Italy

Civil and commercial mediation has been compulsory in Italy since 2011. More precisely: complusory since March 21, 2011 untill December 12, 2012 voluntary since December 13, 2012 untill September 19... [Read All]

Under Italian Law, the employer’s power to terminate the labour relationship is limited to a substantial extent by Article 1 of Law no. 604/1966. The notion of justifiable reason is defined by Article 3 of Law no 604 as being of two types: (i) a serious violation of the worker’s contrac... [Read All]

When a company begins to show signs of crisis, all parties involved are trying to sweep the dust under the carpet. Yet in Italy a warning system for financial crisis, especially thought for small and medium enterprises, exists, it works, but it is not used. It is the RATING that banks give to all po... [Read All]

Sommario 1. The sources of law regulating the legal profession in the Italian system 2 . The aspects of the reform (Law No. 247/2012) 3. The choices made by the reform law 4. Supervision over lawyers’ behaviour and the rules of professional ethics and conduct 5.... [Read All]

European Commission MEMO Brussels, 17 October 2013 Justice: Insufficient implementation of rules on compensation for crime victims in Italy The Commission has today issued a reasoned opinion to Italy in the second stage of infringement proceedings following complaints about the country’s i... [Read All]