Merane, Jakob

Biography

Jakob is a Ph.D. Student at the Center for Law & Economics. He holds a Bachelor of Law (summa cum laude) and a Master of Law with Specialization in Transnational Law (summa cum laude) from the external pageUniversity of Baselcall_made with study visits at external pageHumboldt-University of Berlincall_made and the external pageUniversity of Zurichcall_made. He concluded both his studies and the bar exam with the highest honors. He worked as a tutor in Constitutional Law and Criminal Law and as a student assistant at the faculty of law in Basel. He also holds a Certificate of Advanced Studies in Applied Statistics from ETH Zurich. In 2023, he spent a semester as a Visiting Researcher at external pageHarvard Law Schoolcall_made.  

In addition to his academic activities, Jakob was a board member of the Swiss Section of Amnesty International and involved with other non-profit organizations. During his studies, he co-founded external pageOpen Auditorium ("Offener Hörsaal")call_made, an association that enables refugee students to continue their studies in Switzerland. Before joining ETH, Jakob worked as a Junior Associate for a leading corporate law firm in Zurich in the Competition and Regulatory practice group. He also advised private clients as a Legal Associate in a small law firm.

Research Overview

Jakob's research focuses on new innovative approaches to enforce small claims. As part of his doctoral research, he develops automated tools to detect and enforce privacy violations on the internet. Furthermore, he researches regulatory responses to emerging digital technologies. He is particularly interested in the following areas:

• Antitrust & Competition Law
• Consumer Contracts
• Empirical Legal Research
• Privacy Law
• Private Law: Remedies and Procedures

Publications

• external pageBundesgerichtsurteile nutzen: Das Swiss Federal Supreme Court Dataset (SCD)call_made (with Florian Geering), Jusletter, 18 September 2023.
  
• external pageSwiss Federal Supreme Court Dataset (SCD)call_made (with Florian Geering), Zenodo, 2023.
  
• external pageChecking Websites’ GDPR Consent Compliance for Marketing Emailscall_made (with Karel Kubíček,Carlos Cotrini, Alexander Stremitzer, Stefan Bechtold & David Basin), Proceedings on Privacy Enhancing Technologies, 2022(2), 282-303.
  
• external pageComputergestützte Ermittlung der Geschlechterverteilung im bundesgerichtlichen Verfahrencall_made, Schweizerische Juristen-Zeitung, 10/2021, 511. 
• external pageDer Presserat zieht klare Trennlinien im digitalen Zeitaltercall_made, medialex, 08/2020, 7.
• external pageKünstliche Intelligenz – Rechtliche Leitplanken und neue Haftungsrisikencall_made (with Alexander Stremitzer), Recht relevant. für Verwaltungsräte, 6/2020.