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Italy adopts new rules on digital platforms and abuse of economic dependence

By Giacomo Lusardi / 28 September 2022 / Cloud, Commercial, Tech & Sourcing

The recent annual Italian law for the market and competition 2021 (Law No. 118/2022 – “2021 annual competition law”) has – among other things – supplemented Article 9 of Law 192/1998 with new provisions concerning the abuse of economic dependence by digital platforms. Among the novelties are a rebuttable presumption of economic dependence for digital …

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Agriculture 4.0 and data sharing: what’s up?

By Micaela Jerusalmi / 25 May 2020 / Artificial Intelligence, Cloud, Commercial, Intellectual Property, Internet of Things, IP

As technology and innovation are nowadays central to all economic activities, also the most ancient one, agriculture, is opening its doors to let the digital transformation come through. Some refer to this phenomenon as to Agriculture 4.0, while others prefer the definitions of Ag-tech or Digital Agriculture. What is sure, is that the big revolution …

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New regulatory requirements: impact on outsourcing / IT contracts

By Alessandro Ferrari / 10 January 2020 / Cloud, Commercial, General, Internet & E-commerce, IT & Sourcing, Tech & Sourcing

The so called Tax Decree (Law no. 157/2019 of 19 December 2019 implementing Law Decree no. 124/2019) introduced new regulatory requirements for services agreements that will have an impact on outsourcing and IT contracts as well as on those contracts where a considerable amount of manpower is utilized (e.g. logistics, maintenance services, etc.). The new …

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Nuovi obblighi in tema di appalti

By Alessandro Ferrari / 9 January 2020 / Cloud, Commercial, Fintech, General, Internet & E-commerce, Internet of Things, IT & Sourcing, Media & TLC, Tech & Sourcing

Il c.d. Decreto Fiscale (Decreto Legge. n. 241/1997 convertito con Legge n. 157/2019) ha introdotto sostanziali novità in tema di appalti. Si tratta di una riforma che richiede immediata attenzione per le conseguenze sanzionatorie in capo a committente e appaltatore nonché modifiche ai contratti in essere e da stipulare e l’adozione di nuove procedure interne. …

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FinTech: Who is responsible if AI makes mistakes when suggesting investments?

By Giacomo Lusardi / 11 June 2019 / Artificial Intelligence, Cloud, Commercial, Consumers, Data Protection, Fintech, Internet & E-commerce, Internet of Things, IP, IT & Sourcing, Tech & Sourcing

The recently reported legal action brought for damages due to wrong investments resulting from algorithms-based automated decision-making processes is one of the first known cases of this type. The case has received some attention from the media worldwide and has contributed to reopen the debate on the issue of liability connected to the use of Artificial Intelligence systems (“AI”). The question at issue is, in brief: who is held liable for the damages caused by AI and who shall compensate such damages, if any.

New guidelines for EU Financial Institutions moving to Cloud Computing

By Laura Borelli / 14 June 2018 / Artificial Intelligence, Cloud, Commercial, Consumers, Data Protection, General, Internet & E-commerce, Internet of Things, IP, IT & Sourcing, Tech & Sourcing, Telecoms

Prompted by the increasing interest for the use of cloud outsourcing solutions within the banking industry, the European Banking Authority (“EBA“) has recently issued the final recommendations on the use of cloud service providers by financial institutions (“Recommendations“), which will be applicable as of 1 July 2018.

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