[LITIGATION] Oct. 2018 – Mr Vaccaro secures a victory at the Grand Chamber of Italy’s Supreme Court of Cassation on cross-border interference dispute

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Oct. 2018 – With decision no. 27164/2018, the Grand Chamber for civil law matters (‘Sezioni Unite Civili’) of Italy’s Supreme Court of Cassation rejected the petition to quash the decision of the Court of Appeal of Trieste – where Mr. Vaccaro had secured a victory for Italian broadcasters harmfully interfered by foreign broadcasters in and around the area of Trieste.

Preliminarily, the Supreme Court, inter alia recalling the case-law of the Court of Justice of the European Union, rejected the jurisdictional challenge against Italian courts and confirmed that in this type of cases jurisdiction is attached to the locus commissi delicti, hence to the place (and courts) where the harmful interference is produced, and not where the (foreign) interfering broadcasting station is located.

Significantly, the Supreme Court also established that the international convention on Radio-Regulations (1984) has no binding character per se, hence non-conformity of a State Party to its Master Registry (by not timely and/or punctually indicating domestic frequency assignations) does not justify cross-border harmful interference.

[PRO BONO] 10-12 May 2018 – International Friendly Round for the Telders Moot (Florence, IT)

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Nov. 27, 2017 – Vaccaro Law Bureau is proud to serve again as chief organizing sponsor of the 3rd edition of the International Friendly Rounds for the 41st Telders Moot Court in International Law. Administrator of the event is Prof. G.M. Vaccaro-Incisa, assisted by Mr. Piero Gregori.

The event, to which a Symposium on Current Issues in International Law is associated, will take place on 10-12 May, 2018, at the European University Institute (EUI) of Florence.

In addition to EUI, sponsors of the event are also the Faculty of Law of the Catholic University of Lille and Threefold Legal Advisors.

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UPDATE – 15 MAY 2018: Pictures of the VLB International Friendly Rounds & Symposium, as well as two interviews with a national (Italia 7 Gold) and regional (Toscana TV) broadcasters are available here.

[PRO BONO] Oct. 2017 – Announcing the organization and sponsoring of the International Friendly Round for the Telders Moot (Florence, IT)

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Nov. 27, 2017 – Vaccaro Law Bureau is proud to serve again as chief organizing sponsor of the International Friendly Rounds for the Telders Moot Court in International Law. Administrator of this 3rd edition of the event is Prof. G.M. Vaccaro-Incisa, assisted by Mr. Piero Gregori.

The event, to which a Symposium on Current Issues in International Law is associated, will take place on 10-12 May, 2018, at the European University Institute (EUI) of Florence.

In addition to EUI, sponsors of the event are also the Faculty of Law of the Catholic University of Lille and Threefold Legal Advisors.

This page will be updated with further details and information on the event in due course.

Oct. 9, 2017 – Mr. Felice Vaccaro awarded the International Advisory Experts Award

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Oct. 9, 2017 – Highlighting a continuing successful professional activity, Mr. Vaccaro has been awarded the 2018 International Advisory Experts Award for the category “media law”.

All counsels of the Law Bureau wish to congratulate with Mr. Vaccaro for the renewed confirmation of the wide appreciation of his longstanding work.

[PRO BONO] 27-29 Apr. 2017 – Sponsoring the International Friendly Round for the Telders Moot Court (Lille, FR)

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Feb. 2017 – The Law Firm is glad to be sponsoring the International Friendly Round, organized at the Faculty of Law of the Catholic University of Lille on Apr. 27-29, 2017, in preparation of the 40th edition of the Telders International Law Moot Court Competition (taking place at the Peace Palace, seat of the International Court of Justice, on May 17-20).

Administrator of the event is Prof. Vaccaro-Incisa, whom has gathered an impressive outline of international law experts (e.g., Maria Issaeva / Threefold Legal Advisors LLC, Thomas McDonald / White & Case LLP, Ximena Hindrichs / ITLOS, Guillaume Areou and Aurélie Lopez / Reed Smith LLP, Emily Lydgate / University of Sussex, Boshko Stankovski / University of Cambridge, Jan Primec / Karanović & Nikolić, Victoria Simon / International Trade Centre, Sergey Dikman / Council of Europe, Charles Spraggins / Esq., Agnès HUGUES / International Criminal Court, Luca Cipolli / Max Planck Institute) to serve as Judges for the rounds that will see the representatives of six different nations (where no national round is held) competing.

