Transnational tort litigation: jurisdiction and remedies

This Summer School is specifically dedicated to the topic of transnational tort litigation, with both a theoretical and a practical approach. Through traditional lectures and interactive workshop, an in-depth examination of these fundamental aspects of cross border tort litigation will be offered to the participants.

The Faculty of the Summer School is composed of U.S. and U.E. experts in this area of the law, in order to provide a comparative perspective to the participants.

The U. S. perspective will be centred on procedural remedies for mass-torts (class actions) and on the assumption of jurisdiction in transnational toxic tort litigation (e. g. asbestos and tobacco tort disputes).

The E. U. part of the program will deal with Regulation n. 1215 of 2012 as concerns jurisdiction in tort claims and Regulation n. 864 of 2008, in relation to the law applicable to transnational tort disputes.

In particular, art. 7, n. 2 or Regulation n. 1215, on tort jurisdiction, will be analyzed in-depth, in relation to specific areas of application (e. g. online defamation, IP litigation, economic and financial damages).

The US Perspective:

Bob Klonoff (Lewis & Clark Law School, Portland, Oregon):

Personal Jurisdiction, Due Process, and Foreign Litigants in the US

Transnational Class Actions in the US (Generally)

Transnational Securities Fraud Class Actions in the US

Transnational Human Rights Class Actions (Alien Tort Statute) in the US

Extraterritoriality and Court Access in the US

Mass Tort Litigation and Multidistrict Litigation in the US

Michael Armitage and Charles Siegel (Waters Klaus Paul, Los Angeles):

Assessing Jurisdiction in Transnational Toxic Tort Litigation in the US (workshop)

The EU Perspective:

Michele Angelo Lupoi (University of Bologna):

Tort jurisdiction in the EU: An overview of Regulation 1215/2012 (Brussels I bis)

Tort jurisdiction in the EU: an introduction to art. 7, n. 2 of regulation 1215/2012

Tort jurisdiction in the EU: the boundaries between contract and tort jurisdiction

Costanza Honorati (University of Milan-Bicocca):

The law applicable to torts: an overview of Regulation n. 864/2008 (Rome II)

Workshop:The law applicable to traffic accidents and the indirect damages

Francesca Ferrari (University of Insubria):

Jurisdiction in online IP cases in the US

Jurisdiction in IP cases in the European space of justice

Marco Farina (LUISS University, Rome):

Parallel proceedings in regulation 1215/2012: an overview

Workshop: Parallel proceedings between related contractual and tort claims

Elena D’Alessandro (University of Turin)

Fighting fake news: From "Shevill" to "eDate"

Online disinformation against legal persons: the "Bolagsupplysningen OÜ" case

Case-study: "Mary Stuard/La bocca della verità s.p.a."

Maria Chiara Marullo (Jaume I University, Spain)

Access to legal remedies for victims of corporate crimes in the EU courts: Kiobel III

Laura von Bochove (Leiden University, The Netherlands)

Cross-border actions for antitrust damages

Edoardo Filiberto Roversi (Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton):

Workshop: Economic torts and jurisdiction under regulation 1215/2012