The first-instance ruling comes eight years after the August 14, 2018, collapse that claimed the lives of 43 people. The former heads of Aspi and Spea and the former director of supervision of the…
The president reacted by criticizing the verdict and calling it "bad for the country", promising however to continue the political battle on the issue of immigration.
The "No" vote wins with 53,74%. Nordio: "I respectfully acknowledge the people's decision." Conte calls for a broad-based primary. Schlein: "No to a misguided reform and the government's arrogance."
According to exit polls, instant polls, and exit polls, all the major statistical institutes are predicting a No vote. Initial projections also show a No vote ahead. Turnout at 58,9%.
During the referendum, the CGIL took an open stance, but this has not always been the case: here is how the largest Italian union has behaved during the referendum consultations from 1946 to today and what the effects are.
Record turnout (46%) on the first day of voting. Separation of careers, a dual CSM (Court of Justice), and a High Court are the main changes in the reform submitted to referendum. What does the question say? Is there a quorum? Everything you need to prepare for the vote.
The Supreme Court of Cassation reformulates the question regarding the justice referendum after 500 signatures were collected. The government implements the ordinance, and the President of the Republic signs the clarification decree: no postponement, the vote confirmed for March 22nd and 23rd.
The Council of Ministers meeting held at Palazzo Chigi has established that the constitutional referendum on the separation of careers will be held on 22 and 23 March, together with the by-elections.
Faced with a tragedy like the one on New Year's Eve in Crans-Montana, the Swiss government must immediately send a signal that justice exists and arresting the managers is the least it can do. In Italy, they would already be in prison.
Interview with Professor Enrico Grosso, a lawyer, former student of Zagrebelsky and honorary president of the "Right to Say No" Committee to the Justice Referendum: "The separation of careers is a slogan used to confuse and risks becoming almost an attempt…
The debate on career separation has put the spotlight back on the power of prosecutors, from media pillories to the new "Milan model": investigations into gangmastering, million-dollar seizures, and agreements without a judge that are redrawing the relationship between the judiciary, businesses, and labor law.
Justice Referendum, interview with STEFANO CECCANTI, constitutionalist and former Democratic Party MP, who will vote Yes: "The body that manages careers, the CSM, cannot be a single body. Current factions must be overcome. For magistrates, I would have preferred a single-member constituency to a random draw…
Interview with Luigi Zanda, former President of the Democratic Party Senators: "There's a political connection between the Nordio-Meloni reform and the virulent controversy surrounding the Quirinale Councilor, Garofani. What was lacking was the respect and prudence that a democracy…
Justice Reform, interview with lawyer Gian Domenico Caiazza, former president of the Union of Criminal Chambers, now head of the Sì Separa Committee (which also includes Di Pietro): "This is why it's right to vote Yes in the referendum on career separation. There's a risk of voting in favor…
After 20 days in prison, Nicolas Sarkozy is freed. He will be under judicial supervision and await his appeal hearing scheduled for March. "It was tough, very tough," he admitted during the hearing.
The reform introducing the separation of judicial careers has been definitively approved by the Senate. What it means and how it changes the CSM. Reactions and controversies. A confirmatory referendum between March and April 2026.
The Sdny Prosecutor's Office has become famous for being a highly authoritative and effective bastion of legality against the malpractice and corruption of the financial raiders: the most important of the entire federal judicial system but with Trump the music has changed
The Chamber of Deputies approved the career separation reform with 243 yes votes; the bill now moves to the Senate for a final vote before a confirmatory referendum. Here are the details.
The Italian government has faced yet another legal setback regarding repatriation detention centers: European magistrates have confirmed the position of Italian judges, according to which the executive branch does not decide which countries are "safe" for repatriations.
Six arrests were made in the urban planning investigation in Milan: businessman Bezziccheri was jailed, while Tancredi, Catella, Marinoni, Scandurra, and Pella were placed under house arrest. The investigating judge, however, did not uphold the charge of undue influence against Sala and Boeri in connection with the Pirellino project.
On June 1st, the first direct elections of magistrates were held, including 11 of the Supreme Court. The democratization of justice will be completed by 2027. Low turnout (13%), but President Sheinbaum rejoices: "In Mexico, the people also choose…
Prime Minister Meloni during question time at the Senate, in response to Renzi's questions: "Go ahead with the premiership, it is the mother of all reforms. On preferences in the electoral law, I confirm that I am in favor"
It is not the first time that the judiciary has unleashed itself against a reform only to change its mind after a while: as the former socialist Minister of Justice recalls, what is happening today against the separation of careers recalls the incredible opposition to the Anti-Mafia Superprosecutor's Office...
