30.03.2018

The new parameters for evaluating applications for the granting of concessions for maritime State-owned areas enacted by the Italian Ministry of Infrastructures and Transport

With a circular published in the Official Gazette of the Italian Republic at the beginning of February, the Italian Ministry of Infrastructures and Transport (“MIT”) intervened in the granting of…

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30.03.2018

The abuse of power exercised by the minority

The case examined by the Court of Milan Two quota-holders belonging to the quota-holders’ minority of a limited liability company (“Alfa S.r.l.”), owners of a participation equal to the 45% of the…

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30.03.2018

Business procurement as atypical form of brokerage: the obligation to register in the register of enterprises as essential requirement for the right to commission

The case: Cassation, en banc, 2 August 2017, No. 19161 In order to obtain the payment of the commission allegedly due to it by reason of the brokerage activity carried out, the owner of a consulting…

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30.03.2018

Change of the quorum to pass resolutions and right of withdrawal

The case at issue The case ruled upon by the Supreme Court involved a corporation whose corporate capital was originally held by two shareholders, holding respectively 60% and 40% of the company’s…

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30.03.2018

Car dealership contract and abuse of economic dependence

1.     The case The case ruled upon by the judgment under examination arises from the performance of a car dealership contract involving the manufacturer’s right to set particularly onerous business…

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10.01.2016

Minimal notes in the margins of Laudato sì

“In any discussion about a proposed venture, a number of questions need to be asked in order to discern whether or not it will contribute to genuine integral development: What will it accomplish? Why?…

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