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Private international law aspects of the Commission’s proposal for a directive on SLAPPs (“Strategic lawsuits against public participation”) (C. Kohler)

Summary I. The Commission’s proposal               A. Context and purpose               B. Safeguards in court proceedings brought before the courts of the Member States II. Conflict rules in the proposed directive               A. Protection against judgments from third countries               B. A forum actoris for claims …

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The OE/VY case: the CJEU takes a pragmatic approach to the nationality privilege of Article 3(1)(a) Brussels IIa Regulation (Johan Meeusen – comment on ECJ, 10 February 2022, C-522/20)

On 10 February 2022, the Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) rendered its judgment in case C-522/20, OE/VY (https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:62020CJ0522; ECLI:EU:C:2022:87). It ruled that the sixth indent of Article 3(1)(a) of the Brussels IIa Regulation (Regulation 2201/2003 concerning jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments …

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