Japanese consumer protection law offers an interesting comparative perspective on European consumer protection law. Professor Nakata of Ryokoku Law school in Kyoto is the leading expert in Japanese consumer protection and competition law. He will, for the first time, hold a lecture in Vienna on similarities and differences between Japanese and European consumer protection law.
IACPIL cordially inivites you to the lecture of professor Nakata, held on December 10, 2009 at 6 pm in Hörsaal 16 (University of Vienna, 1 Dr. Karl Lueger-Ring, 1010 Vienna). (more…)

Eight years after the Brussels I Regulation came into effect, manifold issues turn out to be problematic in practice or have been unsuccessfully resolved from the very beginning. The Brussels I Regulation is apt for reform. A forthcoming report and a Green Paper exemplify the reform process.

Hence, IACPIL is exceptionally delighted to invite you to a lecture by Univ.-Prof. Dr. Peter Mankowski (University Hamburg, Germany) on the Reform of Brussels I Regulation taking place on November 23, 2009, 17:00 s.t. at the University of Vienna. (more…)