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Ilaria Curti 20 December 2021 Thanks to Eleonora Vita for collaborating on this articleIn 2021, the European Union (the “EU”) allocated substantial sums to jumpstart the economy, and it also strengthened its regulations precisely to ensure that these sums of money are spent transparently as a way of safeguarding the market. Along with the Procurement […]

Chiara Sannasardo 1 December 2021 With judgement No. 15938 of November 13, 2020, the Court of Rome confirmed that sale of a stake representing 60% of the corporate capital of a limited liability company in liquidation for a merely symbolic price (in the case at hand, just 1 Euro) is fully lawful, provided that: the […]

On June 11, 2021, the German parliament passed a federal bill on corporate due diligence obligations with regard to supply chains under the title “Gesetz ueber die unternehmerischen Sorgfaltspflichten zur Vermeidung von Menschenrechtsverletzungen in Lieferketten,” also known as “Lieferkettensorgfaltspflichtengesetz” or “LkSG.” This new law is the outcome of a project that dates back to 2016 […]

While waiting for the new crisis and insolvency code (the “Bankruptcy Code”) to come into force, in August 2021 the Italian government released yet another installment in the saga of the reform of Italian bankruptcy law. Law Decree 118/2021 (the “August Decree”) amends a few sections of the Italian bankruptcy law (Law 267/1942: “Italian Bankruptcy […]

Directive (EU) 2019/1937 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the protection of persons who report breaches of EU law (“Directive”), dated October 23, 2019, has not yet been implemented in Italy,[1] but the anticorruption authority (“ANAC”) and Confindustria recently issued new sets of guidelines regarding whistleblowing in the public and private sectors, respectively. […]

The Italian government has enacted what is known as the “Green Pass bis Decree” (Law Decree no. 127 of September 21, 2021), introducing urgent measures to ensure the safe performance of public and private work through the extension of the scope of application of COVID-19 green certification (“Green Pass”) and the strengthening of the screening system. The requirement […]

On April 20, 2021, the Italian Supreme Court dealt with a complex and much debated matter: pharmaceutical company liability for damages to a participant in a sponsored clinical trial. This issue can be analyzed from at least two perspectives: one is the causal connection between the alleged damages and the investigational drug, and the other […]

The General Court recently issued a ruling[1] in a two-decade-long judicial saga over a trademark registration filed by Veuve Clicquot, annulling a decision under which the EUIPO remitted the case to its Cancellation Division for reconsideration. The ruling should eventually put an end to the invalidity proceedings that were brought by Lidl, a German discount retailer […]

In June 2020, the high court of Rome issued a ruling in a delicate matter concerning the power to determine remuneration of managing directors (CEOs) in joint stock companies. The ruling in question is particularly interesting because it represents a new twist on the interpretation and consequent application of Article 2389. It poses a clear […]