Preparation of a legal expert opinion in support of Croatia on the relationship of various provisions of the German Code of Civil Procedure (ZPO) to EU law for submission to the OLG Frankfurt

Preparation of a legal expert opinion in support of Croatia on the relationship of various provisions of the German Code of Civil Procedure (ZPO) to EU law for submission to the OLG Frankfurt

More Information on the Case OLG Frankfurt am Main, Decision dated 11 February 2021, Case No. 26 SchH 2/20 “The assignment of an investment dispute between EU Member States to an arbitral tribunal affects the autonomy of Union law if Union law may be affected by the arbitral tribunal’s decision. In such cases, an arbitration…

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The Limited Immediate Effects of CJEU’s Achmea Judgement

Re-Organizing Europe’s Judicial Power through the Backdoor?

Steffen Hindelang: The Limited Immediate Effects of CJEU’s Achmea Judgement. VerfBlog, 2018/3/09, 2018. AbstractIt seemed that Court of Justice of the European Union wanted to make it short and sweet: It took the Grand Chamber in its Achmea Decision less than fifteen pages to conclude that Investor-State dispute settlement (ISDS), as we know it, shall…

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Predators in the pond of jurisdiction? The EU constitutional restraints on investor-State dispute settlement provisions in European comprehensive free trade agreements.

Predators in the pond of jurisdiction? The EU constitutional restraints on investor-State dispute settlement provisions in European comprehensive free trade agreements.

Investor-State dispute settlement (ISDS), once developed as ‘last straw’ for foreign investors to gain access to justice in the forgotten corners of this world, grew out of its niche existence – for the better or the worse. In a remarkable metamorphosis ISDS made its way not only into trade agreements among what was once called…

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