As the European Union (EU) gets closer to enacting the AI Act, signaling its upcoming application, EU member states, like Italy, are actively developing their own AI law that is also set to apply.
Giulio Coraggio
The approval of the new Italian online gambling license regime and the tender for new licenses are a game changer for the market.
DLA Piper decided to lodge a contribution to the consultation of the Italian data protection authority, the Garante, on the retention of metadata of employees' e-mails.
As of September 2025, the EU Data Act will dramatically transform the way data is used and controlled across the EU, particularly focusing on the Internet of Things (IoT) and connected devices, as outlined in the EC Guidance on the matter.
As anticipated, significant updates have been made regarding the applicability of the EU AI Act to open-source software under specific conditions; the initial ambiguity has been addressed in the latest corrigendum.
Several provisions of the Spanish gambling advertising ban have been invalidated through a decision of the Supreme Court that might have an echo effect in other European jurisdictions that adopted similar restrictions.
The French Data Protection Authority (CNIL) has published useful recommendations on how to use AI solutions processing personali data in compliance with the GDPR.
In this episode of the podcast Diritto al Digitale, Giulio Coraggio, Location Head of the Italian Intellectual Property & Technology department at the law firm DLA Piper set down with Tom Ara, the Global Co-Lead of the Media, Sport & Entertainment Sector at DLA Piper, to dissect the evolving landscape of media law amidst the rapid advancements in technology, like artificial intelligence, and global market expansions.
The EU Data Act has entered into force and is a pivotal legislation aiming to reshape the fair distribution of value generated from data in the digital economy.
The usage of copyright protected material for the training of artificial intelligence systems is a major issue under the AI Act, but what is the scope of the applicable TDM exception?