30 Sep On Thursday— October 28th, 2021 – Caterina Sganga

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On October 28th, at 6.00 CET,Caterina Sganga (Associate Professor of Comparative Private Law, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna) -Coordinator of the H2020 Project reCreating Europe “Rethinking digital copyright law for a culturally diverse, accessible, creative Europe.” will present her research entitled “The past, present and future of EU...

08 Sep On Thursday— September 30th, 2021 – Helen Eenmaa

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On September 30th, at 6.00 CET,Helen Eenmaa (University of Tartu) will present her research entitled “Machines that Make and Keep Promises. Lessons for Contract Automation from Algorithmic Trading on Financial Markets” Abstract: An important part of the criticism raised against the adoption of contract automation relates to...

19 Apr On Thursday— April 22nd, 2020 – Dr. Işık Önay

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On April 22nd, at 6.00 CET,Dr. Işık Önay (Assistant professor- Koç University Law School Istanbul) will present his research entitled “Alternative Causation in Tort Law” Abstract: The problem of uncertain causation has been one of the most debated topics of tort law in recent years. This article focuses on...

18 Mar On Thursday— March 25th, 2020 – Florian Idelberger

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On March 25th, at 6.00 CET, Ph.D. candidate Florian Idelberger ( European University Institute) will present his research entitled “Merging legal contracts and (smart) e-contracts” Abstract: Research and development in Law & AI generally and computable contracts specifically has been ongoing for decades, but picked up the...

03 Mar On Friday— March 5th, 2020 – Theodosia Stavroulaki

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On March 5th, at 6.00 CET, Dr.Theodosia Stavroulaki will present his research entitled “Mergers that facilitate discrimination through health insurance contract design” Abstract:A new wave of data-driven healthcare mergers is upon us. Health insurers, such as Aetna, are merging with powerful drug suppliers, such as CVS....

24 Nov On Wednesday— December 9th, 2020 – Giacomo Tagiuri

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On December 9th, at 6.00 CET, Dr.Giacomo Tagiuri will present his research entitled ” Beyond the Producerist/Consumerist Divide: Aiding Small Businesses in the Name of Costumers´Interest to Plurality” Abstract:In the context of rapid market transformations, linked to globalization and digitization, many advanced economies witness growing demands...

20 Nov Private law and sustainability? The example of consumer law

Posted at 10:43h in Private Law Series

Evelyne Terryn, Professor at KU Leuven, Faculty of Law During her talk, Professor Terryn focused on the need for private law, especially in the domain of e-commerce, to make changes in order to incentivize more sustainable market behaviours. She particularly emphasized how we must find the balance between the interests of traders, the interests of consumers, and environmental sustainability. Professor Terryn started by explaining how sustainability is...