Even in companies located abroad, shareholders’ agreements can be stipulated between shareholders, who can reside in Italy or in the third country where the company is located.   Shareholders’ agreements have long been considered as conventions whereby shareholders establish relationships that cannot be opposed to the company, different or complementary to those provided for by theRead more

Some cases of carrier’s liability are worth examining, since they have been the object of judgment by the Italian tribunal. Is it well known that the carrier’s liability is in principle: carrier’s liability for theft of merchandise; carrier’s liability for loss of merchandise; carrier’s joint liability towards the client; carrier’s liability for delay in delivery;Read more

Lawyers dealing with international carriage come across numerous cases where ADR mediation becomes relevant to resolve conflicts originating in international transport contracts or intermodal international carriage contracts. The main characteristic of international carriage of goods is the fact that the subjects involved have different functions and duties to fulfil. Besides the parties, the contract alsoRead more

Italy is increasingly following the direction of extending the culture of arbitration, traditionally used to resolve controversies concerning international commercial transactions. The idea put forward by the International Arbitration Chamber is to use tax benefits and add compulsory subjects to mediation procedures, such as assisted negotiation and arbitration. The aim is to make the parties ofRead more

If your problem is that of not being able to live with your non-EU partner in Italy and you have not yet managed to obtain a residence permit for cohabitation more uxorio for you, this news may be useful. The Court of Modena recently ordered the Municipality of Formigine to register the Indonesian partner ofRead more

Unregistered cohabitation is a stable relationship between two persons. This type of cohabitation is recognized by Italian laws and must not be proven by any official document. The European Union has established that cohabitation can actually be tried by any means because it is not made official by cohabitants. However, in Legislative Decree 30/2007, theRead more

The new European patent and the Unified Patent Court have been discussed for almost twenty years but it is not yet the time for its implementation, even if it has already been scheduled for last November. In fact, despite two implementing decrees of the Italian Government for the establishment of the European patent with unitaryRead more

The rules of the Salvini Decree on citizenship and immigration law are unconstitutional and overwhelming consolidated laws, first of all the principle of non-retroactivity. A new law has effects only on the cases that occur from its approval onwards. The Salvini Decree on security, in matters of immigration law and citizenship, has blocked dozens ofRead more

The non-EU citizen married to an Italian citizen who has started a citizenship practice and who was not answered within 2 years from the forwarding of the application for recognition, has the right to the citizenship Decree. However, the new Salvini Decree on Security extends the dates for the preliminary investigation to define the processRead more

A non-Eu cohabitating partner of an EU citizen can apply for residence permit – despite the two of them not being married – on the ground of the right of family reunification, as granted by the European Union. Among the types of residence permit in Europe, this is based on the family reunification of theRead more