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Professor DiMatteo on LLCs and fiduciary duty in US law

On 3 April 2018, Prof. Dr. Larry A. DiMatteo, Huber Hurst Professor of Contract Law & Legal Studies at the University of Florida, visited the Faculty of Law of the University of Rijeka. On that occasion he held a lecture for students and faculty titled Rise of American limited liability company: managers and members’ duty to act in good faith? In a two hours long talk he neatly explained the concept of fiduciary duty and the components of duty of care in carrying out company-related matters along with “business judgment” rule, uninformed decision-making and failure to monitor; duty of loyalty towards the company and related conflict of interest and company opportunity; and, finally, duty to act in good faith. Such fiduciary duties are often stipulated in the operating agreement. He concluded by saying that LLCs, which are on the rise as opposed to the corporations which belong to the past, are regulated in different ways across jurisdictions in US states. But, their common denominator is flexibility of contract law given that LLCs are contractual creations. This lecture was an excellent opportunity for students and faculty to learn about an interesting aspect of US law and broaden their comparative law perspectives.

Erasmus + Mobility Agreement signed with University of Saarland (Germany)

The University of Rijeka signed the Erasmus + Mobility Agreement with the University of  Saarland in February for the field of ​​law. The agreement was signed for the period 2018 to 2021 and includes student mobility for the purposes of studies and teaching and non-teaching staff mobilty for teaching or training. Please see other agreements the Faculty of Law offers in our Erasmus agreement map, as well as more information on Erasmus + here.

Faculty of Law in Rijeka took part in Consumer Week 2018

For the first time, the Faculty of Law in Rijeka joined the Consumer Week which was organised by the Ministry of Economy, Entrepreneurship and Crafts and gathered 32 partner institutions. From 8 to 15 March 2018, we participated in two events: regional presentation in Pula on 12 March and central event in Zagreb on 15 March. For that occasion, the members of the Institute of European and Comparative Law of the Faculty of Law in Rijeka wrote the brochure titled 5 FOR CONSUMERS and the flyer ONLINE CONSUMER DISPUTE RESOLUTION.  Information on 5 key consumer rights, 5 consumers’ common misconceptions and 5 ways to protect their rights were provided to interested citizens.

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Thalia Kruger on Migrating Children and Private International Law

Migrations have been a pressing issue for some time and in particular since the European migrant crisis beginning with 2015.  Associate Professor Thalia Kruger from the University of Antwerp, Belgium, addressed some of those issue before a full Blue Auditorium on Wednesday 14 March 2018. In her truly inspiring lecture, she questioned the role of the private international law in providing the answers to individual migrant children cases, with particular emphasis on the status of unaccompanied children. Her previous experience as an NGO counsel and researcher in international and European family law enabled her to rely on her broad perspective to establish more intense connections between migration law and private international law. She concludes by saying, inter alia, that central authorities which communicate within the scope of the private international law instruments should be more efficiently used in resolving migration issues in actual cases.
 

Erasmus + Mobility Agreement signed with University of Tromsø – The Arctic University of Norway

The University of Rijeka signed the Erasmus + Mobility Agreement with the University of  Tromsø – The Arctic University of Norway in February for the field of ​​law. The agreement was signed for the period 2018 to 2021 and includes student mobility for the purposes of studies and teaching and non-teaching staff mobility for teaching or training. Please see other agreements the Faculty of Law offers in our Erasmus agreement map, as well as more information on Erasmus + here.

Erasmus + Mobility Agreement signed with Eötvös Loránd University in Budapest (Hungary)

The University of Rijeka signed the Erasmus + Mobility Agreement with the Eötvös Loránd University (Hungary) in February for the field of law. The agreement was signed for the period 2018 to 2021 and includes student mobility for the purposes of studies and teaching and non-teaching staff mobility for teaching or training. Please see other agreements the Faculty of Law offers in our Erasmus agreement map, as well as more information on Erasmus + here.

Erasmus+ Mobility Agreement signed with University of Barcelona (Spain)

The University of Rijeka signed the Erasmus + Mobility Agreement with the University of Barcelona (Spain) in December for the field of law. The agreement was signed for the period 2017 to 2020 (21) and currently only includes staff mobility for teaching. Please see other agreements the Faculty of Law offers in our Erasmus agreement map, as well as more information on Erasmus+ here.