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The Italian car ferry Norman Atlantic was travelling from Patras, in Greece, to Ancona, in Italy with 422 passengers and 56 crew members on board when a fire broke out on its car deck.

Trem-bala, the "bullet train", was supposed to be a high-speed train connecting Sao Paulo to Rio de Janeiro.

Il 3 aprile 2019 il Senato ha approvato il testo definitivo del ddl n. 844 in materia di azione di classe.

The Situation: On January 31, 2018, the Italian Supreme Court ruled on the first Italian product-related class action promoted by a consumers' association.

On December 21, 2007, the Italian Parliament passed the Budget Law 2008, which finally introduced into the Consumer Code a specific statutory provision (Article 140-bis) giving certain associations the capacity to sue collectively for tort liability, unfair trade practice, and anti-competitive behavior.

The New Law sets forth a new ad hoc opt-in procedure.

Italy has traditionally offered limited scope for collective actions to protect consumers.

Uproar in the Italian public opinion as the Senate, while debating the annual financial law, approved - on November 16th, 2007, by a two vote’s majority - an amendment (Section 53-bis) to the bill’s original draft text, meant to enforce collective protection for consumers by introducing a class action system.

Italy-based class actions provide unique litigation opportunities as they build on an ad hoc multi-layered and ever-evolving system of legal norms. The general notion of "class actions"...

On May 19, 2021, the reform of the Italian legal framework on class actions finally entered into force.

Una nota canzone recitava "We are walking in a dolce vita…". E, in effetti, la questione sembrerebbe molto dolce...

In April 2018, the Italian parliament passed a law shaping a new procedure for class actions. The law will come into force 12 months after its publication in the Official Journal of the Republic;...

On 1 January 2010, it became possible to file consumer class actions in Italy. An explosion of media coverage, loud proclamations, and filings purportedly claiming billions of Euros in damages saluted the new law.