The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has delivered its long-awaited judgment in the Google Android case. The judgment upholds the General Court's 2022 ruling, which had largely confirmed the European Commission's 2018 decision against Google for abusing its multiple dominant positions in relation to the Android mobile operating system. The Read More
As part of an investigation into anticompetitive practices, the Portuguese competition authority seized, from the premises of the undertakings under investigation, emails exchanged between the employees of those undertakings. The undertakings contested the seizure of emails, arguing that it should have been authorised by an investigating judge rather than by Read More
After years of consultation, drafting and negotiation, the EU Artificial Intelligence Act (EU AI Act) was finally published in the EU's Official Journal on 12 July 2024. This marks a major step forward towards a more sustainable and secure future of AI, globally.Key rules and requirements1. Global reach: The EU Read More
The Representative Actions Directive (EU) 2020/1828 aims to ensure that consumers are able to protect their collective interests in the EU via representative actions, the legal actions brought by representative entities (so called qualified entities). It provides that all EU countries have in place a mechanism of representative actions. Read More
We are here to help you navigate the challenges you and your organization may be facing as a result of the Russian military's invasion of Ukraine.
United Nations' Member States today overwhelmingly adopted a resolution demanding the Russian Federation immediately end its invasion of Ukraine and unconditionally withdraw all its military forces from that neighbouring country, as the General Assembly continued its emergency session on the crisis.
Italy: The Italian government adopted urgent and extraordinary measures in relation to the judicial system, with specific provisions for civil, tax, criminal and administrative trials. In this section you will find all the relevant updates (contents are in Italian).
Il Decreto del Presidente del Consiglio dei Ministri del 22 marzo 2020 prevede la sospensione (e quindi la chiusura) di tutte le attività produttive industriali e commerciali (salvo il caso in cui le stesse possano essere svolte in modalità a distanza o di lavoro agile) dal 23 marzo 2020 al Read More
Italy: The Italian government adopted urgent and extraordinary measures aimed at allowing companies to call ordinary shareholders' meetings within 180 days of the end of the financial year, as well as to facilitate the holding of shareholders' meetings, in compliance with the provisions aimed at reducing the risk of contagion (contents are in Italian).
