IP, the fight against counterfeiting starts online.
Interview of Hélène Thibault of Tonucci & Partners regarding the IP protection in fashion business, particularly focused on
19 January 2018
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Plea bargaining effective only after tax debt off payment.
Court of Cassation ruling n. 169 dated January 8-th 2018, confirms the validity of the art. 13-bis of Dlgs. 74/2000 (as per amendments brought about by Dlgs. 158/2015), despite quite a lot of concerns raised in jurisprudence.
The above mentioned regulation gives to the guilty the possibility to plea bargain only after the mitigating circumstance of a total tax debt off payment, inclusive of all administrative sanctions and their interests, but prior to the starting of the first degree hearing or by full active repentance.
18 January 2018
The new “for profit” amateur sport clubs.
The Italian Budget for 2018 has introduced several provisions with the purpose of encouraging the process of modernization of the amateur sports sector. Inter alia, the opportunity to establish “for profit” the amateur sport clubs is certainly one of the most relevant innovations.
16 January 2018
Consultant fees relevant to SME (Small and Medium Enterprises) quotations: latest form 2018 Budget Law.
By 2018 Budget Law, a tax credit of 50% of consultant fees up to a maximum of € 500.000,00 is acknowledged to those SME that set up an admission procedure to stock exchange quotation.
15 January 2018
Court of Rome ruled that it is not always possible to suspend, as per art 700 c.p.c., the resolutions regarding the approval of the financial statements.
By way of the decision dated April 29, 2017, Court of Rome stated several important principles either in matter of precautionary suspension of the resolutions concerning the approval of the financial statements, or in matter of legitimation of a minority shareholder to appeal against the relative resolutions as well.
8 January 2018
New regulation on GSE’s powers in imposing sanctions – Possibility of voluntary disclosure.
The so called Benamati amendment to 2018 Financial Law – amendment approved in early December – aims at trying to make more flexible the GSE sanction system following GSE’ surveys on renewable energy plants.
The goal is to introduce a more proportional sanction system based upon the type and the rank of the violations ascertained by the GSE as well as a mechanism of voluntary disclosure to settle the consequences of possible violations thus further reducing the relevant sanctions applied by the GSE.
22 December 2017
Insolvency of the silent partner: the annual term shall not apply.
With the Court order n. 22270 dated September 25th 2017, the Supreme Court of Cassation addressed the matter of the extension of the insolvency procedure of a limited partnership to the silent unlimited partner. The Judges confirmed that the annual term sets forth in the article 147, paragraph 2 of Regal Decree n. 267/1942 (the Italian “Bankruptcy Law”) shall not find application in such a case.
18 December 2017
Anti-fraud Database, Privacy Authority approval for Aniasa assisted by Tonucci.
ANIASA, the National Car rental and services Association, assisted by Tonucci & Partners, with a team made up
15 December 2017
Decree no. 231/01 extended to fight against racism and xenophobia as well.
Law no. 167, dated November 20th 2017, “Dispositions on the fulfillment of obligations regarding Italy in its affiliation to European Union – 2017 European Law” is now published.
Within the implementation of Framework Decision no. 2008/913/GAI concerning fight against all racism and xenophobia types and expressions, 2017 European Law set out the inclusion of a new art. 25 – 13th paragraph in matter of fight against racism and xenophobia to the rules of Legislative Decree no. 231, dated June 8th 2011
11 December 2017
AWARDS CONFINDUSTRIA ROMANIA 2017.
Tonucci & Partners, together with RINA Romania, were awarded for their joint activity in the implementation of the
5 December 2017
Whistleblowing: le nuove tutele per chi segnala illeciti.
Approvata la legge in materia di tutela del dipendente che segnala illeciti sul luogo di lavoro che, per
27 November 2017
Whistleblowing: new protection laws for those who report offences.
Whistleblowers are protected by the law that has been recently introduced to stop them being treated unfairly or losing their job because they ‘blew the whistle’.
The law for the protection of the employee who reports offences at work has been approved. Organizational Models according to d.lgs. 8 June 2001 no. 231 will need to be updated consequently.
27 November 2017
