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Foreign Institutional Investors Await Italian Government Action on Corporate Governance Reforms

Moore & Van Allen PLLC on 9/18/2024

On March 27, 2024, the Italian legislature enacted reforms to attract new investors to the Italian capital markets and improve corporate governance following guidelines issued by former Prime Minister Mario Draghi’s...more

Antitrust in focus - April 2024

A&O Shearman on 7/1/2024

Spotlight on below-threshold merger reviews: doubts over European Commission’s powers while in depth probes launched in Italy - Last month, we reported on the landmark Advocate General (AG) opinion in Illumina/GRAIL. The AG...more

Quarterly Cartel Catch-Up: What to Watch in 2024

Morrison & Foerster LLP on 1/11/2024

The year 2023 ended with a bang in the cartel space, with a federal court of appeals upending what was long believed to be the scope of conduct that should be considered per se under the Sherman Act. The new year, 2024,...more

DSIR Deeper Dive: Absent Legislation, Privacy Regulators Offer Guidance on AI

BakerHostetler on 10/11/2023

By now, many of us are using AI, advising others about how to use AI, and waiting for some legislative miracle to give us some guardrails for what we can or cannot be doing with AI. A lot of effort has been put into tracking...more

Doing business in Italy 2023

Hogan Lovells on 5/30/2023

This booklet has been written specifically for business individuals and whilst it may be of interest to their local advisers, such as lawyers or accountants, the information is intended for a wider audience. We cover topics...more

China's Cyberspace Administration Proposes Draft Rules to Regulate Generative AI

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 5/24/2023

Regulator proposes requiring content moderation, algorithmic transparency, data protection and security, nondiscrimination, and quality of training data - Regulators around the globe are paying close attention to the...more

European Real Estate Finance: Market Update – Q2 2023

White & Case LLP on 5/16/2023

The past six months have seen difficult economic times in much of Europe, with governments and central banks seeking to respond to both the increases in costs of living and the need to curb inflation. Notwithstanding the...more

Foreign direct investment reviews 2023: A global perspective

White & Case LLP on 3/22/2023

Now in its seventh year of annual publication, White & Case's Foreign Direct Investment Reviews provides a comprehensive look into rapidly evolving foreign direct investment (FDI) laws and regulations in approximately 40...more

Global Payments Newsletter, September 2022

Hogan Lovells on 10/5/2022

Key developments of interest over the last month include plans to consider increasing regulation on crypto firms in several countries; the Bank of Thailand publishing a payment development strategy for 2022-2024; and "The...more

The Latest in Italian Cryptocurrency Regulation: Mandatory Fees for Providers and Exchangers

Jones Day on 5/13/2022

On April 21, 2022 the Italian Organismo Agenti e Mediatori issued a circular implementing the Ministry of Economic and Finance decree regarding statutory registration, fees, and obligations of cryptocurrency providers and...more

Italy further strengthens its "golden powers" on FDI, 5G and cloud tech due to the Ukrainian crisis

Hogan Lovells on 3/24/2022

On March 21st, 2022, the Italian Government adopted Law Decree No. 21/2022 introducing urgent measures to react to the economic and humanitarian effects of the Ukrainian crisis ("Emergency Measures Decree"), which also...more

PNRR as the new Marshall Plan for Europe and Italy

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 4/30/2021

On April 27, 2021, the Italian Parliament, in both Chambers, Representative and Senate, approved the National Recovery and Resilience Plan. Now the Government shall submit within April 30th the Plan to the European Commission...more

COVID-19: Disruption to Art Transactions

White & Case LLP on 10/29/2020

It would be a truism to note that COVID-19 has had a profound impact on many sectors globally. The art industry, which relies considerably on the human interaction between art dealers, artists, and members of the public, is...more

Breaking News: Italian Legislation on COVID19 - A Game Changer for Private Debt Funds?

Hogan Lovells on 7/4/2020

Among the legislative measures approved by the Italian Government to support the financial indebtedness of corporates in the face of COVID19, ... the State guarantee made available through SACE S.p.A. ("SACE") is mainly...more

Italy towards the implementation of a legal framework on blockchain

Hogan Lovells on 6/22/2020

The Ministry of Economic Development launched a public consultation setting out recommendations for the use of DLT and blockchain in a number of fields, including the regulatory banking and financial industry. ...more

Coronavirus v. GDPR: Suspending Data Privacy Protection During Civil Crisis - The eData Guide To GDPR

Morgan Lewis on 3/10/2020

The EU General Data Protection Regulation allows the temporary suspension of some data-protection rights in times of crisis, such as the outbreak of the 2019 Novel Coronavirus. This installment of The eData Guide to GDPR...more

Italian Ministry Launches a Public Consultation on FinTech Sandbox

Latham & Watkins LLP on 2/20/2020

The FinTech sandbox would aim to foster innovation in the financial, credit, and insurance sectors. The Italian Ministry of Economy and Finance has launched a public consultation on a draft ministerial decree (Draft Decree)...more

European Real Estate Finance: Recent developments – June 2019

White & Case LLP on 6/11/2019

As part of our periodic updates, here is an overview of recent developments of relevance to participants in the real estate finance market across certain key jurisdictions in Europe....more

Quarterly Cartel Catch-Up: Recent Developments in Criminal Antitrust for Busy Corporate Counsel - Winter 2019

Morrison & Foerster LLP on 3/19/2019

We summarize below some of the most significant cartel enforcement developments from U.S. and other antitrust enforcers, including policy shifts, investigations, case filings, and court rulings. This report summarizes...more

Blockchain and Smart Contracts: Italy First to Recognize an Overarching Legal Foundation

Jones Day on 2/21/2019

The Situation: After joining the Blockchain Partnership and setting up a task force dedicated to digital innovation, Italy enacted a set of rules establishing an overarching legal foundation for the validity and...more

Jones Day Global Privacy & Data Security Update | Vol. 19

Jones Day on 10/24/2018

On the heels of the European Union's General Data Protection law, which went into effect in May 2018, California has enacted the California Consumer Privacy Act ("CCPA")—the result of an 11th-hour compromise between...more

Italian Data Protection Decree Harmonizes National Law with GDPR Provisions

Jones Day on 10/5/2018

The Situation: The Legislative Decree 101/2018 ("Harmonization Decree") harmonizes the Italian data protection laws with the General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 679/2016 ("GDPR") provisions. It was enacted and became...more

IVASS provides instructions to insurance intermediaries for preventing cyber risks

Hogan Lovells on 1/12/2018

IVASS has just published a letter to the market addressed to Italian and EU insurance intermediaries and undertakings addressing the level of awareness of traditional intermediaries about the risks involved in the use of new...more

Global Privacy & Cybersecurity Update Vol. 16

Jones Day on 11/21/2017

UNITED STATES - Regulatory—Policy, Best Practices, and Standards - United States and China Renew Promise Not to Hack - On October 4, U.S. and Chinese officials agreed to not engage in targeted hacking. Per a...more

McDermott International Legal Highlights - August 2017

McDermott Will & Emery on 8/23/2017

Privacy Shield Implementation and How-To Kit from McDermott Will & Emery - Japanese companies may have European branches or subsidiaries that send personal data to the US or that may be accessed by entities in the US,...more

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