Litigation and arbitration

The Supreme Court on interests and agreements restricting competition

The issue concerning the validity of an interest clause in a banking contract, which, in determining the interest rate per relationem, makes the Euribor rate applicable, has reached the Supreme Court. However, the Euribor rate was manipulated as a result of a restrictive agreement between some of the most important international banks, which had already been sanctioned by the European Commission in December 2013.

The Court of Cassation goes back to the topic of liability for nosocomial infections

With two recent rulings, the Court of Cassation has once again addressed the issue of liability for infections arising in a hospital setting, examining, on the one hand, the characteristics of the exculpatory evidence capable of exempting the healthcare facility from liability and, on the other, the relevance of the adoption of different mechanisms for preventing infectious risk.

The Metaverse: Law in a new dimension? - 27 September 2023 - Permanent Seminar on Intelligent Machines and Law - Luiss Guido Carli University

On Wednesday, September 27, 2023, the first of a series of seminar meetings chaired by Prof. Ugo Ruffolo will be held at the Luiss Guido Carli University in Rome, during which the many issues of legal mediation related to the use of new technologies and Artificial Intelligence will be discussed.

Seminars on Artificial Intelligence and Law 2021

Also this year, in the months of October, November and December 2021, a cycle of seminars on "Artificial Intelligence and Law" will be held ib Bologna, organized by the School of Law and the Higher School of Legal Studies of Bologna and coordinated by Prof. Ruffolo. The first seminar will be held on October 7, 2021, from 3pm to 5pm.

Recent Supreme Court decision deals with the right of a client of a bank to seek the presentation of account statements in court

By its recent decision no. 24641 of September 13, 2021, the Italian Court of Cassation again dwelled on the debated question relating to the right of the customer of a banking institution to obtain, in court, the exhibition of a copy of the documents relating to single transactions carried out, including account statements, also pursuant to Article 119 of the Italian Testo Unico Bancario (T.U.B.), as well as Article 210 of the Italian Code of Civil Procedure.

Class action and collective injunctions: the new rules – Webinar Milan Bar Association, 16 June 2021

On 16 June 2021, a webinar with the participation of Prof. Ruffolo will be held, dedicated to the topic “Class action and collective injunctions: the new rules”, and organized by the Milan Bar Association.

Medical liability - Monographic section Giurisprudenza Italiana, issue no. 2/2021

Issue no. 2/2021 of the journal Giurisprudenza Italiana hosts a monographic section on medical liability, edited by Prof. Enrico Gabrielli and Prof. Ugo Ruffolo.

Class action and collective inhibitory action: the new volume edited by Prof. Ruffolo

Italian rules on class actions and collective inhibitory actions have been revolutionized by a reform (law no. 31/2019) whose entry into force, following several postponements, is now scheduled for May 2021.

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By decision no. 1914 of January 28, 2021, the United Sections of the Supreme Court of Cassation have once again found that disputes between companies operating in the organic sector and the monitoring bodies authorized by the Ministry to issue the necessary certifications and to carry out the related control activities fall under the jurisdiction of the ordinary judge, and not the administrative one.

The new EU Directive on representative actions

Artificial Intelligence, Law and Ethics

The book “Intelligenza Artificiale – Il diritto, i diritti, l’etica”, edited by Prof. Ruffolo and published by Giuffrè Francis-Lefebvre, is now available.

Covid-19 emergency and contracts

The ongoing Covid-19 emergency and the adoption of measures for its containment face companies with serious problems in the management of their contractual relationships, affecting the ability of the parties to perform or receive the related obligations.

Covid-19’s impact on businesses and citizens

The current state of emergency relating to the spread of Covid-19 (“Coronavirus”), also following the measures adopted by the Government to contain the spread of contagion, places businesses, but also individual citizens, in the face of new problems, also of a legal nature

Italian Supreme Court: litigation between Control Bodies and businesses operating in the field of organic farming falls within the jurisdiction of the ordinary judge

By their decision no. 9678 of April 5, 2019, the Joint Sections of the Italian Court of Cassation clarified that the disputes between businesses operating in the field of organic products and subjects charged with issuing all necessary certifications and with the relevant control activity fall within the scope of the ordinary judge’s jurisdiction, as opposed to administrative courts.

The reform of the Italian class action law has been approved

On April 3, 2019 the Italian Senate definitively approved bill of law S.844, aiming at a radical reform of class actions.

Artificial Intelligence and liability – Convention of November 29, 2017 in Perugia

The Convention aims at assessing the relationship between the law and Artificial Intelligence, with specific regard to self-learning machines and advanced robotics and the relevant issues of liability.

Prof. Ruffolo’s speech at the round table on punitive damages

On November 9, 2017 Prof. Ruffolo will take part in a round table organized by the Civil Chamber of Milan dedicated to the topic of pecuniary compensation, with specific regard to the developments followed to the Supreme Court’s decision of July 2017.

Prof. Ruffolo’s intervention at the Senate hearing concerning class action law

On July 19 and 26, 2017 Prof. Ruffolo has been heard by the Senate’s joint Commissions on Justice and Industry, Trade and Tourism in the context of the examination of the bill of law for the reform of class actions and collective proceedings.