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Fashion giant buys 80 per cent stake in Loro Piana
Italian luxury retailer Loro Piana, which has more than 130 boutiques worldwide, has just sold an 80 per cent stake for $2.6 billion.
Berlusconi fast-track case sets precedent for business
The fast-track timetable being used to prosecute Italian businessman and former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi could put off other people doing business in Italy.
Italian lawyers plan strike
Italian lawyers are set to go on strike next week to block a move by the government to fast-track civil trials.
Copyright and the Vatican
Italians have a unique problem in their dealings with the Vatican. Which law applies? Antonella Barbieri and Dario Morelli of Portolano Cavallo Studio Legale discuss the problem.
Dolce and Gabbana face suspended sentences for tax evasion
Fashion label partners Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana have been convicted of tax evasion and face a suspended jail sentence of a year and eight months and a fine of €500,000 each, a Milan court ruled.
AgustaWestland trial kicks off in Italy
Lawyers representing the former chief executive of helicopter design company AgustaWestland have asked an Italian court to call India's Defence Minister as a witness in the opening exchanges of its corruption trial.
Berlusconi lawyer slams 'prejudiced' Milan court
Niccolo Ghedini, the lawyer representing Silvio Berlusconi against sex and corruption charges, has claimed that prosecutors in a Milan court are in cahoots with judges.
Italy moves to protect IP
Moves are afoot to tighten up IP assets, says Antonella Barbieri who will be discussing it at the Luxury Law Summit.
LabLaw recruits high profile female partner
A top Italian law firm has recruited a high profile lawyer to boost its global practice. Sharon Reilly joins Lablaw's Milan offce as a partner in a move to expand the firm's international reach.
Berlusconi slates 'communist' female judges
Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi launched a stinging attack on a panel of female judges this week, labelling them 'feminist and communist' for ruling that he owed his estranged wife €200,000 per day as part of a divorce settlement.
In the mouth of the wolf
Italy's chaotic political environment is crippling much-needed reforms to employment law. Companies and their advisers are hoping for a quick resolution in the forthcoming elections
Banks fined over rate swap deals
Four international banks were found guilty of fraud and fined a €1 million each by a Milan judge last week in a landmark ruling over complex interest rate swap deals cut during the run-up to the global financial crisis.
Italy's Dewey legacy splinters with mass defection
The independent Italian business law firm born out of the wreckage of global practice Dewey & LeBoeuf suffered a mass exodus this week after its managing partner defected with a team of 35 lawyers to launch their own practice.
Euro-giants club together to challenge global players
A group of Europe's most influential and muscular independent law firms is forming an alliance to challenge the power and continuing incursions of UK and US firms on the continent.
Legance aims to crack London market
Milan and Rome-based Legance is to open a London office next year, the Italian law firm announced earlier this week.
Italian companies cough up for competition authority
Italy's top corporations and limited liability companies are to be hit with a new fee to finance the country's competition authority, Rome announced recently.
Pope's butler loses lawyer
A lawyer who was set to represent Pope Benedict XVI's former butler has walked away from the brief after clashing with his client over differences in defence strategy.
Europe: job market
London law firm Reynolds Porter Chamberlain advised A&N Media - the consumer media business of Daily Mail and General Trust Plc (DMGT) - on its purchase of Italian job website Jobrapido.
Italian prosecutors 'wasted money' in Knox trial
Two Italian prosecutors who staked their reputations on securing a life sentence for US student Amanda Knox after claiming she killed Briton Meredith Kercher are now themselves being investigated over a video they put to jurors during the trial.
Clamp slapped on Gaddafi family billions
Italian police seized about $1.5 billion worth of assets last week from the family of dead former Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi in response to a request by international prosecutors in The Hague.
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