Italian judiciary

Some judges have affirmed such lawsuits, including a judge in Italy who refused to allow industry-funded research as evidence.24. Even so, the industry's neutralizing of the safety issue has opened the door to the biggest, most hazardous prize of all: the proposed revolutionary transformation of society ...

An appeals court overturns the corruption charges in October 1999. The bribery conviction is thrown out in May 2000. May 13, 2001 - Wins the general election with 18.5 million votes to become prime minister of Italy. February 10, 2004 - Becomes the first leader to visit Libya since Moammar Gadhafi's ...

MILAN (Reuters) - A judge on Tuesday postponed a court hearing between Italy's Mediaset (MS.MI) and France's Vivendi (VIV.PA) over a pay-TV dispute that threatens to disrupt the French group's plans to create a European media champion. Vivendi, the top shareholder in Italy's biggest phone company ...

MILAN, Feb 27 (Reuters) - A judge on Tuesday postponed a court hearing between Italy'sMediaset and France'sVivendi over a pay-TV dispute that threatens to disrupt the French group's plans to create a European media champion. Vivendi, the top shareholder in Italy's biggest phone company Telecom ...

When Maria Concetta Cacciola was relocated to Genoa in the north of Italy, she left her children behind. In a farewell letter to her mother she wrote: 'I'm entrusting my children to you. Don't make the mistakes you made with me. Give them a better life.' But instead the grandparents mistreated the children to lure Maria out of ...

Except in severe cases — such as in 2011, when an Italian judge was caught on video appearing to crib scores from his colleagues — the ISU does not publicize the warnings or sanctions it hands down. The ISU is not known to have sanctioned for bias any of the judges flagged by BuzzFeed News as ...

A trainee lawyer was kicked out of a courtroom in Italy's Bologna for wearing the Muslim headscarf, reports said Thursday, in a ruling reversed after a day of strong criticism. The 25-year-old Muslim woman identified as Asmae Belfakir, who attended the hearing as a trainee lawyer, was told by the judge to ...

Italian judge accused of bullying law students for sex ... That itself is not illegal in Italy, according to the Washington Post. But when the female ... When disciplinary hearings are made public, that's best for everyone,” Eugenio Albamonte, president of Italy's national association of judges, told the newspaper.

In southern Italy, anti-mafia police have removed around 40 children from families suspected of organized crime links - a procedure which is allowed even if the parents have not been formally charged. Criminology professor Anna Sergi explains why this could help break the mafia's grip on the region.

While the 'Ndrangheta clans are deeply rooted in Calabria, investigations over the last 30 years have shown the spread of their presence to the rest of the country, especially in the north of Italy. The term 'Ndrangheta also refers to a set of behaviours. These are characterised by the use of intimidation, ...

The case involved two trials in lower courts and a series of appeals where judges ruled that the cooks had crossed a line and the smell of frying had reached criminal levels. The supreme court was told how an expert appointed by the downstairs neighbour tracked the smell to a vent linked to an extractor ...

Jurists need to pass a rigorous exam to become judges in Italy, one that was only extended to women from 1965. That year, only eight female candidates of 187 were found suitable to become judges in a competition between men and women to fill 200 posts, according to a history of female judges in Italy ...