Zunarelli – Studio Legale Associato has represented a carrier in opposition proceedings against an order for payment in which the shipper, whom had been ordered to pay the freights, had opposed as a set-off the damages suffered because the goods carried from Italy to Serbia were spoilt. The judge dismissed the opposition and confirmed the…
“The so-called “weak” trademarks are such as they are conceptually linked to the product since the imagination that has conceived them has not gone beyond the detection of a feature, or an element of the product, or the utilization of commonly used words that cannot bear to be the object of an exclusive right”…
In recent weeks we have witnessed the heated debate on the work of the Italian Commission for Social Affairs regarding the rules concerning informed consent and advance directives in health treatments (also commonly known as “living will”). Advance directive is the document containing the declarations of will by means of which a person decides in…
Italian Legislative Decree no. 25/17 was published on 17th March 2017. Through just two articles it has repealed the possibility of accessory work and reintroduced a regime of “full” liability in independent contracts between client and contractor. In particular, Articles 48, 49 and 50 of Legislative Decree 81/15, which provided for accessory work and the…
“Social clauses” ‒be they provided by law or by contract‒ impose on contractors the duty to absorb and employ the workers of the outgoing contractor in case of termination of the previous procurement contract, by virtue of the principle of safeguarding occupational stability as set out at Community level (Dir. 2014/24/EU and Dir. 2014/25/EU). Such…
On the second day of the Second Adriatic Maritime Law Conference, which will be held in Opatija (Croatia) on 25-27 May 2017 and will be attended by academics and professionals from the countries along the Adriatic Sea, Professor Stefano Zunarelli will chair the session “Legal Aspects of Nautical Tourism in the Adriatic”. Alberto Pasino has…
The Legal 500 EMEA 2017 and Chambers Europe 2017 recommend Zunarelli – Studio Legale Associato, Stefano Zunarelli, Massimo Campailla, Alberto Pasino and Andrea Giardini. The Legal 500 Europe, Middle East and Africa 2017 and Chambers Europe 2017, independent analysis of the market of legal services in Italy based on the feedback of Clients and lawyers…