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The Court of Cassation, in ruling no. 20560 published on 19 July 2021 confirmed the facts subject of a plea bargain in a criminal case must be established (with the effect of res judicata) to any pending civil proceedings concerning the same findings. The Supreme Court’s ruling stems from the lawful dismissal for misconduct by ....

In an internal letter of the director general sent by e-mail to the directors of the system’s local and sectoral associations, Confindustria expressed its favourable opinion on the Covid-19 green certificate (better known as green pass) to access workplaces. According to the position taken by Confindustria, the presentation of the green certificate should be part ....

On 10 June, the Italian Data Protection Authority approved the new ” Cookie Guidelines.”The term cookie refers to a small text file that a website (publisher or “first party”) can autonomously send to the user’s device (e.g. Smartphone, PC or Tablet) when viewing a web page or different sites or web servers (“third parties”). Usually, ....

The Court of Appeal of Venice, in ruling no. 476 of 28 June, 2021, ruled about remote control, considering video recordings of cameras on company premises to be entirely usable. Facts of the case A company (a gambling house) had used the images collected through a video surveillance system installed on the company’s premises to ....

In a 2 July 2021 order, The Court of Milan ruled that, dismissals announced by the same company to six executives, in the same period and based on the same objective reasons, were part of the collective redundancies subject to the prohibition during the pandemic. The Court held that it was irrelevant that four of ....