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A significant ruling of the Supreme Court of Cassation on administrative liability of foreign legal Companies, without offices in Italy, for criminal offences committed in the territory of the State.

The Supreme Court of Cassation, by decision n. 11626 of 07.04.2020, ruled on a highly debated issue since the entry into force of the Legislative Decree no. 231/2001 stating that foreign legal entities, without offices in Italy, may be held liable for criminal offences committed in the Italian territory.

21 April 2020

The protection for the buyer in shares purchase agreements.

The Supreme Court has recently stated, although in obiter dictum, that it is possible for the purchaser of shares to resolve the termination of the contract of the sale because of the different economic consistency of the company whose shares have been sold compared to that which was declared by the seller.

17 April 2020

EDPB and COVID: experts at work on geolocation and scientific research.

During the last plenary session held on April 7, 2020, the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) entrusted its expert committees with the task of identifying and developing the relevant principles regarding the processing of personal data in the context of the containment of the COVID-19 virus through the approval of two specific mandates, concerning respectively the tracking and geolocation tools and the processing of health data for research purposes.

14 April 2020

Coronavirus: handling the relations among children and divorced parents.

Coronavirus emergency implies the adoption of restrictive measures which tackle fundamental rights including, first of all, the freedom to move bringing forth, as a consequence, the social distancing: in this context, not prejudicing the essential child’s health protection, there arises the problem of reconciling the existing actual limitations with the maintenance of a serious and constant relationship among divorced parent and the child entrusted mainly to the other parent.

9 April 2020
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