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Italian Supreme Court judgment no. 25270/11: Who is the employer? The company hiring the employee or the company benefitting from the employee’s services?
The case at hand regarded an employee who had been hired by a controlled company, but whose services…
Whoever contravenes the prescriptions or limitations imposed by the system controller on the uses that may be made of an I.T. system will be deemed to have unlawfully gained access to such I.T. system, even if the offender had previously lawfully obtained the password thereto.
The United Criminal Sections of the Italian Supreme Court affirmed this principle with judgment no. 4694 filed on…
Consumer jurisdiction exemption clauses and the burden of proof thereof
The Supreme Court has dealt once again with the question of which courts have – pursuant to Legislative…
Medical liability: The parents must be awarded damages for economic and non-economic losses caused by erroneous information given vis-à-vis possible fetus malformations or pathologies
The Italian Supreme Court has once again dealt with the question of the contents and extent of the…
Facebook and house arrest
The obligation not communicate, during house arrest, with third parties other than co-habiting members of the family also…
Gang rape and precautionary measures
Once again we have to talk about rape on account of the notorious events which, sadly, have recently…
Law_Decree no. 1/2012. The reform of the specialized sections and the new provisions on the liberalization of the legal profession.
Artìcle 2 of Law-Decree no. 1/2012 has introduced some important amendments to Legislative Decree no. 168 (which set…
The new proposed EU Regulation on data protection : End of the lock in?
On January 25, 2012, the European Commission finally approved the proposed Regulation for the protection of personal data…
Court orders issued by the president of the court in separation and divorce proceedings: appeals and/or applications for setting aside such orders
It is a well-known fact that article 2 of Law no. 54 dated February 8, 2006 has specifically…
Costa Crociere Shipwreck: The passengers are entitled to damages
The tragedy which happened a few days ago when the Costa Concordia was shipwrecked off the island of…