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Italian colleagues are eligible for compensation

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Italian colleagues are eligible for compensation

As the Potenza Regional Court ruled in a judgment of 23 December 2020 (716/2020), a lawyer must compensate his counterpart in civil proceedings for the (non-material) damage suffered by the counterpart as a result of insulting statements. In the present case, the defendant's representative had accused the plaintiff's representative of fraudulent conduct - "fraudolentemente".