AI Act—Italy's Implementing Legislation

The allocation of assets is however subordinated to the payment of company's creditors.

Debt recovery in Italy is regulated by the Italian Civil Code and the Italian Code of Civil Procedure and offers efficient legal remedies for foreign creditors seeking to recover unpaid invoices in Italy.

All'articolo 106 del decreto legge n. 18 del 17 marzo 2020 (il "decreto") il Governo ha introdotto delle misure temporanee al fine di consentire alle società...

How the 28th regime could create an optional EU company form (“EU Inc”) for start-ups and innovative businesses, simplifying access to the single market.

Il D.Lgs. n. 19/2023, attuativo della Direttiva UE n. 2019/2021, disciplina le condizioni, le modalità e le procedure da seguire in caso di operazioni societarie cross-border, effettuate cioè tra società con sede in distinti Stati membri dell'UE.

By a decree of the Ministry of Enterprises and Made in Italy on October 9, 2023, the functionality of the Register of beneficial owners of legally recognized entities is established...

Through Advance Ruling No. 175/2025, the Italian Revenue Agency has clarified the taxation of capital gains realised by non-resident entities from selling shares in non-resident companies...

The case for the unlawful exercise of corporate rights

Directive (EU) no. 2021/2167 (also known as the Secondary Market Directive) (the "Directive"), published in the Official Journal of the European Union of 8 December 2021.

On June 25, 2025, Law No. 89/2025 (the "Italian Space Law") came into force, marking a pivotal development in Italy's approach to space activities to promote investments in the space economy.

Japan has enacted sweeping amendments to its Act on the Protection of Personal Information, introducing an administrative surcharge regime with monetary penalties for data protection violations, new protections for children under 16 and biometric data, and expanded exceptions for data utilization in statistical analysis and AI development. The reforms, which take effect in stages through 2028, fundamentally reshape Japan's privacy enforcement landscape by granting the Personal Information Protection Commiss

The SEC has issued a groundbreaking Innovation Exemption allowing tokenized securities venues to facilitate trading of tokenized NMS stocks using automated market makers and liquidity pools. This temporary five-year exemption from exchange and dealer registration requirements establishes conditions for permissioned blockchain-based trading while granting public companies a 30-day window to object to third-party tokenization of their securities.

The Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has issued a circular that sets forth comprehensive guidelines and expectations for licensed corporations (LCs) regarding the responsible use...

The European Union's new Regulation on packaging and packaging waste has fundamentally transformed compliance requirements for companies placing packaged goods on the EU market, replacing decades-old directive-based frameworks with directly applicable product-law rules. While promising regulatory harmonization across member states, the reality presents a complex dual-compliance landscape where businesses must navigate both EU-wide packaging standards and diverging national implementation approaches.

The European Commission's Industrial Accelerator Act proposes to reshape battery supply chains by conditioning access to EU public procurement and support schemes on strict origin requirements. As China controls over 80% of global battery manufacturing capacity, the legislation introduces escalating component-count thresholds that could fundamentally alter market access, financing structures, and supplier eligibility across the battery value chain.

Spain's draft Royal Decree introduces stringent energy sustainability, environmental, resilience and digital sovereignty requirements for data centers, including renewable additionality, hourly correlation, and efficiency standards. The regulation applies to all access and connection permits obtained after entry into force, with specific compliance deadlines for projects in progress and those with granted permits not yet connected to the grid.

California has enacted a comprehensive package of four bills that fundamentally reshape online safety protections for minors, targeting addictive design features, data privacy practices, age verification systems, and platform liability. These new laws establish strict requirements for social media companies, including mandatory stripped-down interfaces for users under 16, enhanced privacy defaults, and potential damages up to $1 million for negligent harm to children. The legislation represents one of the m

One of the goals of the Mexican Constitutional reforms is to make the Comisión Federal de Electricidad (CFE) an "empresa productiva del Estado".

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has proposed Regulation Crypto Assets, introducing two tailored exemptions from Securities Act registration requirements for certain offerings of covered investment contracts involving crypto assets. The proposal establishes a startup exemption allowing up to $5 million in offerings over four years and a two-tier fundraising exemption permitting offerings up to $75 million...

California Senate Bill 574 proposes a groundbreaking statutory framework that would prohibit attorneys from delegating legal practice to generative artificial intelligence, while imposing disclosure requirements and verification standards across litigation, arbitration, and court filings. The legislation raises fundamental questions about how traditional definitions of "the practice of law" apply to AI-augmented legal work, from document review to contract analysis. If signed by Governor Newsom, California