MANDATORY MEDIATION IS BACK IN ITALY WITH NEW PARLIAMENTARY RULES

摘要

If a nation's court system leads its 5.4 million thirsty horses to water, the vast majority will drink. In this case, the horses are litigation matters. And the thirst quencher is mediation. This summer, the Italian Parliament "converted into law" new mediation rules approved by the government in Law Decree 69 of June 21, 2013. The August 9 parliamentary act contains new mediation rules that went into effect last month. Parliamentary approval of the mediation rules, including the controversial mandatory mediation requirement, resolves the constitutionality issue that had led, in October 2012, to the quashing of 2010 mandatory mediation rules. The court decision that struck the 2010 rules brought mediation in Italy to a virtual halt.