Are all men equal before law?

On October 3,2009, the ruling of the Milan Law Court was recorded in the civil action filed by CIR, against Fininvest for damages caused by the corruption of a judge in the Mondadori affair (Lodo Mondadori). The judgement, which is enforceable, rules that:

«CIR has the right to receive compensation from Fininvest for the patrimonial damage from the “missed opportunity” of an impartial verdict, which can be quantified in the sum of euro 749,955,611.93;

CIR also has the right to receive compensation from Fininvest for the damage of a non-patrimonial nature suffered in the same affair. The settlement of these damages will be made in a separate ruling (quoted from CIR website http://www.cirgroup.com/press/press-releases/document/comunicato-stampa-cir.html) »

It took almost twenty years to De Benedetti Family holding to have justice in civil court. Moreover the story is likely to continue since Fininvest is appealing the decision and intends to request a suspension of the court decision. But even getting a sentence is not enough in Italy to claim justice have been restored. Does anybody remember about Europa 7?

It is an Italian television channel owned by Centro Europa 7 s.r.l. Europa 7 runs TV syndication in various areas of Italy. In 1997, Europa 7 attempted for the first time to broadcast nationwide. It was unable to do so because the frequencies legally assigned to Europa 7 were used by Rete 4, one of the three TV channels owned by Silvio Berlusconi, a media tycoon and the current Prime Minister of Italy. The Italian Constitutional Court and the Supreme European Court have subsequently asserted Europa 7’s full legal rights to operate.

Furthermore in 2003 Berlusconi government submitted a law proposal to regulate digital and analogical broadcasting. This law would have allowed Rete 4 to keep the frequencies former assigned to Italia 7. Italian President of Republic Carlo Azeglio Ciampi rejected the law. In 2004 a new law was approved that blocked the assignment of analogical frequencies, waiting for accomplishment of transition from analogical to digital broadcasting.

Europa 7 continue to be the center of judicial and political dispute in Italy. If you were the founder of Europa 7, would you say that all men are equal before justice in Italy?