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Civil law

08/11/2026PEC Notification and Saturated Mailbox: Supreme Court Sets Rules for the Notifier04/11/2026Inheritance division and building violations: the Supreme Court ruling04/11/2026General Contractor Liability in Building Bonuses: Trends Regarding the Nature of the Contract04/11/2026Civil Cassation: the burden of proof in medical complications02/11/2026Parental Loss Damage and the Point System: The Orientation of the United Chambers31/10/2026Civil liability of magistrates: United Sections principles on manifest violation30/10/2026Supreme Court Joint Sections: damages for unauthorized occupation30/10/2026Unfair Clauses: The Power of the Enforcement Judge Beyond Res Judicata28/10/2026United Sections' power regarding penalty clause reduction on appeal28/10/2026Supreme Court, United Sections: Recognition of Foreign Awards27/10/2026Supreme Court and expired digital signature: the power of attorney is curable25/10/2026Notice of payment notification: Supreme Court mandates PEC for entities in public registers25/10/2026Transposition of the Anti-SLAPP Directive: new protections against strategic lawsuits24/10/2026Supreme Court and PEC Notification: Missing Conformity Certificate Is Not Non-Existence21/10/2026Supreme Court United Sections: Public Administration Liability for Breach of Reliance21/10/2026Joint Sections of the Supreme Court: Credit Splitting and Abuse of Process20/10/2026The validity of claims made clauses and worthiness scrutiny according to the United Sections19/10/2026Supreme Court United Sections: Proof of PEC failure and restoration of terms18/10/2026Court of Cassation Joint Sections: Action for Revindication and Restitution18/10/2026Financial Leasing Resolution and Law 124/2017: A Guide to the New Rules16/10/2026Supreme Court on Off-Register PEC: Curable Nullity vs. Non-Existence16/10/2026Debts of the Seized Company: the United Sections Exclude Automatic State Liability15/10/2026Civil Cassation: Bank Liability in SIM Swapping12/10/2026Artificial Intelligence: National Legislation Enters into Force (Legislative Decree 179/2026)12/10/2026Inheritance acceptance deadline for children born out of wedlock11/10/2026Cassation: Curing effect of the defendant's appearance in a null summons10/10/2026Proving Credit Ownership in Securitizations: The Turning Point of the Joint Sessions10/10/2026Supreme Court Joint Sections on Proving Credit Ownership in Securitizations08/10/2026Online Trading: Supreme Court confirms consumer forum for private traders05/10/2026Supreme Court Joint Sessions: Digital Signature and Point-and-Click Unfair Clauses05/10/2026Parameters for quantifying damage from loss of parental relationship05/10/2026Supreme Court United Sections: Settlement and Joint Liability03/10/2026PEC notification and illegible attachments: burden of proof and presumption of knowledge03/10/2026Supreme Court United Sections Ruling: Usury and Default Interest02/10/2026Supreme Court: Causal Link and Omissive Medical Liability29/09/2026Evidentiary value of WhatsApp screenshots29/09/2026Medical Liability: Burden of Proof and the Decline of Social Contact26/09/2026Distinction between approval and homologation of speed cameras24/09/2026Liability for bank fraud: proof of gross negligence24/09/2026Evidentiary value of the EU decision in the Euribor cartel24/09/2026Banking transparency and floor clauses in the orientation of the Joint Sections20/09/2026Supreme Court on Delegation in Condominium Mediation17/09/2026Garnishment of a Parliamentary Allowance: the Limits of EU Immunity17/09/2026Manipulated Euribor: CJEU blocks automatic nullity17/09/2026Provider Liability for Deepfakes: The First Ruling17/09/2026Right to be Forgotten and Search Engines: The Supreme Court on balancing with the right to report17/09/2026AI and Image Rights: The Debate on Commercial Deepfakes15/09/2026Supreme Court: Documented Just Cause Requirement for Banking Unilateral Changes13/09/2026Supreme Court: Mandatory sanctions for skipping mediation are ex officio06/09/2026Cassation: Civil Liability for Defective Drugs and Vaccines05/09/2026Civil Liability for Man-in-the-Middle Scams in Corporate Payments31/08/2026Cassation and Differential Damage: Quantifying Medical Malpractice Awards30/08/2026Medical Malpractice: Obligation to Fully Examine Medical Records24/08/2026Liability for Wildlife Damage and Constitutional Referral22/08/2026Legality of video surveillance in condominiums against waste dumping18/08/2026Press Freedom vs. Right to be Forgotten: The Privacy Authority's New Frontiers16/08/2026Vaccination Injury and Health Authority Liability16/08/2026Court of Cassation orientations on wrongful occupation and compensable damages09/08/2026State Liability for the Moby Prince Disaster: Limitation Periods and Causal Link24/07/2026Civil Liability for Artificial Intelligence: The Dynamic Pricing Case26/06/2026Damage from Lack of Informed Consent: Burden of Proof and Self-Determination Rights27/05/2026Civil liability of platforms for AI-generated content06/05/2026The Autonomy of Damages Actions in Sales Contracts: 2024 Developments06/05/2026The organizational liability of the clinic and the limits of recourse against the physician05/05/2026Consumer-Guarantor Protection and Bank Forfeiture under Art. 1957 of the Civil Code

