BRIDGING COMMON LAW & CIVIL LAW
Should the moratorium on safety regulation on human commercial spaceflights be extended?
Should the moratorium on safety regulation on human commercial spaceflights – expiring in October 2023 – be extended? The RAND...
Read MoreContractual Enforceability During the Coronavirus Crisis
In 2009 in the wake of the Great Recession we coauthored Contract Enforceability During Economic Crisis: Legal Principles and...
Read MoreECJ holds member members cannot add requirements for EU lawyers to register under their home-country professional title
On May, 2019, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) clarified that EU national legislations cannot prevent lawyers registered as...
Read MoreDelaware court holds that a clause indicating“an expert, not an arbitrator” calls for an expert determination, not an arbitration
On January 29, 2019, the Delaware Court of Chancery addresses the scope of authority conferred under a clause in an Agreement...
Read MoreAntitrust fines of several millions to Apple and Samsung in Italy for forced updates reducing device functionality
On October 24, 2018, the Italian Antitrust Authority (Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato “AGCM”) found that Apple and Samsung infringed the...
Read MoreEven if a photo is available on a website, publishing it on another website requires the photographer’s authorization, the ECJ held
On August 7, 2018, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ruled that “the posting on a website...
Read MoreItaly maintains its 10th place among countries investing the US, the ITA reports
In April 2018, the Italian Trade Agency (ITA) made available a report containing useful information on bilateral investments between USA and...
Read MoreFlat tax for wealthy newly residents in ITALY – an opportunity for billionaires?
Forbes recently published a list of the 100 richest people in tech. See here: https://www.forbes.com… None of these people are Italian...
Read MoreItaly passed a 3% ‘web tax’
On December 2017, Italy passed a 3% tax on certain internet transactions concerning services through electronic means. The 3% tax will be...
Read MoreNew Connecticut Uniform LLC Act entered into force
On July 1, 2017, the new Connecticut Uniform Limited Liability Company Act (LLC Act) entered into force. The LLC Act...
Read MoreMake no mistake: in May 2018 the GDPR is immediately applicable and failure to meet its requirements can result in heavy sanctions
We have been reading some commentaries to the effect that the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) needs to be transposed...
Read MoreItalian Trade Agency’s report on US-Italy trade; Italy holds its 16th place among the investing countries in US
In November 2017, the Italian Trade Agency (ITA) made available a report containing useful information on bilateral investments between USA...
Read MoreInvestment Plan for Europe – A Status Update (program at the EU Delegation to the UN)
On September 22, 2017, the EU Delegation to the United Nations hosted Investment Plan for Europe – A Status Update,...
Read MoreWhen are shareholders and LLC members personally liable for corporate debts and liabilities?
Foreigners starting a business in the U.S. (and often also American business owners) wonder whether they can be called to...
Read MoreTTIP: Public report of the 14th Round of negotiations issued
From July 11-15, 2016, the 14th Round of negotiations for the transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) between the US...
Read MoreA “new” trend in the US: the jurisdictions where foreign law is “banned” – Part One
Since 2010 a majority of the US jurisdictions passed or tried to pass bills that to a different degree prohibit...
Read MoreThe Internet-of-Things (IoT) (or Internet of Everything) – privacy and data protection issues in the EU and the US
by Francesca Giannoni-Crystal & Allyson Haynes Stuart I.Introduction The Internet-of-Things (IoT) (or internet-of-everything as it is often interchangeably called[1]) is...
Read MoreItalian official interest rate – never so low
With a piece of legislation of last November (D.M. 11.12.2015, Official Journal n. 291/2014), the official interest rate indicated in...
Read MoreU.S. State Taxation – A Primer for Foreigners Choosing Where to Start a Business – Part Four
This is Part Four of four blogs discussing which American jurisdiction is the best to form a legal entity?)....
Read MoreWhich American state is the best to form a legal entity? An overview for foreigners – Part Three
We have seen in Part One how thejurisdiction in which you do business is the first factor to consider in...
Read MoreU.S. State Taxation – A Primer for Foreigners Choosing Where to Start a Business
This is Part Four of four blogs discussing which American jurisdiction is the best to form a legal entity?)....
Read MoreWhich American state is the best to form a legal entity? An overview for foreigners – Part Three
We have seen in Part One how the jurisdiction in which you do business is the first factor to consider...
Read MoreWhich American state is the best to form a legal entity? – An overview for foreigners – Part Two
We give here some additional insights on the choice of the jurisdiction where to form your entity. In Part...
Read MoreWhich American state is the best to form a legal entity? – An overview for foreigners – Part One
After having decided that forming a new entity (as opposed for example to buying an existing business) is the...
Read MoreMaterial for program Martial Arts Ethics: Offensive and Defensive Techniques
Material for program Martial Arts Ethics: Offensive and Defensive Techniques. I would like to share my speaker’s material for the...
Read MoreIf you buy shares of an Italian limited liability company, obtain a guarantee for the equity value of the company if you want to recover for contingent liabilities
A Milan court held that in a share transfer agreement, a transferor is only liable for contingent liabilities arising after...
Read MoreSubsidiary’s right to hold parent company liable for violation of principle of proper management (Milan court)
On March 24, 2015 the court of Milan held that per article 2497 Italian Civil Code (ICC), the parent company...
Read MoreMilan court decides which are the consequences of violation of a bylaws right of first refusal.
The shareholders entitled to a bylaws right of first refusal, who were not informed of the share transfer, have a...
Read MorePreliminary contract of the preliminary contract
On March 6, 2015, the Italian Cassazione held that parties can validly enter into a “preliminary contract of a preliminary...
Read MoreTransatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP): European Commission publishes TTIP legal texts as part of transparency initiative
“The European Commission today published a raft of texts setting out EU proposals for legal text in the Transatlantic Trade...
Read MoreLost in Translation Issues that Can Hurt Your Deal
Francesca Giannoni-Crystal Do you remember “Lost in Translation”, the movie directed by Sophia Coppola, starring Bill Murray and Scarlet Johansson?...
Read MoreMilan Court held awards from informal arbitration (arbitrato irrituale) on share ownership to be filed with the Register of Enterprises
If the parties had agreed that the claims concerning the ownership of shares must be decided through an informal arbitration...
Read More“Bridging” (liaison) activities for lawyers
Interacting with foreign clients or with local co-counsel is difficult, not only because of language barriers but also because of...
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