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Class Actions Worldview - A Study of Trends Around the Globe - Part IV China, Japan, Belgium, The Netherlands, And England And...

Although class actions have been common in the United States for decades, they have not been as widely used in the rest of the world. The situation and risks remain in flux, however, as more countries have renewed momentum to...more

Finish in Eight Months: The EPO Sets Timeline for New Accelerated Opposition Practice

The European Patent Office ("EPO") has committed to specific timelines for its new practice of accelerating opposition proceedings....more

Unified Patent Court Publishes Its First Case Load Statistics

The UPC, a single patent court for European Union Member States, has published the first statistics on its case load since its establishment in 2023. Between June 1, 2023, and January 31, 2024, a total of 196 cases were filed...more

UPC Nullity Actions: The New Distribution Scheme Takes Shape

The redistribution of competences to the Munich, Paris, and Milan central chambers takes shape and brings complexity for chemistry patents....more

The Reshaping of Competition Rules and Procedures in Italy

The Situation: Over the last year, the Italian Competition Bill (Law 287/1990) has undergone a significant number of amendments aimed at strengthening the enforcement powers of the Italian Competition Authority ("ICA"). At...more

Class Actions Worldview - A Study of Trends Around the Globe: Part III—Australia, Germany, and France

Although class actions have been common in the United States for decades, they have not been as widely used in the rest of the world. The situation and risks remain in flux, however, as more countries have renewed momentum to...more

Class Actions Worldview - A Study of Trends Around the Globe - Part II – Italy And Spain: October 2023

Although class actions have been common in the United States for decades, they have not been as widely used in the rest of the world. The situation and risks remain in flux, however, as more countries have renewed momentum to...more

The Rise of US-Style Class Actions in the UK and Europe

Class actions have been a feature of the litigation landscape in the USA for decades. Claimant-friendly procedures combined with an aggressive and well-funded plaintiffs’ bar have created fertile ground for these large,...more

Italy Implements the First Consumers' Collective Interests Representative Action

For the first time consumers' "collective interests," as opposed to "subjective rights," are explicitly recognized and protected by an ad hoc tool, the Representative Action, which has made significant changes in the domestic...more

French National Assembly Gives Class Actions a New Impetus

The French National Assembly has passed a bill intended to promote the use of class actions in line with the new EU Representative Actions Directive....more

ESG—Climate Change and Related Litigation Take Center Stage in Europe

Nearly every board of a publicly traded company in the European Union, United Kingdom, or United States will have considered and, for most, reported on ESG matters. And it is not just public companies. In what has been little...more

Co-Ownership of Patents: Are Your Co-Owned Patents Ready for the Unified Patent Court?

In Short - The Situation: With the introduction of the Unified Patent Court ("UPC") system in Europe, the co-ownership of patents will have material effect on patents with unitary effect ("Unitary Patent")....more

Exclusive and Non-Exclusive Licenses: Opportunities and Pitfalls Before the UPC

In Short - The Situation: While the national case laws of most Unified Patent Court ("UPC") Member States generally accept infringement actions by licensees, the scope and requirements of such actions differ greatly. The...more

The European Unified Patent Court Names Its Judges

Judges were recruited from across Europe and appointed in accordance with the decisions of the UPC Administrative Committee. The UPC will be led by German Federal Court of Justice Judge Klaus Grabinski as president of the...more

REPowerEU: A New Energy Landscape for Europe

In March 2022, the European Commission published "REPowerEU," a blueprint of its planned changes to the regulation of European Union energy markets in direct response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. At...more

A New Dawn for European Patents: The Unitary Patent and the Unified Patent Court

The creation of a new European Unified Patent Court (“UPC”) and a new patent with unitary effect (“Unitary Patent”), in which almost all member states of the European Union participate, is the most important change in the...more

Breakthrough in Italy: ESG Principles Become Fundamental Italian Constitutional Principle

On February 8, 2022, the Chamber of Deputies approved a proposed law ("Constitutional Reform" or "Reform") to include environmental, health and animal protection among the fundamental principles of the Italian Constitution,...more

Italy to Revamp Civil Justice System

Alternative Dispute Resolution Mechanism - The Enabling Act provides for the reorganization (via a consolidated act) and the promotion of out-of-court means to resolve disputes, i.e., mediation and the so-called...more

JONES DAY TALKS®: Private Antitrust Litigation in Italy [Audio]

In the fourth installment in our series of programs on the private enforcement of competition law in European jurisdictions, Jones Day partners Mario Todino and Lamberto Schiona discuss how private enforcement has evolved in...more

"Class Actions" in Europe: Steps Toward a Harmonized Litigation Framework

The Situation: Negotiators for the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union (the "Council") have reached an agreement on new European rules on collective consumer action. The Council has thus published a...more

Directors' Duties—An Italian Overview: Tough Decisions Amid COVID-19 Emergency Legislation

Italian COVID-19 legislation, with the aim of keeping companies alive by providing them with a short-term alternative to dissolution, provides for the suspension of (i) certain directors' obligations triggered by substantial...more

The Impact of COVID-19 on Italian Litigation

The Situation: Litigation in Italy has been unavoidably affected by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Indeed, the Court of Milan alone holds up to 7,000 people daily, which is incompatible with the emergency rules on...more

European Litigation: COVID-19 Measures at a Glance

As the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic is spreading around Europe and governments take steps towards slowing down the propagation of the virus, courts are reducing activities. In every jurisdiction, where efforts are...more

Administrative Proceedings in European Countries: COVID-19 Measures at a Glance

As the activity of administrative authorities and courts is directly impacted by measures to slow down the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, many questions arise as to the impact on proceedings and deadlines for private...more

The Reform of Italian Insolvency Law: A New Preventive Restructuring Framework

Italy recently enacted a new insolvency code (the "New Insolvency Code"), which takes effect August 14, 2020. The New Insolvency Code sets up, inter alia, (i) a new preemptive restructuring framework; (ii) new rules...more

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