Italy: Constitutional & Administrative Law

As artificial intelligence regulation proliferates globally, the question has shifted from whether to regulate AI to how best to govern it across multiple jurisdictions. Italy's implementation of the EU AI Act through Law No. 132 of 2025 reveals both the challenges of multilevel governance and the critical role legal professionals must play in balancing innovation with rights protection.

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...

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.

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).

Italian solicitor Gianluigi Cassandra from Latitude Law explains the critical changes to Italian citizenship by descent (jure sanguinis) following the new law issued on 28 March 2025.

On February 20, 2026, Law Decree No. 21 (the Decree) was published in the Official Gazette. It contains urgent measures on energy that introduce a significant new regulatory framework for data center development in Italy.

Following the escalation of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, the Italian Government deemed it was essential to react by issuing a number of emergency decrees...

On February 8, 2022, the Chamber of Deputies approved a proposed law to include environmental, health and animal protection among the fundamental principles of the Italian Constitution...

In an internal letter of the director general sent by e-mail to the directors of the system's local and sectoral associations, Confindustria expressed its favourable opinion on the Covid-19 green certificate...