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LITIGATION FUNDING: THE NEW FRONTIER OF CIVIL LITIGATION
- Wednesday 27 November 2019
- Civil and Commercial Litigation, Contenzioso civile
- Italia
What is litigation funding? In Italy, a new form of litigation financing is timidly emerging, the so-called litigation funding or third-party litigation funding (TPLF). TPLF is an investment transaction: a lender invests in a legal dispute (whether judicial or not) or an arbitration, in which...
Class action – risks to companies and perspectives
- Friday 05 April 2019
- Civil and Commercial Litigation, Class action, Contenzioso civile, Diritto Civile, Diritto Commerciale e Contratti, Diritto del Lavoro, Novità legislative
- Italia
On April 3rd 2019 the Parliament approved a bill on class action, that significantly extends the previously existing class action mechanism. From 2020 on, every party claiming to have suffered a damage by either a company’s or a public body’s behaviour, will be entitled to act for damages ...
Arbitral award, arbitration clause and challenge: Court of Law no. 13/2018
- Wednesday 28 February 2018
- ADR, Civil and Commercial Litigation, Contenzioso arbitrale e giudiziario, Contenzioso civile, Contratti, Diritto Civile, Diritto Commerciale e Contratti, Diritto Costituzionale
- Italia
After the intervention of the United Sections of the Court of Cassation, with the so called twin judgments of May 2016, the Constitutional Court was asked to requested to determine if the rules regarding the challenge of arbitral awards and its consequences have, in relation to the amendment of ...
The Supreme Court on the validity of the exclusive jurisdiction clause contained in a internet link
- Tuesday 28 November 2017
- Civil and Commercial Litigation, Contratti, Diritto Civile, Diritto Commerciale e Contratti, Information Tecnnology
- Europa, Italia
In modern business practice, the online conclusion of contracts is a more and more common phenomenon to observe. In this particular field, sometimes parties exchange their general terms and conditions through email. Other times, the conditions are integrally reproduced in the webpage where a ...