Criminal law

09/11/2026Criminal Court of Cassation: Limits on the Use of Trojan Horses06/11/2026Criminal Cassation and the right to be forgotten: the boundaries of de-indexing04/11/2026Cassation Criminal Ruling: Inviolability of Lawyer-Client Communications04/11/2026Plea Bargain and the Classification of Electoral Contributions03/11/2026Liability of the Supervisory Body and Organizational Fault: Supreme Court Orientations03/11/2026The right of access to information under the special detention regime according to the case law of the Court of Cassation02/11/2026Limits on smartphone seizure: the obligation for selection criteria02/11/2026Cassation: extension of the crime of unauthorized practice of a profession27/10/2026Supreme Court Criminal United Sections: Grounds on Prescription and Intertemporal Law27/10/2026Illicit trafficking in influence and the Nordio Reform: the requirement of corruptive intent26/10/2026Criminal United Sections of the Supreme Court: the transitional regime for appeals in the Nordio Reform23/10/20262026 Criminal Corrective: New Inadmissibility Rules for Electronic Filing19/10/2026The Consummation of Tax Credit Frauds: The Orientation of the United Sections17/10/2026Ostro Ruling: why Sky-ECC encrypted chats are inadmissible13/10/2026Court of Cassation, Criminal Section VI: Abolitio Criminis of Abuse of Office13/10/2026The Giovanni Toti Plea Deal: Nature of Electoral Contributions and Accessory Penalties11/10/2026Court of Justice Guidelines: Access to Smartphone Data and the Principle of Proportionality09/10/2026ECHR Condemnation: Italy and the Limits of Surveillance on Non-Suspects05/10/2026Constitutional Court: Partial Unconstitutionality of Prevention Seizure Regulations03/10/2026EU Court and Data Retention: Admissibility of IP Addresses in Criminal Proceedings02/10/2026Mafia Infiltration and 231: The Milan Stadium Case01/10/2026Cartabia Criminal Corrective Decree: Final Approval by the Council of Ministers27/09/2026United Sections of the Court of Cassation: Law Firm Guarantees Apply Even to Investigated Lawyers25/09/2026Supreme Court on 231 Liability and Evidence of Organizational Fault22/09/2026Supreme Court on Unauthorized Access and Dossiering: The Misuse of Digital Power21/09/2026Constitutional Court: Conditional Release and Barred Crimes19/09/2026Limits on Trojan Usability for Common Crimes19/09/2026Limits on the Use of Trojan Software for Common Crimes: The Home as a Boundary19/09/2026Cassation on WhatsApp: Seizure vs Interception19/09/2026The Security Bill in the Chamber: New Crimes and Crackdown on Protests17/09/2026The plea bargain of Giovanni Toti and the replacement of the sentence with community service17/09/2026Abuse of Office Abolition: First Revocations of Final Convictions17/09/2026NGO ship case: the definitive acquittal from the kidnapping charge17/09/2026Case of a Political Foundation and WhatsApp Messages: The Decision by the Court of Florence17/09/2026Workplace Safety and 231: New Suspects in the Brandizzo Disaster17/09/2026PNRR Fraud: Seizure for Non-Existent Credits and Corporate Liability17/09/2026Indictment in the Pandoro-gate case: fraud in digital marketing17/09/2026Constitutional Court: the life support requirement in assisted suicide17/09/2026Ongoing trial for a well-known influencer: the charge of aggravated fraud14/09/2026Constitutional Court: End of Absolute Statutory Barriers for External Complicity11/09/2026Cassation on Filing via PEC and PST Portal: The Burden of Proof09/09/2026The Nordio Corrective Decree in Practice: Notifications, Filters, and New Rules for Appeal09/09/2026Criminal Court of Cassation on EncroChat and SkyECC messages: the nature of the acquisition06/09/2026Seizure of Cryptocurrencies: When Private Keys Become Material «Things»21/08/2026Bayesian Investigation: The Commander's Position of Guarantee and Omissive Negligence at Sea19/08/2026Precautionary Competence and Connected Crimes: The Supreme Court's Intervention17/08/2026RSPP Liability: Limits of the Technical Guarantor Without Delegated Functions15/08/2026The "Punitive System" in Companies and Workplace Violence12/08/2026Annulment of the Ex-Ilva Verdict: Jurisdiction Issues and Judicial Impartiality10/08/2026Appealability of dismissal for particular triviality of the act30/07/2026The Delmastro Case: Parliamentary Immunity and the Functional Link between Office Secrecy and Political Activity29/07/2026Home Detention Reform: Rehabilitation for Inmates with Drug Addiction29/07/2026The Cappellari Case: Between Staged Crimes and Calumny28/07/2026Santa Maria Capua Vetere Trial: Interpreting the Crime of Torture28/07/2026Cybersecurity and Trojans: New Limits on the Use of Remote Surveillance Tools20/07/2026Stellantis Case: Conclusion of Investigations for Aggravated Fraud Against the State15/07/2026The Hidden Garden Investigation and the Boundary Between Renovation and New Construction14/07/2026Judicial Administration and Control: The Casinò de la Vallée Case09/07/2026United Sections: Criminal Appeal Settlement and Supreme Court Appeals16/06/2026PNRR Corruption Investigation: New Developments and Corporate Liability11/06/2026The Case of AI Hallucinations in the Court of Cassation01/06/2026The Occhi aperti Report by Libera and Corruption 2.0: New Forms of Illicit Exchange29/05/2026Ambiente Svenduto Judgment: Annulment and Referral to Potenza14/05/2026The "Weekend Snipers" investigation: universal jurisdiction and imprescriptible crimes

