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Approvata in data odierna la direttiva sul Copyright
- Wednesday 12 September 2018
- Diritto d'autore, Diritto dell'Unione Europea, Novità legislative
- Europa
Il Parlamento europeo ha in data odierna approvato la nuova direttiva sulla tutela del diritto d’autore nel mercato unico digitale, con 438 voti a favore, 226 contrari e 39 astensioni. Gli eurodeputati hanno approvato alcune modifiche proposte dal relatore Axel Voss, agli articoli 11 e ...
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 ...
E-commerce and duties relating to the Online Dispute Resolution: are penalties coming?
- Friday 09 February 2018
- ADR, E-commerce, Tutela del consumatore
- Europa
In order to foster the growth of the e-commerce, without taking aside the need of affording a specific protection to consumers, the EU introduced the ODR. The acronym means Online Dispute Resolution that is an instrument of alternative dispute resolution (hereinafter: “ADR”) ...
The Belt & Road Initiative may reach the Arctic
- Monday 29 January 2018
- ADR, Internazionalizzazione, Relazioni internazionali
- Asia, Europa
China is planning to enrich the trade paths of the Belt & Road Initiative, with a new Arctic Silk Road. The project submitted by the vice-minister Kong Xuanyou, who during its presentation defined it as a great opportunity of “social and economic development” for all the countries involved, ...
The Court of Justice of the EU: to the member States the regulation of Uber as a transport service
- Tuesday 23 January 2018
- Antitrust, Diritto del Lavoro
- Europa
With the ruling n. C-434/15 of December 20 2017 the Court of Justice of the EU have delegated to the member States the task of regulating, even prohibiting its supply, the electronic platform managed by Uber which, as is well known, provides, through a smartphone application, a paid service for ...