Product Liability and Safety 2025

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Trends and Developments Contributed by: Maria Rosa Galletti, Silvio Severino and Simone Esposito Cordani RASS – Studio Legale Rinaldi e Associati

RASS – Studio Legale Rinaldi e Associati was established in Milan in 1995 and has offices in Rome, Bologna, Florence and Istanbul. The firm provides legal advice to foreign corporations in - terested in operating in Italy, to guide them in setting up and running their business, as well as to Italian companies aiming to expand their ac - tivities abroad. The following areas of practice are covered: litigation; national and international arbitration; insurance, reinsurance, and related legal and regulatory issues; specific expertise in insurance claims concerning product and dan -

gerous activity liability, professional indemnity and medical malpractice; directors’ and officers’ liability; contractor liability; IP, IT and corporate law; and M&A. The product liability team, con - sisting of two partners and six lawyers, handles a broad range of matters for clients in the insur - ance, food & beverage and healthcare and life sciences sectors, including development and regulatory approval, marketing and distribution, product reimbursement, fraud, abuse, product liability and intellectual property litigation.

Authors

Maria Rosa Galletti is a partner at RASS. Her main areas of practice are judicial litigation, arbitration and other dispute resolution, insurance, employment law, healthcare,

Silvio Severino is a lawyer at RASS and a doctor of jurisprudence, achieved at the University of Bologna. He was admitted to the Bar in 2023 and is a member of the Italian Bar

medical malpractice, product liability, biotechnology, environmental law and liability, and zoning, planning and land use. Maria has a doctorate in jurisprudence from the University of Pavia and is a fellow of City of London Polytechnic. She also studied at the Academy of American and International Law. Maria is a member of the Italian Bar Association and the International Bar Association and speaks English and Italian.

Association. Silvio speaks Italian and English, and his main areas of practice are judicial litigation and other dispute resolution, product liability and insurance.

Simone Esposito Cordani is a trainee lawyer at RASS and a doctor of jurisprudence, achieved at the University of Pavia. His main areas of practice are judicial litigation, private law, labour law and commercial law.

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