The Swiss Arbitration Centre unveiled the Swiss Supplemental Rules for corporate law disputes (hereinafter referred to as Supplemental Rules). The document has been published together with a model statutory arbitration clause. The Rules will enter into force as from 1 January 2023, at the same time as the new Article 697n of the Swiss Code…

Recovering a debt from a company in liquidation can often be a problem in Italy. In fact, during such phase the company’s activities are gradually zeroed, and it is usually difficult to find company assets of significant economic value to attach. However, before abandoning the idea of recovering a debt, one might try to attach…

The Court of Trieste has once again allowed the creditor to safeguard his claim by attaching the foreign debtor’s assets, without having previously heard the latter. In the specific case, a freight forwarder had a claim for customs operations against a non-EU company.  The choice to resort to an attachment was determined by two circumstances….

The recent ruling no. 152 of 23 June 2016 of the Corte Costituzionale has confirmed the constitutionality of Article 96, paragraph 3 of the Italian Code of Civil Procedure on the subject of vexatious action, according to which “in any case, when the Judge awards the legal costs pursuant to Article 91 [in the event,…

Alberto Pasino will be one of the speakers at the International Seminar, jointly organized by the Turin Bar Association, UIA and the Law Faculty of the University of Turin, on “Forum Selection Clauses in International Contracts” which will take place in Turin (Italy), Via Santa Maria 1 (venue: Fondazione dell’Avvocatura Torinese “Fulvio Croce”) on the…

As reported by the press (TE Trasporto Europa, 23.10.15, “Cassazione conferma esonero IMU su magazzini portuali”, Informare, 22.10.15, “La Corte di Cassazione conferma che i magazzini portuali vanno accatastati in E/1 e non è dovuta l’imposta comunale sugli immobili” , Il Piccolo, 28.10.15, “I Concessionari vincono la “guerra”. L’IMU sui magazzini non si paga”, pagina 18 , The MediTelegraph, 28.10.15, La Cassazione cancella…

On 9th February 2015 the obligation to resort to the assisted negotiation procedure with the assistance of a lawyer was introduced in the Italian legal system, under penalty of barring of the judicial claim; Legislative Decree n. 132/2014 converted into Law n. 162/2014 sets forth that such obligation must be fulfilled before filing the judicial…

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