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SANCITA LA NULLITÀ DEI DERIVATI STIPULATI DAGLI ENTI PUBBLICI
- Monday 15 June 2020
- Cassazione, Contenzioso civile, Contratti, Derivati, Diritto Bancario, Diritto Civile, Diritto dei Mercati Finanziari, Enti locali, Financial assets, Finanza, Pubbliche amministrazioni, Public procurement, SWAP
- Finance, Italia
La Corte di Cassazione – con recente pronuncia a Sezioni Unite del 12.05.2020, n. 8770, esprimendosi in materia di contratti derivati, con specifico riferimento a quelli conclusi nel comparto pubblico, ha statuito la nullità dei succitati contratti - nella specie i cc.dd. Swap - la cui stipula...
LITIGATION FUNDING: THE NEW FRONTIER OF CIVIL LITIGATION
- Wednesday 27 November 2019
- Civil and Commercial Litigation, Contenzioso civile
- Italia
What is litigation funding? In Italy, a new form of litigation financing is timidly emerging, the so-called litigation funding or third-party litigation funding (TPLF). TPLF is an investment transaction: a lender invests in a legal dispute (whether judicial or not) or an arbitration, in which...
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 ...
Simplified order for payment procedure - The new proposal in favor of the creditor party
- Thursday 28 February 2019
- Contenzioso civile, Diritto Civile, Novità legislative, Procedura civile
- Italia
In spite of recent years rise of ADR instruments adoption, the Draft Law no. 755/2018 purpose is rather oriented to innovate an existing Judicial instrument, i.e. Italian order of payment, in the aim of affording creditors with alternative, but more effective proceeding which shall be closer to ...
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 ...