After Meloni's trip to Trump and the release of Cecilia Sala, the Minister of Justice has ordered the immediate release of the Iranian detained in Opera prison at the request of the United States. Here is the note from the Keeper of the Seals
What is happening in the Democratic Republic of Congo? Over the years, the phenomenon of Kulunas - the gangs - had benefited from strong political protection. Today, the government of the country uses capital executions directly against urban gangs. But…
The judge used the formula of "unconditional release": Trump is guilty, but will not face sanctions. However, his criminal record is stained
The Gup of Florence Sara Farina has decreed "no case to answer", judging the accusations of the prosecution on the management of the Open foundation to be inconsistent
In a lightning meeting, the Council of Ministers approved the decree law on justice but without cyber measures: "Further investigations are needed". Yes to Amazon's strategic investment in Italy, with a 1,2 billion plan for cloud infrastructure and…
Between Italia Viva and the Democratic Party, a change of strategy is looming that can bring the broad field of the center-left closer together: an end to the vetoes and the start of the alliance strategy. It won't be a downhill road but for Italian politics...
The Nordio bill is law: the Chamber gives the definitive green light to the provision that cancels the crime of abuse of office and revises the rules on wiretapping. There is also news on precautionary measures and on the appeal for prosecutors. Political controversies…
The ANM raises barricades against the separation of magistrates' careers, but on the left the voices in favor of the reform are growing: Marco Boato and Cesare Salvi make no secret of it
Separation of magistrates' careers: the government approves the justice reform. Here's what it predicts: from the draw for the two CSMs to the High Disciplinary Court
On May 23, 1992, one of the most monstrous attacks by the mafia led by Salvatore Riina took place, the Capaci massacre, in which the magistrate Giovanni Falcone lost his life, together with his wife and three escort agents.…
Meeting of the Assonime council: meeting with Minister Giorgetti. Justice, a study presented on the state of implementation of the reforms: the expenditure produced for Pnrr investments is still very limited
Discrimination against tax judges in the EU Commission's sights: remuneration, holidays and social security. Between 2012 and 2021, Italy's failure to comply with European law cost 800 million euros
A committee of teachers at risk of dismissal writes to the government to resolve a case created by the previous Minister of Education. Effects on primary schools throughout Italy.
The proposed European directive tightens sanctions for everyone. Ecomafias are always active
The lowering of the age for impunity and the tightening on mobile phones are outside the decree - The CDM stops the blockade of the Euro 5 in Piedmont, green light to the decree for the South
The former US president is under investigation for the assault on Capitol Hill which took place on January 6, 2021. Four days to turn himself in. The Egyptian student accused of spreading false information was sentenced to three years in prison
The two presidents spoke about the recent tensions between the government and the judiciary, but also about the critical points of the justice reform
Finally, the premier has disavowed the President of the Senate and party mate La Russa for the reckless utterances in defense of her son accused of sexual violence and has also sympathized with the girl who denounced - If the…
Israeli citizens mobilize to defend the independence of the judicial system. Squares invaded by thousands of citizens. It's now 28 weeks
The Justice bill approved by the Council of Ministers - Limitations on wiretapping and pre-trial detention. The Pm's unappealability returns - Here's what the reform provides
Juve will know today, before taking the field in Empoli, the sentence of the federal Court of Appeal on capital gains that will decide its fate - Napoli beats Inter and Spalletti announces his farewell - Lazio just two points from…
The reform of the civil process desired by the former minister Cartabia enters into force. A single deed for separation and divorce, but more documents and penalties for those who do not respect the parental plan. Here are all the news
Use of prison, wiretapping, separation of careers, prosecution: Minister Nordio's programmatic statements with a guarantor flavor on the crucial points of the justice crisis are a revolution and it is not surprising that they have triggered the critical reactions of the judiciary and…
Justice Minister Carlo Nordio announced the Ministry's guidelines to the Senate Justice Commission. Among the key points the separation of careers and the review of interceptions. Revolt of the ANM: "Interceptions are a very important tool".
