"Comparative Study of Business Tort Litigation"

October 4 (Thu), 2007

Venue: Novotel Lyon Part Dieu

Opening Session

Opening Address

Professor Dr. Masanori KAWANO
Nagoya University, Japan

SUBSTANTIAL PROBLEMS OF BUSINESS LITIGATION

Moderator

Professor Dr. Nicolo TROCKER
Professor Dr. Gerhard WAGNER
Professor Dr. Masanori KAWANO

SESSION I:
Global Business Activities and Tort Law

Presentations

"Global Business Activities and Tort Law"

Professor Dr. Masanori KAWANO
Nagoya University, Japan

"Global Business Activities and Tort Law"

Professor Dr. Gerhard WAGNER
University of Bonn, Germany

"Tort Litigation Affecting 'Business': The English Perspective"

Professor Neil ANDREWS
University of Cambridge, U.K.

"Global Business Activities and French Tort Law"

Professor Emmanuel JEULAND
University of Paris, France

Discussion

SESSION II:
Jurisdiction of International Business Litigation

Presentations

"Jurisdiction of International Business Tort Litigation and Applicable Law"

Professor Dr. Frederique FERRAND
Lyon University, France

"Transnational Tort Litigation: Jurisdictional Issues - Trends, Policies, Rules"

Professor Dr. Nicolo TROCKER
University of Florence, Italy

"Jurisdiction in International Business Litigation in Japan"

Associate Professor Masaaki HAGA
Meiji University, Japan

Comments

"Issues of international jurisdiction in commercial disputes in the light of the new EU regulation 44/2001"

Professor Michele LUPOI
University of Bologna, Italy

"Jurisdiction in Tort in International Business Relationships"

Professor Dr. Marco DE CRISTOFARO
University of Padova, Italy

Discussion

SESSION III:
Mass Tort Litigation (Part.1)

Presentation

"Collective Actions for Damages: Heading Toward Justice with a Bus"

Professor Andrea GIUSSANI
University of Urbino, Italy

Discussion

October 5 (Fri), 2007

Venue: Novotel Lyon Part Dieu

MASS TORT LITIGATION

Moderator:

Professor Dr. Loic Cadiet
University of Paris, France

SESSION IV:
Mass Tort Litigation (Part.2)

Presentations

"Mass Tort Litigation"

Professor Dr. Astrid STADLER
University of Konstanz, Germany

"Mass Torts and American Civil Justice"

Professor Peter L. MURRAY
Harvard Law School, U.S.A.

"Mass Tort Litigation"

Professor Dr. Dimitris MANIOTIS
Democritus University of Thrace, Greece

Comments

"Class Actions in Consumer Cases - A Finnish Start"

Dr. Laura ERVO
University of Turku, Finland

"Mass Tort Litigation: Cyanide Pollution on the River Tisza"

Dr. Miklos KENGYEL
University of Pecs, Hungary

"Mass Tort Litigation"

Dr. Piotr POGONOWSKI
John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Poland

Discussion

SESSION V:
Business Tort Litigation and Proof of Evidence

Presentations

"Punitive Damages and French Public Policy"

Professor Georges CAVALIER
University of Lyon, France

"Business Tort Litigation and Proof of Evidence"

Professor Beatrice JALUZOT
University of Lyon, France

Comments

Professor Chiara BESSO MARCHEIS
University of Piemonte Orientale, Italy

Professor Dr. Dimitris MANIOTIS
Democritus University of Thrace, Greece

Discussion

Closing Session

Closing Remarks

Professor Dr. Rolf STUERNER
University of Freiburg, Germany