The interplay between the concept of jurisdiction and forum non conveniens theory is more or less stormy. At least in the European Union, such interplay ismanaged in favour of actor sequitur forum rei doctrine. This paper retraces thetransnational fate of forum non conveniens doctrine. As the European Union intends to be and to remain a global player, it cannot neglect anymore, at least in the its so-cal...

The relationship between the franchisor and the franchisees of his network is complex and must be regulated contractually also with regard to the obligations related to the processing of personal data. Due to the way the franchise is regulated, the relationship between the franchisor and the franchisee will always be of associated operators. ...

It is well-known that, in principle, no person entitled to a civil subjective right can be held liable for the damage caused by exercising that particular right. However, the principle of good faith and the obligation which is the result of it requires that the exercise of any civil subjective right respects its rigor. On the one hand, this means that the civil subjective right must be exercised for the purpose that has been recognized by law a...

In the midst of the technological revolution, the financing of various projects could not be eluded by the phenomenon of digitalization. The general ease of accessing the Internet and social networks has reshaped an old method of funding, based on funds obtained from the general public. Nowadays, crowdfunding developed through online platforms is experiencing an exponential growth, whether the beneficiaries are natural persons, cultural-artist...

If eloquence is the nucleus around which revolve all the other elements of oratory before the court, the judicial oratory would not be complete without the presence and the abstinence of the litigant. Knowing how to present yourself and knowing the right time to censor yourself are qualities that shape the portrait of a successful speaker. ...

The European Data Protection Board („EDPB”), the European Union’s independent body mandated to ensure the consistent application of Regulation no. 2016/679 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data („GDPR”), issued, in May 2020, new specific guidelines for the interpretation and application of the GDPR provisions on consent for processing personal data. This articl...

In early 2020, the NIS Cooperation Group published a set of cybersecurity measures in the context of the implementation of the 5G system (called 5G Network EU Toolbox Risk Mitiganting Meaasures), proposing technical and strategic measures to be taken by EU Member States.Some of the recommended measures include an assessment of the risk profile of suppliers and the application of restrictions for those considered to be at high risk for e...

The paper aims to analyze the interference of the COVID-19 pandemic with the execution of civil contracts, discussing how economic agents affected in their activity by the combined action of the pandemic and the legislative measures enacted in order to fight it can use the theory of hardship or force majeure/fortuitous case. The authors consider that a case-by-case analysis shall be needed, as the same fac...

The article represents an analysis of the legal nature and validity of the futures contract with negative price, where the seller pays a sum of money to the acquirer, as well as of the particularities and legal regime of this type of contract. The starting point of the analysis was the fall of the oil price below zero dollars per barrel on the US futures market, for the first time in history. This decrease was caused by the imminence of high s...

Towards the end of 2019, certain amendments have been brought to the regulation of franchising in Romania. Without representing a paradigm change – otherwise impossible, considering the European franchising regulation, as an exception from the restrictions set out by the competition legislation (although softened throughout the years) – the changes must be taken into account. Setting out certain obligations which did not exist, or existed in u...