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• Sara Beiro Farabow guest lectures again at the Polytechnic University of Milan on international dispute resolution and contracts

  On October 20, 2020, Seyfarth partner Sara Beiro Farabow returned to lecture (virtually this time) before graduate engineering students at the Polytechnic University of Milan, the #1 ranked engineering university in Italy. This session of the masters course, “Contract, Claim and Delay Management in Construction Works,” provided a comparative legal analysis of U.S. and international...

• Costa Diadema: Passenger with COVID-19 Disembarked in Naples, Italy

  The Italian newspaper, Il Secolo XIX, reports that a 78-year-old man, described as a French citizen, was disembarked in Naples, Italy on October 14 from the Costa Diadema. The guest tested positive for COVID-19 after he was swabbed aboard the ship. He was transported by private ambulance to the “Covid Hospital of the San Giuseppe Moscati...

• Experts assess use of genome sequencing in multi-country outbreaks

  Experts have discussed the major obstacles to adopting whole genome sequencing (WGS) for surveillance and monitoring of foodborne diseases in Europe. The “Next Generation Sequencing to Tackle Foodborne Diseases in the EU” event was originally planned for March at the Istituto Superiore di Sanità in Italy but was moved online and to late September because...

• Botulism suspected as 35 sick in Italy

  More than 30 people have needed hospital treatment in Italy for suspected botulism intoxication. The 35 patients seen at the emergency department of the Giglio Foundation hospital in Cefalù, a city in northern Sicily, had the same meal in a canteen. Currently, 24 patients are being looked after in three Sicilian hospitals with seven in...

• EU gets project to look at future of food safety

  A three-year project with 23 partners from 12 countries is going to look at the future of the European food safety system. The effort, dubbed “FOODSAFETY4EU,” will be coordinated by the Consiglio Nazionale Delle Ricerche (CNR) in Italy. Work is set to run from the start of 2021 until the end of 2023 with a...

• Keeping Translation Costs Down, Part Three

  Last month, I posted that, yes, foreign authorities actually read translated documents— and if the translation is substandard (or just flat-out horrible), Hague Service Requests are rejected, sometimes with a quickness, and occasionally after nearly a year.  But it’s been a while since I offered thoughts about minimizing the cost of translation while maintaining requisite...

• Reflections on COVID-19 – Views from Italy

  In this blog we examine the economic impact of Covid-19 on the Italian economy, through an analysis of economic data relating to the lockdown period from February to May 2020, an assessment of the impact of the Italian government’s measures, and a view on what the future might look like for the Italian economy. How Has...

• Italian Special Tax Regime for High Net Worth Individuals, Three Years In

  With some years now on record after the enactment of Italy’s tax rules on special tax regime for high net worth individuals, we attach and article (Italy’s Special Tax Regime for High Net Worth Individuals, Three Years In) recently published on the topic. The distinctive features of the Italian special tax regime are the following:...

• Good, bad, or unknown addresses… and the Hague Service Convention.

  One immutable truth looms over everything I do: if you can’t tell me where your defendant is, I can’t get him served for you.* I couldn’t be more serious– “where?” is the most important question I ever ask a client.  There are precisely four variations on the answers. We know where he is.  (And that...

• Italy: COVID-19 Pandemic is Not Carte Blanche for Invasive Data Processing

  According to Italian Data Protection Authority Garante Per La Protezione Dei Dati Personale, The COVID-19 emergency does not automatically, and in itself, represent a sufficient legal basis for particularly invasive data processing, such as data processing aimed at allowing contact tracing by any public or private owner. At present, the only processing of personal data...

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• Injuries Employee Sustained While Touring Italy Were Not Covered By Workers’ Compensation

  Fleetwood Enterprises, Inc. v. WCAB, 134 Cal. App. 4th 1316 (2005) After completing the business portion of a trip to Europe, John Moody extended his stay for additional sightseeing with his wife in Italy. Moody sought workers’ compensation coverage for severe injuries that he suffered in an...

• Madeira Company Held Liable to Tax in Italy, Regional Tax Court Ruled

  Italian Regional Tax Court found a Madeira company engaged in the business of purchasing and selling goods had its permanent establishment in Italy and was subject to tax in Italy, were its contracts were negotiated and its business was supervised by its shareholders....

• Mount Etna, Europe’s Largest Active Volcano

  Note the lava in the foreground. From Italy April...

• E&Y Italian Desk in New York Comments on New US-Italy Treaty

  New US-Italy Treaty Commented by E&Y Italian desk in New...

• Italy’s Tax Administration Published Report on Italian International Tax Ruling (APA)

  Italy's tax administration published its report on Italian international tax ruling showing 52 applications and 19 agreements signed in the first five years of the program, half of which by foreign multinational enterprises....

• Update on Italian Transfer Pricing Documentation Filing

  By the first deadline of December 28, 2010 1,300 Italian taxpayers filed the transfer pricing documentation notice. Of them 500 come from foreign enterprises with Italian business operation. Transfer pricing documentation filing protects from penalties in case of audit and transfer pricing...

• The “Situation” is Creating a Situation

  I recently blogged about Trademarks held by and registered to the Kardashians. Another popular reality show is “Jersey Shore” that follows the lives of eight twenty-something roommates initially at the Jersey Shore (hence the name of the show), but also living in Miami and Italy during seasons 2...

• Search for Cruise Victims Ends, Carnival CEO Arison Makes Appearance – at Miami Heat Basketball Game

  Italy announced that it is ending recovery efforts to locate the missing passengers and crew of the Costa Concordia due to the dangerous conditions which surround the stricken cruise ship.   Three crewmembers and thirteen passengers are confirmed dead.  One other body was recovered which has not...

• Did the Liberty of the Seas Buzz Cape Ampelio in Italy?

  The Italian newspaper Il Secolo XIX published an interesting article L’inchino della Liberty of the Seas which raised the question whether the Liberty of the Seas cruise ship sailed too close to Cape Ampelio near the little Italian town of Bordighera. Bordighera is a small, beautiful coastal town...

• Another Crew Member Goes Overboard From Royal Caribbean’s Serenade of the Seas

  A newspaper in Italy is reporting that a Royal Caribbean crew member disappeared from the Serenade of the Seas earlier this morning. The Adnkronos newspaper in Rome reports that the Serenade of the Seas was sailing from Mykonos. Upon arrival at the next port around 7:00 AM this morning, it was...