The first operational CDM approved the decree-law on justice, Covid and anti-rave rules. From tomorrow stop mandatory vaccines for health care but masks remain in hospitals and Rsa. Here's the news
The council of ministers is preparing to postpone the application of the Cartabia reform which was due to start on 1 November. That's why it's a reasonable step
Justice Minister Carlo Nordio has just taken office and immediately formulated his penal reform proposals. Two are shareable, that's why
The association of criminal trial scholars has elected prof. Adolfo Scalfati president and renewed the board of directors for the two-year period 2022-24
The seats of Minister of Economy, Foreign Affairs, Interior and Justice are the ones that will most define the nature of the new government and on which Mattarella will be particularly vigilant - Here are the candidates
A book aimed at promoting and valuing diversity, justice and inclusion. Laudadio's goal is to stimulate reflection on the topic with more concrete actions
Italia Viva abstained, only the Brothers of Italy vote against - All the news coming with the Cartabia reform: from the composition of the CSM to access to the competition for the judiciary
The participation of citizens in the vote on the 5 referendums on justice is disastrous: the turnout does not even reach half of the required quorum of 50% plus one
INTERVIEW WITH SABINO CASSESE, illustrious jurist and constitutional judge emeritus, who launches an appeal to participate in the vote in the five referendums on Justice, in which he has repeatedly expressed his YES vote. Here he explains why voting is important and…
According to the Bankruptcy Justice Observatory of Cherry, a fintech startup that provides artificial intelligence services to credit operators, in the first three months of 2022, in particular, there was a decrease compared to the same period of 2021 in new bankruptcies…
On 12 June we vote for the abrogation referendums on Justice. Five questions, some of which are very technical. Here's everything you need to know and answers to frequently asked questions
No to the question on the direct responsibility of magistrates. President Amato on cannabis: "References to hard drugs violated international standards".
Magistrates who have held elective offices or government positions will no longer be able to carry out judicial functions. Cartabia: "Inescapable reform"
Final green light in Parliament: now the Government has a year to write the delegated decrees - The main changes concern prescription, indictment, preliminary hearings and alternative sentences
The Chamber has given the go-ahead - The statute of limitations dear to the grillini survives, but is sterilized by the new "non-admissibility" that takes place after precise time limits - This is how the new criminal trial works
After a very nervous day, Draghi managed to convince his government partners to reach an agreement on the changes to be made to the Cartabia reform, which will immediately go to the House of Representatives - Excluding the statute of limitations for mafia crimes and…
The Council of Ministers has given the green light to the Justice Reform presented by the Keeper of the Seals Marta Cartabia. Tiring compromise with M5s on the prescription after Draghi's mediation. Here's the news
To speed up trials, which is the key problem of civil justice, it is not enough to re-discuss the role of magistrates but we have to deal with the overabundance of lawyers (there are more than 250) and reform their profession
President Fico's exploration to verify the feasibility of a new government comes alive today with the discussion on the program: the field is mined but the answers on justice and governance of the Next Generation Eu cannot be…
Justice reform is one of the priorities that the European Commission asks us to activate the Recovery Plan funding but it is not the very timid one under discussion in Parliament: to really attack the nodes that paralyze the judicial system...
The harassments to which the former trade unionist and parliamentarian Ottaviano Del Turco is subjected recall those already suffered by Enzo Tortora and are incompatible with a society that wants to define itself as civil. But being indignant is not enough and silence is cowardly because…
The sensational Bassolino case - 19 acquittals after 17 years of trials - once again highlights the urgency of reforming civil justice also to revive the economy but the reform that is needed is not the one currently under discussion i…
According to the Cherry Observatory, about 11 bankruptcy proceedings are opened in the Italian courts every year and 35% are taken over by Rome and Milan - But the fastest and most efficient court is the one…
The disputed nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the US Supreme Court, wanted by President Trump crowns the ambitious project of the Kock brothers, the super-billion shareholders of the Kansas industrial conglomerate of the same name in the crosshairs of environmentalists for the pollution of their companies...
The recent reform of article 323 of the Criminal Code aims to represent the answer to the demand for efficiency improvement of the public machine and to reduce the critical issues of the procedural system
The famous British brand, after a long legal battle, was recognized by the Supreme Court for the uniqueness of the Scottish design that distinguishes many of its products.
The modernization of the public administration is the mother of reforms and is made up of changes that often do not cost money but that the political class snubs: why?
