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European litigation trends

  • Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
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  • European Union, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Spain, United Kingdom
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  • March 30 2007

Litigating in Europe is a complex process

Substitute tax regime court decision puts some bridge financing structures at risk

  • Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
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  • Italy
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  • November 24 2009

It is quite common in the Italian market to structure leveraged buy-out transactions andor real estate finance transactions with a bridge loan and later refinance the bridge facility with a secured long-term facility agreement

Dismissal - and hiring new employees

  • Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
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  • Italy
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  • November 20 2009

The Supreme Court recently held that an employee's employment had been terminated for justified objective reasons: a drastic reduction in sales of the employer's products and no scope for redeploying the employee

Compensation for delay in re-instatement

  • Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
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  • Italy
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  • November 20 2009

The Italian Supreme Court recently held that an employee may receive compensation for loss of earnings arising from an employer's delay in complying with a court order to re-instate that employee

Recent Supreme Court decision about video-recording devices in the workplace

  • Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
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  • Italy
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  • July 6 2010

The Italian Supreme Court has recently issued a decision on the use of information collected using video-recording devices in the workplace against employees

Disciplinary dismissal for just cause

  • Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
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  • Italy
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  • July 1 2011

If an employee is dismissed for just cause following a disciplinary proceeding, it is not possible for the employer to add new circumstances - different from those originally contested - to sustain the just cause, according to a recent ruling from the Supreme Court

Monitoring activities and just cause of dismissal

  • Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
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  • Italy
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  • July 1 2011

The prohibition under national law against monitoring employees' activities through audio-visual devices does not apply when it comes to guarding a company's assets - and the Supreme Court has stressed that it is possible to install cameras for reasons of organisation, productivity and safety at the workplace

Fixed-term employment contracts

  • Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
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  • Italy
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  • July 1 2011

A recent Supreme Court decision makes it clear that the technical, productive, organisational or substitutive reasons on the basis of which it is possible to enter into a fixed-term contract must be specified by the employer in a precise and detailed manner

Objective dismissal for decrease in turnover

  • Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
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  • Italy
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  • July 1 2011

The Italian Supreme Court has ruled that a decrease in turnover can justify the objective aspect of dismissal, particularly when it is not possible to re-appoint an employee under activities appropriate to his level

Disputes, arbitration and dismissal

  • Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
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  • Italy
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  • January 17 2011

Several significant changes to Italian employment law came into force on 24 November 2010 by means of Law No. 183210

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