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THE NEW EU WHISTLEBLOWER PROTECTION DIRECTIVE IS APPROVED
- Wednesday 16 October 2019
- Data Protection, Diritto Civile, Diritto Commerciale e Contratti, Diritto d'impresa, Diritto del Lavoro, Diritto dell'Unione Europea, Illecito extracontrattuale, Novità legislative, Risarcimento del danno, Welfare aziendale, Whistleblowing
- Unione Europea
1. The directive of the UE Council substantially extends the regulation of whistleblowing. Who reports a violation of the law, acquired in the workplace, will be protected more effectively after the final approval of the EU rules. The EU Council, on the 7th of October 2019 approved the ...
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 ...
Flavor and copyright: an intriguing but not plausible couple
- Friday 21 December 2018
- Diritto Alimentare, Diritto Civile, Diritto Commerciale e Contratti, Diritto d'autore, Diritto dell'Unione Europea, Intellectual Property
- Europa
The Court of Justice of the European Union, with the ruling of last November 13 (C-310/17), had the chance to clarify that, the taste of a food product cannot be protected by copyright. With the decision at hand, rendered on the basis of the request for a preliminary ruling of the Court of Appeal...
Drafting smart contracts: professional skills and liabilities involved
- Tuesday 31 July 2018
- Contratti, Diritto Civile, Diritto Commerciale e Contratti, Information Tecnnology, smart contract
- Europa, Italia
The recent interest developed around the phenomenon of the so-called smart contracts, did not fail to highlight how in the face of the great potential offered by this newly-developed tools there is indeed a great confusion about the nature of the same. In fact, we ask ourselves if smart contracts...
Third Party Funding
- Friday 25 May 2018
- Business Development, Contenzioso arbitrale e giudiziario, Contenzioso civile, Diritto Commerciale e Contratti, Internazionalizzazione
- Europa, USA
A few months ago, the International Council for Commercial Arbitration (ICCA) and the Queen Mary University of London co-hosted a roundtable discussion focusing on the possible public policy implications of third-party funding in investor-State dispute settlement. Third party’s litigation ...