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With Judgment No. 142/2025, the Italian Constitutional Court intervened on one of the most debated issues concerning the transmission of Italian citizenship by descent (jure sanguinis Italy).

Il diritto alle origini biologiche consente a ogni persona adottata di conoscere le proprie radici genetiche e familiari, ma questo diritto deve essere bilanciato con la scelta della madre biologica di mantenere l'anonimato.

On July 21, 2025, the Constitutional Court, with Judgment No. 118/2025, declared the constitutional illegitimacy of Article 9, paragraph 1 of Legislative Decree 23/2015.

Last Monday night 8 April 2019, also the Commons approved the bill forcing the premier Theresa May to delay Brexit beyond the next 12 April, date when the hard Brexit should be triggered.

The Council of State has ruled that municipalities must promptly launch competitive tenders for beach concessions, clarifying that the September 2027 deadline is a maximum limit for transition rather than an automatic...

Matteo Renzi, Italy's now former Prime Minister, resigned in the aftermath of the referendum which had been commissioned to ask people of Italy if they wished to change the Italian constitution.

Cruising after Brexit in Europe: all the new changes for cruising after the exit of the United Kingdom from the EU.

Uproar in the Italian public opinion as the Senate, while debating the annual financial law, approved - on November 16th, 2007, by a two vote’s majority - an amendment (Section 53-bis) to the bill’s original draft text, meant to enforce collective protection for consumers by introducing a class action system.

On April 14, 2026, Italy's highest court will issue a landmark ruling on the "minor issue" that has created years of uncertainty in Italian citizenship by descent cases.

Stop paying IMU for spouses who reside and habitually reside in two different homes, irrespective of the municipality in which they are located.

Italy's Council of State has issued a landmark ruling that fundamentally reshapes foreign direct investment filing requirements for secured financing transactions.

The topic of Italian citizenship by descent (jure sanguinis) has become one of the most searched legal subjects worldwide, particularly among applicants from the United States, Brazil, Argentina, Canada, and Australia. A recurring question among descendants of Italian emigrants is whether Italian citizenship is becoming harder to obtain.

Il Consiglio di Stato con la sentenza n. 6539 del 18 agosto 2026 chiarisce i tempi per l'indizione delle gare per le concessioni balneari e le tutele spettanti ai concessionari uscenti. La pronuncia stabilisce che il termine del 30 settembre 2027 non costituisce una proroga automatica, ma rappresenta il limite massimo entro cui i Comuni devono completare le procedure competitive, mentre gli indennizzi ai concessionari uscenti non sono automatici ma subordinati alla prova di investimenti non ammortizzati.

On 3 December 2020, the Italian Football Association (‘FIGC') published the long-awaited new ‘Regulation on Sport Agents'.

Is your Italian citizenship application delayed? If your paperwork has been pending past the legal deadline, you have the right to take legal action against the Italian administration for administrative silence (silenzio dell'Amministrazione).

The British exit from the European Union marks a shift in European politics – one of the most influential and powerful partners giving up its membership.

Legislative decree no. 101 of August 10, 2018 (Decree), amending and adapting the Italian Data Protection Code (Legislative decree no. 196/2003, Data Protection Code or DPC) to the GDPR, has been issued...

Investments have changed after Brexit, just as measures for UK financial intermediaries providing investment services and activities in Italy did. Since 1stFebruary 2020 the latter must face the consequences...