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• Part I Of Two Part Series On Sexual Harassment At Work : Italy

  A work environment in which everyone’s dignity is not respected and in which interpersonal relationships are not based on mutual fairness is neither healthy nor safe. As a consequence, employers can be held liable for the failure to implement health and safety measures to protect their employees. Towards the end of last year the topic...

• Scientists highlight tropane alkaloid contamination in Italy

  Researchers have highlighted cases of tropane alkaloid contamination in Italy and called for increased monitoring and regulation. The study detailed recent cases of tropane alkaloid intoxication after the consumption of spinach and spinach-based foods in Italy during October 2022. Symptoms can include a dry mouth, difficulty speaking and swallowing, tachycardia, drowsiness, dizziness, hallucinations, and delirium. Incidents...

• Global OTA Scrutiny and Airline Distribution Battles: This Week in Online Travel

  This week’s Update features a variety of topics, including Italy’s newly announced investigation of Booking.com, American’s ongoing battle with ASTA and Qantas’ new TMC portal: Italy Launches Investigation of Booking.com.  Just weeks ago, Booking Holdings announced as part of its fourth quarterly earnings release that Spanish competition authorities were considering levying an unprecedented $530 million...

• Seyfarth to Present Panel Discussion and Networking Event: Navigating Today’s Pressing Legal and Business Challenges

  About the Program Wednesday, 10 April 20245:45 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.   Registration6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.   Panel Program7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.   Networking and Apertivo Magna Pars L’ Hotel À Parfumvia Forcella, 620144 Milano, ItalyMeeting room: Ambrosia Hall In an era of rapid change and increasingly complex global workplace issues, staying ahead of the...

• Italy and the UPC sign an agreement bringing the third seat of the Central Division in Milan closer

  Italy has signed an agreement with the Unified Patent Court (UPC) formalizing the cooperation to bring the third seat of the UPC Central Division to Milan. The agreement was signed in Milan between the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the UPC, represented by the President of the Court of Appeals Klaus Grabinski, in the...

• Arizona may join Italy by banning lab-grown meat from the state

  Two bills introduced into the Arizona Legislature may signal that the 2024 sessions of those “Laboratories of Democracy” will be something of an “alt-meat” grinder. Arizona State Rep. David Marshall, R-Snowflake, and four co-sponsors have introduced House Bill 2121, prohibiting cell-cultured animal products. HB2121 prohibits anyone in Arizona from offering to sell or produce a...

• Scientists uncover Salmonella outbreak linked to horse meat

  A study of Salmonella in horses in Italy has uncovered an outbreak that affected 17 people. From June to November 2021, 146 horses, five donkeys, and one mule were tested for Salmonella in cecal contents and through carcass swabs from one slaughterhouse. Salmonella was detected three times in 152 of the cecal contents, while all 152...

• Alumnus says McGeorge School of Law prepared them to be an international lawyer

  Maurizio Maiano, ‘88, is from Milan, Italy and currently works as a corporate lawyer in Milan. Maiano received an LLM degree in Transnational Business Practice from McGeorge School of Law. In this video, Maiano discusses his experience in the United States and how he feels McGeorge’s curriculum prepared him for his career. Maiano explains that...

• Cultivating Sustainability: European Commission Greenlights Italy’s EUR 1.7 Billion Agrivoltaic Initiative

  On Nov. 10, 2023, the European Commission authorized a State aid scheme presented by Italy, earmarking EUR 1.7 billion to bolster agrivoltaic plants. Click here to continue reading the full GT Alert.

• Problems found at site linked to Italian Salmonella outbreak

  Poor conditions at a production site likely contributed to a Salmonella outbreak that sickened more than 60 people in Italy, according to researchers. In the summer of 2022, a foodborne outbreak involving 63 people occurred in the Marche region of central Italy. A common food exposure among cases was a roasted, ready-to-eat (RTE) pork product...

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• First Class Action Threatened in Italy

  As regular readers of this blog know, we regularly (as in here and here) see the storm clouds of the possibility of overseas class actions. The Mass Torts Profs Blog reports that lawyers are now threatening to file the first class action (well, “collective action”) in Italy. Here’s a link. The case ...

• Reflections on Insurance Disputes and Adjustments After Two Weeks in Italy

  In today's culture, we too often honor swagger and pithy bluster. Those with ability to ridicule in fifteen seconds often become leaders of opinion. We are "dumbing down" the process of learning from one another when we need hard and thorough reflection of issues....

• Brain Injury Rehabilitation: International Perspectives

  I just received this month's issue of Brain Injury Professional, the official publication of the North America Brain Injury Society. This month's issue is entitled "Brain Injury Rehabilitation: International Perspectives." Included in the issue are articles regarding brain injury treatment in Italy,...

• Italy Reinforces its Foreign Assets Reporting Rules

  Italy's tax administration issued a guideline according to which all foreign assets must be reported in Italy, including personal assets (such as vacation homes, yachts, jewelery) that do not generate any foreign income taxable in Italy. The new guideline is part of a general reinforcement of...

• Privacy by Design for Italian Smart Grid

  A presentation by Hogan Lovells privacy partners compares European Commission "EG2" privacy recommendations for smart grids with the comparable recommendations of the NIST. We explain the concept of "privacy by design" in the smart grid environment and the use of detailed privacy use cases to...

• Disappearance of George Smith – Six Years Later – Trouble as the Cruise Ship Sails to Kusadasi

  George Smith and Jennifer Hagel married in late June 2005 in Newport Rhode Island.  Their honeymoon was a cruise in the Mediterranean Sea aboard Royal Caribbean’s Brilliance of the Seas, which departed from Barcelona to ports in Italy, Greece and Kusadasi Turkey. Little did George and Jennifer know ...

• Passengers Panic As Costa Concordia Cruise Ship Begins to Sink

  Costa Cruise Lines’ Costa Concordia cruise ship has evacuated most of its passengers after a disastrous situation this evening near the island of Giglio in southern Tuscany, Italy. Media reports suggest that the cruise ship ran aground or struck a reef after departing from its regular course. The...

• Giglio at Sunrise – Costa Concordia Lies Asleep

  Last night I attended a pre-game party for the Miami Heat – Oklahoma City Thunder basketball game at a friend’s house. One of the families was excitedly talking about leaving on Wednesday for a cruise to Italy.  Other families began comparing cruise stories to Italy.  I don’t talk “cruise law”...

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

  Already reeling from the publicity of its delayed reporting of a 21 year old passenger who went overboard from the Allure of the Seas, Royal Caribbean is now facing the scrutiny of the international press regarding the disappearance of a crew member from the Serenade of the Seas yesterday. Several...

• Here We Go Again: Norovirus Sickens 100 Passengers on Crown Princess Sailing to Galveston

  A Galveston television station reports that a Princess Cruises’ ship, sailing from Venice, Italy with a final destination in Galveston, has stricken nearly one cruise passengers with the dreaded norovirus. KHOU states that the 20-day cruise turned out to be the “trip from hell” for dozens of...