Case Law & Court Rules

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Topics: Lawyers’ advertisement Consiglio Nazionale Forense* (Italian National Bar Council) held — that pursuant to Law n. 248/2006 (conversion of Bersani Decree) professionals — can inform the public of their activities and the services they offer. However, indiscriminate advertisement, which does not not comply with ethical rules, is not allowed. Considering the social function of […]

Consiglio Nazionale Forense, sentenza del 10 dicembre 2007, n. 28 Topic: Decency and respectability of the profession, publication of unbecoming pictures in lawyer’s website, unethical advertisement Consiglio Nazionale Forense* (Italian National Bar Council) held that lawyers must always comply with the principles of decency and respectability and that it is unethical for lawyers to publish in […]

From the Opinion: “38.      The Community legislature also wished that the protective regime thus established should not be impaired when personal data leave Community territory. It became apparent that the international dimension of information flows  would render legislation that was effective only in that territory inadequate if not useless. The Community legislature therefore opted for a […]

From the Judgment: “The reply to the fifth question must therefore be that there is no ‘transfer [of data] to a third country’ within the meaning of Article 25 of Directive 95/46 where an individual in a Member State loads personal data onto an internet page which is stored with his hosting provider which is […]