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China Securities Regulatory Commission strengthens the control over the IPO listings
- Tuesday 27 March 2018
- Finanza, International Trading and Financing
- Asia
The China Securities Regulatory Commission or CSRC set up a new committee in charge of reviewing IPO applications, in order to strengthen the control over the country’s public listings, prevent risks and protect investors interests. The committee has the ultimate say in deciding whether a ...
Patent Box – novelties introduced with the decree of November 28th 2017
- Friday 23 March 2018
- Intellectual Property, Novità legislative, Tax & Accounting, Tutela del software
The decree of November 28th 2017, published in the Official Journal on February 6th 2018, replacing the previous inter-ministerial decree of July 30th 2015, regulates the so-called 'Patent Box', i.e. the optional tax regime for incomes deriving from the use of software protected by ...
The recent ECJ decision on the compatibility of the arbitration clause of BITs with EU law
- Friday 16 March 2018
- ADR, Civil and Commercial Litigation, Cross-border Disputes Resolution
- Europa
With its recent decision of March 6th 2018, the European Court of Justice had a chance to determine if Bilateral Investment Treaties (hereinafter: BIT) are compatible with EU law. The case brought to the attention of the Court relates to a BIT concluded between the Kingdom of the Netherlands and ...
Possession of pornographic material: transfer of files on hardware supports integrates the malice
- Tuesday 13 March 2018
- Digital Crime
This is the opinion of the 3rd Chamber of the Criminal Supreme Court (decision n. 48175 of October 19th 2017) in relation to the subjective element required for the crime of possession of pornographic material realized through the sexual exploitation of minors. The diffusion of the internet ...