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6JunVBER: The Commission adopts the new Vertical Block Exemption Regulation and The Vertical GuidelinesOn May 10, 2022, the European Commission (“Commission”) adopted Regulation 2022/720, i.e., the new Vertical Block Exemption Regulation (“New VBER”), together with the new Vertical Guidelines (“New Guidelines”), both of which will enter into force on June 1, 2022.Article filed under: EU and Competition Law
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18MayStartups and Sustainability: Interview with MUGOOur “Startups and Sustainability” interview series continues with a third guest. For this episode, we had the pleasure of interviewing Benedetto Ruggeri, co-founder and CEO of MUGO. The company’s goal? To create the first climate-neutral generation.
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18MayUrban Air Mobility: A new frontier for private and public investorsUrban Air Mobility (“UAM”) references the expansion of urban mobility into the air using drones, human-operated and self-driving air-taxis, and other types of aircraft as a means of low-altitude air transport for short distances in urban environments.Article filed under: Automotive & Mobility
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4MayDeblistering: A new frontier for the "pharmacy of services"La Circolare G1.2022.0007474 o «Documento regionale su allestimento di confezionamenti personalizzati per migliorare l’aderenza terapeutica dei pazienti», emanato il 3 febbraio scorso dalla Regione Lombardia, pone la pietra miliare per l’attività di deblistering in Italia, che potrebbe presto diventare un servizio abituale delle farmacie italiane così come lo è già nelle farmacie di diversi altri Paesi nel mondo.
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19AprPortolano Cavallo: Artificial intelligence in the contract arenaPortolano Cavallo, which five years ago was the first Italian law firm to integrate the use of Luminance into its legal practice, continues to innovate and has now adopted the entire suite of Luminance products. This will allow the firm to make the most of its high-tech potential, particularly when it comes to drafting and negotiating contracts.Article filed under: Artificial Intelligence & IoT
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12AprThe Italian Competition Authority revokes the remedies imposed upon the incumbent pay-TV operator in relation to the acquisition of its main competitor’s pay-TV business due to market changes during COVID -19 (Sky / R2)On April 12, 2022, the Italian Competition Authority (the AGCM or “ICA”), following a formal investigation for the review of remedies imposed upon a concentration, revoked the measures that it had imposed on SKY Italian Holding SpA (“SKY”)—the leading pay-TV broadcaster in Italy—to offset the anti-competitive effects created by its late 2018 acquisition of the pay-TV technical platform R2 Srl (“R2”) from Mediaset Premium S.p.A (“Mediaset”).
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21MarRepackaging, the spaces of parallel trade under EU Regulations on QR Code, and anti-fraud sealsEU Regulation 2016/161, which since February 2019 requires the presence of anti-fraud seals on the packaging of medicines for human use, authorizes parallel importers to repackage only in the case of failure to ensure a tamper-prevention system “equivalent” to that used in the original packaging, established under the umbrella of the European Union Intellectual Property Office.
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17MarThe new decree on non-profit studies: Data and results may now be soldOn February 16, 2022, more than two years later than planned, the Ministerial Decree of November 30, 2021, containing measures to facilitate and support the development of nonprofit clinical trials of medicinal products and observational studies, as well as to regulate the transfer of data and results of nonprofit trials for registration purposes, was finally published in the Official Gazette.
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15MarFor the first time, the European Commission fines car manufacturers for collusion over technical development of emission technologiesOn November 12, the European Commission fined automotive manufacturers—namely Daimler, BMW, and the Volkswagen Group — for a total amount of EUR 875,189,000 for breach of Article 101(1) of the Treaty of Functioning of the European Union and Article 53(1) of the European Economic Area Agreement.
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10MarStartup and Sustainability: Interview with Fili PariAt this pivotal moment when sustainability is more of a focus than ever (as confirmed by the publication of the draft Directive of the European Commission on corporate sustainability due diligence), we are pleased to offer the next installment in our “Startups and Sustainability” interview series. We interviewed the team behind the all-female startup Fili Pari, which since 2020 has been transforming marble dust into ready-to-wear fashion. Co-founders Alice Zantedeschi and Francesca Pievani talked to us about their project and their ideas about sustainability.
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