McGuireWoods LLP (LexBlog Italy)

A motion has recently been voted at the European Parliament in Strasburg with a view to encouraging the European Commission to prepare a directive to fight against international organised crime (mafia) throughout the European Union.

National Economic Research Associates, Inc. (NERA), an excellent source for statistics on litigation, has released a report on the recently-implemented class-action law in Italy: Italian Class Actions Eight Months In: The Driving Forces.  The report describes (for those of us in the US) the law governing class actions in Italy. Class actions are opt-in, not...