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Projects on Class Action by Ianika Tzankova
28th April 2022In recent months, Prof. Ianika Tzankova and Michael FitzGerald have embarked on two related projects on collective redress..
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4th International Class Action Conference on 30 June/1 July - Ianika Tzankova
26th April 2022Welcome to the 4th international conference! The theme of this year's conference is 'From Class Actions to Collective Redress: Access to Justice in the 21st century'. The local organizing committee is very pleased to welcome you to the University of Amsterdam.
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Mijke Houwerzijl is speaker at the Conference 'Economically-dependent workers as part of a decent economy'
26th April 2022A group of 15 colleagues from universities in eleven European countries was working on a project on 'Economically-dependent Workers as Part of a Decent Economy'. On the 5th and 6th May 2022, the research group on economically-dependent workers holds the final conference.
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Webinar Quality Assurance for Building Act - Stephanie van Gulijk
22nd April 2022In cooperation with Tilburg University, Norton Rose Fulbright is organising a series of webinars to raise money for Hart voor Afghanistan.
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Omar Salah included in GRR '40 under 40 2022' list
04th April 2022Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright's finance and restructuring partner, Omar Salah, has been included in this year's Global Restructuring Review '40 under 40 2022' list.
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Tax reforms essential for labor market and pensions
04th April 2022Major changes and revisions are on the agenda for the labor market, the pension system, and the tax system--including the benefits system--in the coming years. It is essential to look at the symbiosis between these three policy dossiers, because taxation creates the preconditions for all of them.
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Call for Papers - International Empirical Legal Studies Conference - 1 & 2 September 2022
01st April 2022On September 1 and 2 2022, the ELS Academy will organize an International Empirical Legal Studies Conference at the Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam.
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André van Rijs speaker at Expert Meeting on Voluntary Work in the EU
01st April 2022Last Friday, 25 March 2022, André van Rijs was a speaker at the Expert Meeting on Voluntary Work in the EU 25 March 2022.
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Just published: Combating poverty and social exclusion in European Union Law
01st April 2022Ane Aranguiz is the author of the book "Combating poverty and social exclusion in European Union law", in which she analyses how EU law can make a greater contribution to the policy objective of combating poverty and social exclusion.
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Transnational Dispute Resolution in an increasingly digitalized world - 24 March 2022
18th March 2022The Center for the Future of Dispute Resolution at Ghent University has the pleasure of inviting you to its online colloquium "Transnational Dispute Resolution in an increasingly digitalized world".
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Just published: OPEN ACCESS Methods of systematic jurisprudence analysis - Paul Verbruggen
18th March 2022As of today, this book on setting up and conducting large-scale case law research is available digitally free of charge. The book is in Dutch.
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Save the date: 18 May Inaugural address of the TPR Exchange Chair KU Leuven Paul Verbruggen
10th March 2022On 18 May this year, Paul Verbruggen will deliver his inaugural address as former holder of the TPR Exchange Chair at the KU Leuven. Due to the pandemic the speech is delayed with 2 years.
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Webinar Private Arrangement Act (WHOA) Omar Salah - Heart for Afghanistan
10th March 2022In cooperation with Tilburg University, Norton Rose Fulbright is organising a series of webinars to raise money for Heart for Afghanistan. The second webinar on 16 March, given by Omar Salah, will be about the Private Arrangement Homologation Act (WHOA).
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EFFORTS International Exchange Seminar - expert discussant invitation
10th March 2022The event is part of EFFORTS, a two-year project funded by the Civil Justice Programme of the European Commission (JUST-JCOO-AG-2019-881802) and carried out by an international Consortium composed of the MPI Luxembourg and the Universities of Milan (coord.), Brussels VUB, Heidelberg, Vilnius, and Zagreb.
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The upcoming TILEC Work In Progress on 09 March 2022 is by Dr. Anne Lafarre on 'Do Institutional Investors Vote Responsibly?'
04th March 2022This study investigates how responsible institutional investors really are based on their voting records.
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Webinar - Heart for Afghanistan: Latest developments in property and insolvency law
10th February 2022In cooperation with Tilburg University, Norton Rose Fulbright is organizing a series of webinars to raise money for UNICEF. The first webinar, given by Reinout Wibier, will discuss recent developments in property and insolvency law.
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Just published: Arbeidsrecht voor de overheidspraktijk, editie Gemeente en editie Rijk
14th January 2022Publishing house SDU has just published Arbeidsrecht voor de overheidspraktijk, editie Gemeente and editie Rijk (in Dutch). Dr. S.F.H Jellinghaus was chief editor for these editions.
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Vote for Irmgard Borghouts for the You Go Girl Award 2021 for expert women in media
03rd January 2022Labor market expert Irmgard Borghouts has been nominated for the You Go Girl Award 2021. The award is for expert women who raise their profile in the media.
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Research methods between legal doctrine and data science
07th October 2021Large-scale case law research is becoming increasingly attractive with the digital availability of case law. At the same time, this development warrants more attention to the methodological justification of case law analysis. A new book edited by Paul Verbruggen collects important methodological lessons for this type of research.
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Tilburg University appoints Omar Salah as Professor of Global Finance & Restructuring Law
01st September 2021Tilburg University has appointed Dr Omar Salah as Professor of Global Finance & Restructuring Law for a period of five years, effective 1 September 2021. His chair is embedded in the Department of Private, Business and Labour Law at Tilburg Law School.
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Five promising researchers awarded a NWO Veni grant worth 250,000 euros
05th November 2020The Dutch Research Council (NWO) has awarded a Veni grant worth up to 250,000 euros to five highly promising young scientists of Tilburg University.