Administrative law

10/11/2026The Infringement Decree is Law: New Rules on Beach Concessions and Public Sector Precariousness10/11/2026Decree-Law 158/2024: hierarchy of sources in Safe Country regulations07/11/2026The Albania Protocol and the Safe Country Definition Dilemma05/11/2026Accounting Jurisdiction for In-House Companies: The Orientation of the Supreme Court's United Sections03/11/2026Telemarketing and controller liability: the case of the record fine against Enel Energia30/10/2026Constitutional Court: the debate on Differentiated Autonomy29/10/2026Jurisdiction on the recovery of tax credits for building incentives21/10/2026Public Administration Algorithms: Council of State on Full Transparency of the Black Box11/10/2026Trade secrets and access to documents in public tenders: the United Sections' decision06/10/2026Mandatory Legal Defense in Involuntary Commitments: The Constitutional Shift21/09/2026Integration between Fair Compensation and the Public Procurement Code17/09/2026AI and Privacy: DPA Ruling on Web Scraping and Model Training17/09/2026Aggressive Telemarketing: Controller Liability for Supply Chain Violations17/09/2026Privacy Authority Sanction in the Rome Fetus Cemetery Case17/09/2026Sangiuliano-Boccia Case: Ministerial Expenses and Fiscal Damage17/09/2026Puglia's Appeal Against Differentiated Autonomy: The Battle Over Essential Performance Levels and Fiscal Federalism12/09/2026GDPR Sanction Deadlines: The Supreme Court on the Dies A Quo03/09/2026Beach Concessions Case: Plenary Assembly on Title Expiration01/09/2026Beach Concessions: The Administrative Court on the Legitimacy of Technical Extensions and Compensation30/08/2026Algorithmic Responsibility in Public Administration: The Council of State on Decision-Making Software Transparency25/08/2026The Partial Unconstitutionality of Differentiated Autonomy: Constitutional Limits23/08/2026Termoli Gigafactory: The Legality of PNRR Fund Revocation for Delays18/08/2026PNRR Funding Revocation and Violation of the DNSH Environmental Clause08/08/2026AI Regulation and Biometrics: The Legislative Path Between Security and Privacy06/08/2026Court of Auditors Reform: Between the Liability Shield and Centralization of Prosecutors04/08/2026The New Speed Camera Decree and the Homologation Issue15/07/2026Legitimacy and nature of the Milano-Cortina 2026 Foundation: between private law and public control07/07/2026Landscape Protection in South Tyrol: The Constitutional Court to Decide02/07/2026Technical Discretion in Public Tenders: The Limits of Judicial Review15/06/2026Justice Recruitment Mega-Appeal: The Verdict on Algorithm Use15/06/2026Data Protection Authority Sanction Against Public Administration: The Case of the CIE Agenda Portal Vulnerability11/06/2026AGCOM and Media Trials: Reconstituting the Committee for TV and Social Media09/06/2026Tightening of Iure Sanguinis: New Frontiers for Italian Citizenship18/05/2026Council of State: Final Stop to Beach Concession Extensions14/05/2026The Primacy of EU Competition Law in Public Tenders14/05/2026Limits on the processing of biometric data for commercial and employment purposes12/05/2026Legislative Shielding of Public Works: Commissioner Powers and Legality Profiles

