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N e w s l e t t e r

 
 
 
     
 
N. 8 - August/September 2009
 
 
 
     
 
 
 

FROM THE IEL EDITORIAL BOARD

Dear Colleagues,

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Welcome to the new IEL authors:

Competition Law: Howard Langer (USA); Corporations and Partnerships: Peter Letsou (USA); Criminal Law: Gabriel Hallevy and Emanuel Gross (Israel), Shannon Hoctor (South Africa); Cyber Law: Arno Lodder (The Netherlands); Energy Law: Malte Petersen and Henning Thomas (Germany), Soung Soo Kim (South Korea); Family and Succession Law: Magdalena Habdas and Stanislawa Kalus (Poland); Intellectual Property: Anna Tsirat and Juriy Kapitsa (Ukraine); Labour Law and Industrial Relations: Vicheka Lay (Cambodia), Patrick Tay Teck Guan (Singapore); Media Law: Farid Sufian Shuaib (Malaysia), Andrei Richter (Russia); Medical Law: Eduardo Dantas (Brazil); Property and Trust Law: Una Woods (Ireland), Ainul Jaria Binti Maidin and Bashiran Begum Binti Mobarak Ali (Malaysia); Religion Law: Farid Sufian Shuaib (Malaysia); Sports Law: Takuya Yamazaki (Japan), Alexander Zavgorodniy (Russia).

IEL Just Published

Civil Procedure: 51 Kenya; Constitutional Law: 81 Argentina & Argentina TXT, 82 Brazil TXT & Serbia TXT; Contracts: 59 India; Corporations and Partnerships: 50 Italy; Criminal Law: 35 Spain, 36 Hong Kong; Cyber Law: 20 South Africa; Energy Law: 21 Greece; Environmental Law: 69 Malta & Mexico; Family and Succession Law: 45 Malawi; Insurance Law: 31 Codex, 32 Portugal; Intellectual Property: 52 Poland, 53 Egypt & Ireland, 54 Argentina; Intergovernmental Organisations: 35 NATO & SADC Labour Law and Industrial Relations: 352 & 353 Case Law ILOAT, 354 USA legislation, 355 Nepal & Codex; Medical Law: 58 Quebec, 59 Belgium; Private International Law: 22 Greece; Property and Trust Law: 10 Colombia; Sports Law: 14 Italy.

Forthcoming volumes

Civil Procedure: Denmark; Commercial and Economic Law: Case Law; Constitutional Law: Venezuela, Serbia; Contracts: USA; Corporations and Partnerships: Romania, Ireland; Cyber Law: China, Turkey; Family and Succession Law: Greece, India; Insurance Law: Argentina; Intellectual Property: Denmark, Berne Convention, Jordan; Intergovernmental Organisations: BIS, ICSID; Labour Law and Industrial Relations: Case law ECJ, Spain, Romania, Czech Republic, Uruguay, Serbia, Sweden, Denmark, Turkey legislation, EWC EU, Europe, Hong Kong, EWC Latvia; Private International Law: India; Social Security Law: Serbia, Italy, Mexico; Sports Law: South Africa, Turkey.


LEGAL NEWS

3 September 2009
European Commission:
  • Enterprise and Industry : European innovation policy - successes but also new challenges
  • Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities : 2nd meeting of the integrated platform on Roma inclusion
  • Justice, Freedom and Security : An opportunity and a challenge - Migration in the European Union

    2 September 2009
    European Commission:
  • Competition : State aid: Commission approves immediate payment of subsidy to France Télévisions and opens in-depth investigation into long-term funding mechanism
  • Environment : Civil Protection: Community Mechanism activated to tackle forest fires in Portugal
  • Environment : Frequently asked questions on the phasing out of conventional incandescent bulbs
  • Publications : Your guide to the Lisbon Treaty

    1 September 2009
    European Commission:
  • Environment : Climate change: Commission welcomes provisional 2008 data showing further EU progress towards Kyoto targets


    DOCUMENTS

  • 8 September 2009
    Judgment of the Court of Justice in Case C-478/07

    Agriculture
    THE DESIGNATION 'BUD' CANNOT BE PROTECTED AS A DESIGNATION OF ORIGIN OUTSIDE THE COMMUNITY SYSTEM OF PROTECTION

  • 8 September 2009
    Judgment of the Court of Justice in Case C-42/07
    Liga Portuguesa de Futebol Profissional et Baw International


    Freedom to provide services
    THE PROHIBITION WHICH PORTUGUESE LEGISLATION IMPOSES ON OPERATORS SUCH AS BWIN OF OFFERING GAMES OF CHANCE VIA THE INTERNET MAY BE REGARDED AS COMPATIBLE WITH THE FREEDOM TO PROVIDE SERVICES

  • 3 September 2009
    Judgment of the Court of Justice in Case C-489/07
    Messner


    Approximation of laws
    A CONSUMER WHO EXERCISES HIS RIGHT OF WITHDRAWAL FROM A DISTANCE CONTRACT MUST NOT BE OBLIGED, IN GENERAL, TO COMPENSATE THE SELLER FOR THE USE OF THE GOODS ACQUIRED

  • 3 September 2009
    Judgment of the Court of Justice in Joined Cases C-322/07
    Papierfabrik August Koehler / Commission


    Competition
    THE COMMISSION'S DECISION CONCERNING A CARTEL ON THE CARBONLESS PAPER MARKET IS ANNULLED IN SO FAR AS IT CONCERNS BOLLORÉ SA


    EVENTS

  • 17-18 September 2009, Brussels
    Commission organises Conference on Licensing Systems for Club Competitions

    The Commission will organise an EU conference on licensing systems for club competitions. The Conference will gather representatives of football (federations, leagues, clubs and players) as well as representatives of other team sports with an interest in licensing systems. The purpose of the conference is to facilitate exchanges of views and sharing of good practices on this topic


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    Insurance Law

    Intellectual Property

    Intergovernmental
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    Media Law

    Medical Law

    Migration Law

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