The Italian competition authority can declare unfair and therefore null and void clauses in consumer contracts and issue sanctions for the lack of compliance with its orders according to a procedure recently established. Not only can consumers and consumers' associations challenge clauses in consumers' contracts but also companies themselves will have the right to…

Google is not liable for suggest search results also named as "autocomplete" results according to the Court of Milan (Italy) that overturned the approach taken by the same court in 2011 where Google had been deemed contributory liable for search results.  Following the removal in the previous case of the terms "crook"…