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Worsen defamation through Facebook wall.
- Wednesday 15 February 2017
- Comunicazioni ed editoria, Diritto Penale
- Italia
The Supreme Court, with judg no. 50/2017, ruled once again that the use of "facebookcwall" to send defamatory messages can integrate the cryme of aggravated defamation ex Art. 595 c. 3 penal code. The use of a means of advertising represents an aggravating factor and ...
Non-payment of lawyer's fees and fraudulent insolvency.
- Wednesday 08 February 2017
- Diritto Fallimentare, Diritto Penale
- Italia
A recent ruling of the Court of Fermo stated the correlation between fraudulent insolvency ex art. 641 C.P. and failure to pay the lawyer's fees. To detect fraudulent insolvency, three elements must exist: the conscious assumption of the obligation, insolvency and dissimulation of ...
Anti-money laundering: the National Council of the Bar on new obligations for lawyers
- Tuesday 06 December 2016
- Diritto Penale, Novità legislative
- Italia
The Consiglio Nazionale Forense (i.e. the National Council of the Bar) introduced new charges for lawyers following the introduction of anti-money laundering provisions (Legislative Decree. N. 231/2007) that apply to lawyers when they commit, in the name of or on behalf of the client, financial ...
Robberies at work: the employer must compensate the employee.
- Wednesday 13 July 2016
- Diritto del Lavoro, Diritto Penale
- Italia
In a recent judgment, the italian Corte di Cassazione (Supreme Court) ruled that the employer's obligation to ensure the worker's integrity must be extended to the prevention of robberies in the workplace. The employer, in fact, has a precise obligation to protect the worker's physical and ...
Alitalia: not the one.
- Thursday 17 December 2015
- Diritto Amministrativo, Diritto Penale
- Italia
The Joint Sections of the Court of Cassation about the compensation for damages claimed by the public shareholder. It is still early after last September 28, when the IV section of the Criminal Court of Rome condemned the former Alitalia’s Executives for bad managment from 2001 to 2007...