Decreto 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.

Emergency measures for facilitating the access of business operators to bank financings and securing lenders’ exposure in case of difficult recovery of granted loans.

Among 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.

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

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

The 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.

Decreto Liquidità provides measures aimed at ensuring the business continuity of companies incorporated in Italy.

Questo articolo è stato pubblicato su Diritto24 - Sole 24 ORE. Un’opportunità per fronteggiare le conseguenze socio-economiche della diffusione del Covid-19 è rappresentata dalla possibilità di destinare a tal fine una parte dei fondi europei diretti e indiretti stanziati nel ciclo di programmazione 2014-2020.

Il Decreto Liquidità ha sospeso l'applicazione di alcune disposizioni della legge sull'insolvenza per impedire agli operatori economici di liquidare le loro attività o di incorrere in procedure concorsuali a causa di COVID-19.