Edited by the late Peter Mankowski, formerly Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Hamburg, Germany

• Contents:Editor’s introduction to the Research Handbook on the Brussels Ibis Regulation viiiPeter Mankowski1 Cross-border dimension of collective proceedings in the Brussels Ibis regime: jurisdiction, lis pendens and related actions 1T.M.C. Arons2 Arbitration and the twists of Recital 12 of the Brussels Ibis Regulation 40Sylvain Bollée and Étienne Farnoux3 Negotiorum gestio and the Brussels Ibis Regulation 64Tim W. Dornis4 The substantive validity of forum selection agreements under the Brussels Ibis Regulation 95Pietro Franzina5 Injunctive relief under the Brussels Ibis Regulation 118Thomas Garber6 Intellectual property and the Brussels Ibis Regulation 147Christian Heinze and Cara Warmuth7 Collective labour law in the Brussels Ibis Regulation 172Aukje van Hoek8 The minefield at the interface of the Brussels Ibis Regulation and the European Insolvency Regulation (Recast) 188Antonio Leandro9 The rise and fall of a defining criterion? The targeting of digital commercial activities as a factor establishing consumer jurisdictions before and after the Geo-Blocking Regulation 207Leander D. Loacker10 The impact of the Brussels Ibis Regulation on the ‘second generation’ of European procedural law 230Peter Mankowski11 Lis alibi pendens and related actions before third country courts under the Brussels Ibis Regulation 250Fabrizio Marongiu Buonaiuti12 The Brussels Ibis Regulation and the prohibition of discrimination under EU primary law 285Johan Meeusen13 Culpa in contrahendo and the Brussels Ibis Regulation 311Dário Moura Vicente14 Article 55 Brussels Ibis Regulation, enforcement by penalty and the ‘astreinte’ 329Guillaume Payan15 Overriding mandatory provisions and choice of court agreements 346Matteo M. WinklerIndex 360

'Professor Mankowski, at the head of a select group of jurists from different European countries, has chosen to analyse some of the most important issues of the Brussels Ibis Regulation frequently discussed in court. If you are looking for a clear, accurate and rigorous legal analysis, this is the right book for you.'--Alfonso-Luis Calvo Caravaca, Carlos III University of Madrid, Spain'This timely book makes a major contribution to EU private international law by exploring and analysing 15 highly topical and emerging areas of international civil and commercial practice: it draws together arguments, presently scattered across the specialist literature of many legal systems, to illuminate each area by such excellent and clear expert comment that its purchase is plainly essential. Courts, practitioners and academics will all soon have reason to be grateful for its publication.'--Jonathan Fitchen, University of Aberdeen, UK