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27AprNew Health and Safety Protocol between firms and trade unions to contain the spread of COVID-19The Health and Safety Protocol dated April 24, 2020 introduces new measures that companies need to take into consideration without forgetting data privacy and corporate criminal liability issues.
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23AprCOVID-19 emergency: Italian Government measures to support liquidity through the banking systemEmergency measures for facilitating the access of business operators to bank financings and securing lenders’ exposure in case of difficult recovery of granted loans.
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23AprDecreto Cura Italia and Decreto Liquidità: public procurement emergency measures to deal with the COVID-19 outbreakDecreto Cura Italia and Decreto Liquidità provide for emergency measures to cope with the COVID-19 outbreak, by introducing, among others, several exceptions to the ordinary rules governing Italian public procurement.
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22AprMain legal issues around Italy social tracing app to contain the spread of the virusThe social tracing app selected by the Italian Government to contain the spread of Covid-19 in Italy raises doubts in relation to data protection matters.
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22AprCOVID-19: special rules on reduction of corporate capital, business continuity, and extension of the term for approval of financial statements as provided by the Italian Law Decree (Decreto Liquidità)Decreto Liquidità provides measures aimed at ensuring the business continuity of companies incorporated in Italy.
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22AprCOVID-19: The prompt reaction of the arbitration worldAmong the many questions the current times have raised is the compelling question of how litigation will be managed. The reaction of the arbitration world to this unprecedented emergency is rather encouraging.
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22AprThe Italian Communications Authority and the Panzironi saga: an unprecedented six-month suspension for two broadcasters that hosted Mr. Panzironi’s special on “what they haven’t told you about coronavirus”AGCOM issued an unprecedented six-month suspension for two television broadcasters for hosting Mr. Panzironi’s program which could induce consumers to underestimate the risks of COVID-19
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22AprCOVID-19 emergency: how to rethink European funds to respond to the crisisOne opportunity to address the socioeconomic consequences of the spread of COVID-19 is presented by the possibility of allocating part of the direct and indirect European funds allocated in the 2014–2020 programming cycle for this purpose. However, the debate, at a national and EU level, is still ongoing.Article filed under: COVID-19
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22AprPrice gouging in Italy: is the Italian Competition Authority overstretching its consumer powers to exercise control over price increases related to the COVID-19 emergency?Price gouging cannot constitute per se a breach of the Italian Consumer Code, but it may raise the standard of diligence to discharge firms’ information obligations and aggravate a separate misleading conduct
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10AprLiquidity Decree: the insolvency law measures aimed at ensuring the business continuityLiquidity Decree suspended the application of certain insolvency law provisions to prevent economic operators from winding-up their businesses or incurring into insolvency proceedings due to COVID-19.