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The principal innovations introduced by the recent legislative decree reshaping the boating code
- Friday 26 January 2018
- Altro, Diritto Amministrativo, Diritto Civile, Diritto marittimo, Information Tecnnology, Novità legislative
- Europa, Italia
Last November, the Italian Cabinet approved a legislative decree importing several relevant changes to the Boating Code of 2005 (D. Lgs of July 18th 2015, n. 171). Among such innovations, there are some that are to be considered of absolute importance, like: the unification and digitalisation 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 ...
Cassazione Civile, judgement n.16601: on punitive damages in Italy
- Monday 31 July 2017
- Contenzioso arbitrale e giudiziario, Diritto Civile, Risarcimento del danno
- Italia, USA
With the judgment of July 5th 2017, no. 16601, the Italian Supreme Court in plenary session (Sezioni Unite), declared enforceable, in the Italian legal order, three judgements pronounced in the United States of America that recognized the punitive damages to a motorcyclist who had suffered ...
European Preservation Order on bank accounts: cross-border debt recovery easier for SMEs.
- Wednesday 25 January 2017
- Crisi d'impresa, Diritto Civile, Diritto d'impresa, Novità legislative, PMI
- Europa, Italia
Since last Wednesday, January 18th 2017, Regulation EU No 655/2014 of 15.05.2014 is made applicable at last. It establishes an European Account Preservation Order procedure, that is an uniform procedure in the whole European Union to facilitate cross-border debt recovery in civil and commercial ...
Italian Supreme Court decision n. 23463 of 11/08/2016 resolves conflict of interpretation on the act
- Thursday 24 November 2016
- ADR, Contenzioso arbitrale e giudiziario, Diritto Civile
- Italia
With Judgement No. 23463 of November 8th 2016, the United Civil Sections of the Supreme Court intervene to clarify, once for all, an evident conflict of interpretation that had arisen in case law, regarding the immediate actionable nature of the arbitration award deciding solely on the existence ...