On May 23, 1992, the atrocious crime of the mafia against the magistrate Giovanni Falcone took place a few kilometers from Palermo in which even four innocent people lost their lives - A crime that made Falcone the symbol of…
The leader of Italia Viva does not spare criticism of the Minister of Justice Bonafede but does not vote on motions of no confidence only for reasons of a general political nature and that is to avoid the consequent government crisis - But he warns that…
The Coranavirus emergency has led the Government to make it possible until the end of July to celebrate criminal trials remotely but the move to digital risks distorting justice without solving the real critical issues - Technology can…
The anti-release decree approved last night by the Council of Ministers is not enough to clear Conte's table of the many troubles that the Five Stars are creating for him and which are making the Government shake - Here's why
The Five Stars, embarrassed by the Bonafede case and by the arrival of the Mes "unconditionally", blow up the compromise reached between Conte and the Renzians on the amnesty for migrants and make the stability of the…
The Bari Public Prosecutor's Office has given a mandate to the Finance to seize and close 19 Telegram channels that would have disseminated free PDF copies of newspapers every day. The problem of piracy only aggravates the crisis going through the publishing of…
The magistrate has also ordered a one-year ban from banks and companies for Vincenzo De Bustis (former CEO) - The accusations are of false accounting and obstacle to supervision
The Democratic Party would like to be a "new party" but for now it is a party on its knees which also on the prescription, as previously on the cut of parliamentarians, on the basic income, on Quota 100, goes in tow of the Five Stars
New judicial tile on ENI's CEO for his wife's affairs in Congo and undersecretary Buffagni warns: "If there are all these judicial investigations, obviously not everything is perfect at the top of the company".
Taxation, immigration, investments and much more: here is a summary scheme of the "planning lines" for drafting the new government programme. The No to drills and incinerators have disappeared from the list. Towards the debut of a Minister of Innovation
It is not the first time that alleged judicial cases have arisen which then melt like snow in the sun and the Lotti case seems to be one of these but the chronicles once again reveal the excessive power of the judiciary and the…
The recent book by Edmondo Bruti Liberati "Magistrature and society in republican Italy" is marked by a substantial optimism on the state of criminal justice but it is the civil one that in Italy cries out for revenge - Two emblematic cases in Padua and Milan…
Two reforms that undermine the rule of law were approved in a few weeks in Hungary - Europe is silent, but citizens take to the streets against the "law of slavery" which increases overtime hours from 250 to 400…
The race by the Italian Parliament for the radical reform of the class action raises many perplexities because it does not take into account the Directive in progress in the EU and seems to reflect more an anti-company ideological approach than the real protection of citizens damaged by crimes…
Andrea Ughi, son of the co-founder Giovanni Ughi will lead the Milan offices after the spin off of some lawyers from the Milan office and their integration into the Nunziante Magrone firm - New internal growth projects are planned…
The story of the mayor of Riace Domenico Lucano raises profound social and political questions that cannot be resolved hastily with Twitter, but if a law is not right it must be changed and not broken
We publish the speech of the general manager of Assonime, Stefano Micossi, in the context of the workshop "Administrative justice, procurement and proper functioning of the market"
Together with the Roman entrepreneur, his business partner Liberato Lo Conte and the judge Nicola Russo ended up in handcuffs - The investigation reveals an agreement for a piloted sentence in the context of a tax dispute.
"We don't limit the use of interceptions but we contrast the abuse", declared Premier Gentiloni.
New twist in Sanitopoli in Abruzzo: the Cassation annulled the sentences inflicted on the former Governor Ottaviano Del Turco and other defendants, postponing a new trial for a case of controversial justice that someone brought closer to the case…
The president-elect, who will take office on January 20, has formalized the first appointments of his administration - Trump will try until the last minute to include his son-in-law Jared Kushner in the White House.
The general manager of the International Monetary Fund will have to respond to the accusations of negligence of a public official for her involvement in the so-called "Tapie" arbitration - According to the transalpine magistrates, under pressure from Sarkozy, she would have tried to favor the entrepreneur in…
The institute, accused of having helped some wealthy clients to evade taxes in the US, will pay a fine of 547,25 million dollars (about 491 million euros) and that the agreement will allow it to escape criminal proceedings.
Justice Minister Christiane Taubira, an exponent of the more radical left, has already been replaced, who resigned on Wednesday morning in open conflict with President Hollande on the constitutional reform of the laws on security (particularly that on nationality)…
The CDM has approved the decriminalization package. Even obscene acts and the abuse of popular credulity are classified as administrative offenses - But beware: they will be punished with new pecuniary sanctions that are much heavier than in the past - The government also approves decrees…
The old board of directors would be responsible for the "mismanagement" that caused a hole in the institute's balance sheets of around three billion euros, two of which attributable to non-performing loans - Palazzo Koch disputes loans "in conflict of interest" for 185 million...