The event is complemented, on Apr. 28th, by a Friendly Symposium on International Law, offered to the students participating to the competition as well as these of the Law Faculty at large, with the participation of the following experts:

  • Opening address
    • G. Matteo Vaccaro-Incisa (Professeur-Chercheur, IESEG School of Management, Paris; of counsel, Studio Legale Vaccaro, Florence & Milan)
    • Ioannis K. Panoussis (Dean of the Law Faculty of the Catholic University of Lille, Lille)
  • Panel 1 – Current hot issues at the intertwine between PIL and HR
    • Ioannis K. Panoussis (Dean of the Law Faculty of the Catholic University of Lille, Lille)
      • Chair
    • Boshko Stankovski (Associate, FYROM PM Office, Skopje; Ph.D. Candidate, Cambridge)
      • The Securitisation of Secession Processes
    • Maria Issaeva (Threefold Legal Advisor, Moscow)
      • HR in Russia: from Soviet times to nowadays Russia
  • Panel 2 – EU, trade agreements and arbitration
    • Aurélien Raccah (Vice-Dean of the Law Faculty of the Catholic University of Lille, Lille; Partner, ELEA Avocats, Paris)
      • Chair
    • Emily Lydgate (Lecturer, Sussex University (panelist & chair)
      • Brexit & EU-UK FTA: prospects
    • Daniel Bugge (Associate Professor, University of Southern Denmark)
      • Art. 50 TEU, novel implications
  • Closing note
    • Thomas McDonald (retired partner, White & Case, Paris & Moscow)
      • International Law, Advocacy and Ethic

This is the 2nd edition of the event, after that of April 2015, which took place at Bocconi University of Milan (always organized by Prof. Vaccaro-Incisa).

 

[UPDATE] Pictures of the event are available at this page.

[LITIGATION] Oct. 6, 2016 – Mr. Vaccaro pleads before the Italian Constitutional Court

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Oct. 6th, 2015 – Today, in a high-level public hearing, Mr. Vaccaro has pleaded before the Italian Constitutional Court, representing the interests of a consortium of regional broadcasters, in proceedings opposing the Italian national broadcaster (RAI) jointly with the principal private Italian free broadcasting group (Mediaset) against the principal pay-per-view actor (Sky Italia) on the interpretation of the Italian law on advertising.

Juge-rapporteur of the Court for the case is Professor Giuliano Amato, former Prime Minister of the Italian Republic.

The pleading of Mr. Vaccaro, commended for its quality and clarity, has been independently uploaded on YouTube (you may find it here).

[CONTRACT NEGOTIATION] May 5, 2016 – Negotiations for the construction of the deepest swimming pool in Asia: deal closed (Taiwan)

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May 5, 2016 – In advising “Y-40 – the deep joy”, the world’s deepest pool, and his visionary creator, civil engineer Mr. Emanuele Boaretto, the Firm recently concluded a package of negotiations for the construction and management of the deepest pool on the Asian continent.

Y 40Negotiations have been led by Dr. Vaccaro-Incisa. No further details may be disclosed at this time.

Negotiations for a second outstanding project, within the EU, are under way.

[LITIGATION] 4 Feb. 2016 – Treviso Court grants Mr. Vaccaro’s request for injunction in cross-border harmful interference case (Italy-Slovenia)

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Feb. 4th, 2016 – With ruling no. 305/2016, the Civil Court of Treviso upheld the request for an injuction order filed by Mr. Felice Vaccaro on behalf of a national Italian radio broadcaster whose radio signal is being illegitimately interfered by a Slovenian private radio broadcaster well past the border between Italy and Slovenia (including, most notably, the densely populated areas in and around the cities of Trieste, Gorizia, and Udine). The Court ordered the Slovenian radio broadcaster to cease the harmful interference.

[LITIGATION] 20 Jan. 2016 – Veneto Administrative Court upholds Mr. Vaccaro defense on radio-TV installations in protected areas

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Jan. 20th, 2016 -The Administrative Court of Veneto Region (TAR Veneto) rejected the appeals presented by the Municipality of Valdobbiadene (well known for the sparkling wine ‘Prosecco’) against prior judicial decisions annulling the Municipality’s orders unduly constraining the broadcasting installations and activities of various radio broadcasters, defended by Mr. Felice Vaccaro.

The Administrative Court decision is noteworthy as it carefully reviews, in accordance with Mr. Vaccaro interpretation, the intertwine between the laws on constructions, broadcasting activity and areas subject to special landscape restrictions.

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[LITIGATION] 21 May 2015 – Lazio Administrative Court upholds Mr. Vaccaro defense on international interference across-seas (Italy-France)

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May 21st, 2015 – Upon request filed by Mr. Felice Vaccaro, acting on behalf of Italian TV broadcaster TeleItalia, the Administrative Court of Lazio, with Ordinance no. 2168/2015, suspended the decision of the Italian Authority for Communications Guarantees ordering the Italian broadcaster to cease the harmful interference allegedly caused from its broadcasting station in Tuscany to a French TV broadcasting stationed in Côte d’Azur.

The suspension order granted is indeed exceptional, considering the otherwise established case law rejecting this kind of request in comparable circumstances.

UPDATE 11 Sept. 2015: With Ordinance no. 4144/2015, the State Council (the highest administrative instance in the Country) rejected the appeal to the above mentioned Ordinance no. 2168/2015 of the Administrative Court of Lazio filed by the Authority for Communications Guarantees.

UPDATE 30 Nov. 2015: In connection with the ongoing proceedings above mentioned, with decree inaudita altera parte, the President of Lazio Adminsitrative Court upheld Mr. Felice Vaccaro request and suspended the decision of the Director General of the Italian Ministry of Economic Development where it subjected TeleItalia’s consideration for the renewal and expansion of its broadcasting license to the withdrawal from the ongoing administrative court proceedings, or anyway to giving up any rights that may be there recognized.