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Intellectual Property, Copyright, Portrait rights, Image reproduction, Court of Cassation, III Section Civ., Ordinance n. 8880 of 13/05/2020

Art. 97 L. 631/1941 _ Use of the image _ Patrimonial and non-patrimonial damages.                   passim The display or publication of the image of others, in accordance with art. 10 c.c. and articles 96 and 97 L. no. 633/1941 of copyright, is abusive not only when it occurs without the person's consent or without the concurrence of the other circumstances expressly provided for by the law as suitable to exclude the protection of the right to privacy (such as the reputation of the subject taken up, the public office held by the same,...

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Contracts, Trust Agreement with Real Estate Object, Judgment no. 6459 of 06/03/2020, United Civil Section, Supreme Court of Cassation

The Civil Civil Sections, in resolution of a jurisprudential conflict, have affirmed the following principles of law: - “For the fiduciary agreement with real estate object that is grafted on a purchase made by the trustee on behalf of the trustee, the written form is not required. substantiam; it follows that this agreement, once tried in court, is suitable to justify the acceptance of the request for specific execution of the obligation of retransfer burdening the trustee "; "The unilateral declaration written by the trustee, acknowledging the fiduciary title of the property and promising its re-transfer to the trustee, does not constitute...

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Business Contracts, Delegation of Payment, Judgment no. 7477 of 20/03/2020, III Supreme Section Court of Cassation

passim The "ownership of the subjective position, active or passive, of the relationship of substantive law" inferred in court, is a constitutive element of the application and pertains, instead, to the merit of the decision, so it is up to the plaintiff to attach and prove it, with the consideration that the disputes by the defendant of the ownership of the controversial relationship are of a mere mistrust nature, which can be proposed at any stage of the judgment, without prejudice to any foreclosures accrued for the attachment and proof of impedimental, modifying or extinctive facts of the ownership of the...

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Business Contracts, Financial Leasing, Translating Leasing, Termination for user default, Court of Cassation, III Section, Interlocutory Ordinance no. 5022 of 25/02/2020

Applicability of art. 1, paragraphs 136-140, of law no. 124 of 2017 to past events Applicability by analogy normally occurring in this case (art.72-quater l.fall.) The Third Civil Section has referred the documents to the First President for the possible assignment to the United Sections of the following issues of particular importance: a) "if the interpretation of art. 1, paragraphs 136-140, of law 4.8.2017 n. 124, according to which this rule would impose to abandon (also for the events occurred before its entry into force) the traditional orientation that applies to the resolution of the translation lease the art. 1526 of the Italian...

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Financial, Sustainable Finance, ESG Issues, Consob,

Consob draws attention to the current investor protection measures applicable to intermediaries that provide investment services, if they address customers with an offer characterized by sustainability profiles (Attention call no. 1/20 of 12 March 2020). The so-called ESG issues (environmental, social, governance) have become, increasingly frequently, drivers for the distribution of investment products / services. Retail savers are also showing attention to "sustainability" profiles when choosing their investments. Pending the application of the legislative measures on sustainable finance being defined in the European context, the current regulatory framework already provides relevant indications for the intermediaries referred to in the Consob document. In the "Guidelines...

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Financial, Stock Exchange, Investment Services,

Mifid2, the second version of the European directive on the provision of investment services MIFID2: CONSOB STARTS A CONSULTATION WITH THE MARKET ON THE TRANSPARENCY OF THE INVESTMENT SERVICES COSTS Consob has started a consultation with the financial market in view of a "Recommendation on the ex post reporting methods of costs and charges connected with the provision of investment and accessory services". The regulation of disclosure to customers on the costs and charges associated with the provision of investment and accessory services represents one of the areas of greatest innovation and operational impact of Mifid2, the second version of the European directive...

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Financial, Changes to the Regulation on the Collection of Capitals through Online Portals, Consob

Article 50-quinquies of the TUF by Legislative Decree no. 165 of 25 November 2019 (so-called "MiFID corrective") Consob resolution no. 21259 of February 6, 2020 Consob, with resolution no. 21259 of February 6, 2020, amended the Regulation on raising funds through online portals, adopted with resolution no. 18592/2013 (Crowfunding Regulation), in order to adapt it to the changes made to article 50-quinquies of the TUF by Legislative Decree no. 165 of 25 November 2019 (so-called "MiFID corrective"). The Crowdfunding Regulation has therefore been adapted to the above described modification of the primary legislation. Consob points out that it was not necessary to start a...

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Financial, So-called Rolling model for managing hyper-dilutive capital increases, Consob

Communication no. 0088305 of 05 October 2016 Resolution no. 19654 of July 5, 2016 Consob launched a public consultation on 10 February 2020 relating to the periodic review of the provisions concerning the so-called rolling model for managing capital increases. The consultation follows Communication no. 0088305 of 05 October 2016, with which the Commission had established the entry into force of the rolling model on 15 December 2016, dictating specific recommendations to intermediaries, issuers and investors, aimed at facilitating its correct functioning. The rolling model applies only to hyper-dilutive capital increases and its application has made it possible to avoid price anomalies recorded -...

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Administrative, Public Administration Contracts, Limits on the division into lots of services subject to tender, Council of State, Sec. III, Judgment of 05.02.2020 n. 932

Public administration contracts, Lots, Subdivision, Limits Contracting stations are prohibited from dividing the services subject to a call for tender into separate lots where this is not justified by the diversity of services or supplies covered by the various sub-lots and / or by the need to encourage the participation of small and medium-sized enterprises. February 2020 Administrative Justice Source  ...

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Contracts, Sale of Consumer Goods, Lack of Conformity, Civil Cassation, Second Section, Judgment no. 1082 of 01/20/2020

Regarding the sale of consumer goods affected by a defect of conformity, where repair or replacement are, respectively, impossible or excessively expensive, it must be acknowledged to the consumer, although not expressly contemplated by art. 130, paragraph 2, code consumption, and in order to guarantee the same a higher standard of protection than that achieved by Directive no. 44 of 1999, the right to act for damages only, as a right attributed to it by other rules of the system, according to the provisions of art. 135, paragraph 2, of the cod. consumption. Source Supreme Court of Cassation...

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