Italy: Corporate Governance

Italy's new Legislative Decree No. 160/2026 fundamentally reshapes the legal landscape for artificial intelligence systems by introducing criminal liability for security failures and expanding corporate responsibility under the 231 framework. The legislation establishes strict requirements for high-risk AI systems while imposing significant penalties on organizations that fail to implement adequate technical safeguards and human oversight mechanisms. How will businesses need to restructure their AI governan

The now-withdrawn proposal to sell 20% of the World Cup’s commercial rights to private investors has reopened a structural question: can a single body be both the governing body and the organizer of the competition?

The Italian Supreme Court of Cassation has ruled for the first time that Italian companies may validly include foreign-seated arbitration clauses in their articles of association for corporate disputes.

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.

The AIA Court of Appeal decision of 12 November 2024 overturned the District Court's first ruling of 26 May 2021, which had ordered Royal Dutch Shell to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 45%...

The Directive on Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence (the 'Directive') was published in the Official Journal of the European Union last Friday, 5 July.

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...

The innovations introduced by the Corporate Crisis and Insolvency Code (Legislative Decree no. 14 of 12 January 2019) concern the organizational, administrative and accounting company's...

L'assetto organizzativo, amministrativo e contabile rappre-senta il complesso delle direttive e delle procedure stabilite per garantire la gestione efficiente dell'impresa.