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Insurance regulatory compliance

28 February 2011|

– advising an underwriting agency from the London insurance market on compliance with Sections 166 and 185 of the Italian Code of Private Insurance following the entry into force of the ISVAP (*) Regulation No. 35/2010 on transparency and advertising of insurance products, and drawing up of the new policy Read More

German based insurer

20 January 2011|

– advising a German based insurer on compliance with Sections 166 and 185 of the Italian Code of Private Insurance following the entry into force of ISVAP (*) Regulation No. 35/2010 on transparency and advertising of insurance products.   (*) Italian insurance regulator.

Cloud computing and International Law related issues

15 January 2011|

Cloud computing relates to IT services and resources – including infrastructure, platforms and software – which can be provided to customers via the internet, rather than by on-site installations of IT hardware and software (for a technical definition of cloud computing  see National Institute of Standards and Technology). Cloud computing allow companies Read More

Participation in the general meeting of listed and non-listed Italian companies by electronic means

15 December 2010|

Legislative Decree No. 27, dated 27 January 2010 (the “Decree”), transposed in Italy the Directive 2007/36/EC on Shareholders’ Rights, introducing several significant amendments to the legal framework applicable to the rights of shareholders of listed companies. Among others, the Decree expressly provides that the by-laws of listed and non-listed companies Read More

Commission adopts revised competition rules on horizontal co-operation agreements

14 December 2010|

The European Commission has revised its rules for the assessment of co-operation agreements between competitors, so called horizontal co-operation agreements. As it is often vital for companies to work together to achieve synergies, there exist a vast number of horizontal co-operation agreements in many industries. “Horizontal co-operation agreements” are agreements Read More

Mere use of a website by the trader does not in itself trigger application of the rules of jurisdiction for the protection of consumers in other Member States

8 December 2010|

The European Court of Justice in its Judgment in Joined Cases C-585/08 and C-144/09 Peter Pammer v Reederei Karl Schlüter GmbH & Co. KG and Hotel Alpenhof GesmbH v Oliver Heller explains the rules of jurisdiction in European Union law that are applicable to consumer contracts, in relation to services offered on Read More