Current Research in Private International Law: Virtual Workshop with Xandra Kramer

Tuesday, 8 September 2026, 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. (CEST)

"Cross-Border Collective Litigation in Tech Cases: Is the European Framework up to the Challenge?"
 

About the Speaker:

Xandra Kramer is professor of private law at Erasmus University Rotterdam and of private international law at Utrecht University. Her research focuses on cross-border commercial litigation, access to justice and justice innovation, the functioning of civil justice systems, ADR and ODR, e-justice, collective actions and costs and funding of litigation.

About the Topic:

Collective actions have gained traction in Europe, boosted by the Representative Actions Directive and enabled by third-party litigation funding in several jurisdictions. These increasingly involve cases against multinational big tech companies operating in Europe. The current private international law framework, however, is not designed to address the challenges of these complex cases.  The presentation will discuss how the European Court of Justice and Dutch courts have primarily handled questions of international jurisdiction and to what extent the existing legislative framework needs amendment.  

About the Virtual Workshop Series:

The virtual workshop series “Current Research in Private International Law" is organised by Ralf Michaels and Antonia Sittig. The series features leading national and international scholars who present and discuss their work on current developments and research topics in private international law. The workshops are geared to scholars who are researching in the field of private international law, but attendance is open to all individuals having an academic interest (doctoral candidates and students are expressly invited).