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BLB Studio Legale - Update Covid-19
- Thursday 19 March 2020
- Coronavirus, Covid19 emergenza - emergency, Healthcare, Sanità privata, Sanità pubblica
- Africa, Asia, China, Europa, Italia, Middle-East, Spagna e America Latina, UK, Unione Europea, USA
Dear clients and partners, the rapid evolution of the Coronavirus epidemic (Covid-19) and the particularly rapid nature of its spread are having a significant impact not only on the health of everyone but also on interpersonal, economic and commercial relations, with severe repercussions in ...
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...
THE NEW EU WHISTLEBLOWER PROTECTION DIRECTIVE IS APPROVED
- Wednesday 16 October 2019
- Data Protection, Diritto Civile, Diritto Commerciale e Contratti, Diritto d'impresa, Diritto dell'Unione Europea, Illecito extracontrattuale, Novità legislative, Risarcimento del danno, Welfare aziendale, Whistleblowing
- Unione Europea
1. The directive of the UE Council substantially extends the regulation of whistleblowing. Who reports a violation of the law, acquired in the workplace, will be protected more effectively after the final approval of the EU rules. The EU Council, on the 7th of October 2019 approved the ...
Providing background check services, pre-recruitment or reputational investigations in Italy
- Friday 24 May 2019
- HR, Illecito extracontrattuale, Privacy, Risarcimento del danno
- Italia
The importance on relying on expert lawyers Introduction The so called background-check are increasing their popularity. These investigations entail research carried out on the reputation of an individual. They usually aim to business purposes, such as: employing a worker, stipulating a...
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, 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 ...