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Academic Background

J.D., University of Orléans, Orléans, France
LL.M. in comparative law, University of Paris I, Panthéon-Sorbonne, and University of Paris II, Panthéon-Assas
J.S.D., doctorate in private comparative law, University of Paris II, Panthéon-Assas

Teaching Focus

• Legal environment of business
• International business law
• communication law

Research Interests

• Tort law
• Intellectual property law
• Internet law
• European Union law

 Select Publications

• “Duty of care et intérêt lésé – Etude croisée.” In The Influence of the French Civil Code on the Common Law and Beyond, edited by Duncan Fairgrieve 124-141. London: BIICL, 2007.
• Demme, Géraldine and Romain Lorentz, “Responsabilité civile et naissance d’un enfant – Aperçu comparatif,” Revue Internationale de Droit Comparé, n°1 (March 2005): 103-139.
• "French national report on Pure Economic Loss for the 17th World Congress of the International Academy of Comparative Law," Revue Internationale de Droit Comparé, n°2 (2006): 393-407.
• Les contrats d’agence commerciale. Etude Comparative, participating author, edited by Louis Vogel. Paris: Editions Panthéon-Assas, coll. Droit Global / Global Law (2012). 

Recent Presentations

• “The Liability of Web Hosting Providers – A Comparative Overview.” Paper presented at the MALSB/MBAA International Conference, Chicago, Illinois, March 23-25, 2011.
• “The Liability of Web Hosting Providers – A Comparative Overview.” Paper presented at the ALSB Annual Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana, August 9-13, 2011.
• “Killing Four Birds With One Stone – Using the Historical Evolution of Products Liability As an Introduction to Legal Reasoning.” Paper presented at the ALSB Annual Conference, Kansas City, Missouri, August 8-11, 2012.

Current Advisory Board Positions

• Member of the board of directors of the Alliance Française de Minneapolis-St Paul

Honors

• ALSB 2012 Gaylord-Jentz Scholar