Marialaura Boni
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The Fearless Girl who challenges the Charging Bull
Italian court rules oral hygiene chewing gum ads misleading
The Regional Administrative Court of Lazio declared lawful the 2013 decision of the Competition Authority on the misleading nature of various chewing gum ads. Marialaura Boni and Riccardo Gaiani report.
Francesco Totti: protecting image rights
Under Italian law the unauthorised publication of an image depicting a public figure divorced from its original context and placed in a different context is also a violation of his the person’s right to personal identity, protected by article 2 of the Constitution even in the absence of any harm to his their honour or dignity. Marialaura Boni reports.
Competitor awarded damages for misleading medicinal claim
When a food supplement company challenged a competitor’s product name as a misleading medicine claim, was it also able to claim damages through Italian courts? Marialaura Boni reports.
Italy requires cookie notices to call out use for profiling
Italy Data Protection Authority has published new Guidelines on the use of cookies. This imposes specific requirements when a site uses cookies that are to be used for profiling purposes. Marialaura Boni and Riccardo Giaini of Osborne Clarke Milan report.