Employment law

31/10/2026Labor Bill 2024: New Rules on Fixed-Term Contracts and Resignations31/10/2026Rome Court: Algorithmic Transparency and Rider Ranking29/10/2026Dismissal for unauthorized use of ChatGPT: loyalty and business secrets26/10/2026Supreme Court, United Sections: The principle of proportionality in the recovery of social security overpayments20/10/2026Parma Court: Allowance in lieu of leave for temporary teachers15/10/2026Labor Cassation: when passive on-call duty becomes working time12/10/2026Supreme Court Grand Chamber: Compensation for Fixed-Term Contract Abuse in Public Employment09/10/2026Dismissal for refusal to return from remote work: the weight of management power04/10/2026Supreme Court: Burden of Proof in Retaliatory Dismissal02/10/2026CJEU: Discrimination in Seniority Between Fixed-Term and Permanent Workers25/09/2026Corporate GPS and dismissal: limits on evidence from defensive checks23/09/2026Whistleblowing and Nullity of Retaliatory Dismissal23/09/2026The Credit-Based License in Construction: Operational Instructions from the Inspectorate17/09/2026Milan Court: Nullity of Non-Compete Agreements and Remote Work Clauses in the IT Sector11/09/2026Privacy Authority: illegal use of system logs for employee monitoring10/09/2026Cassation: Burden of proof in dismissal for poor performance30/08/2026The Deliveroo Case: Moving Towards the End of Judicial Control for Digital Gang-mastering29/08/2026Abuse of Law 104 Permits and Covert Monitoring: The Supreme Court Confirms Dismissal23/08/2026Public Employees' Freedom of Expression and Social Media Activity15/08/2026The burden of proof in overtime work: the strictness of the Supreme Court08/08/2026Algorithmic transparency in labor: new obligations from the AI Act to the Transparency Decree06/08/2026Rider and Algorithm Rulings: The Line Between Independent Work and Subordination in the Digital Era05/08/2026Recognition of the right to disconnect in agile work02/08/2026Employee monitoring via GPS and disciplinary limits14/05/2026De facto power and dismissal for criminal infiltration: the case explained06/05/2026Forfeiture of Action and Relevance of the Appeal Filing Date

Legal profession

06/11/2026United Sections of the Court of Cassation: principles on the prescription of lawyers' fees05/11/2026Fair compensation and lawyers' professional misconduct03/11/2026United Sections of the Supreme Court of Cassation: Atypical evidence in disciplinary proceedings01/11/2026The case explained: the reform of legal advertising between social media and comparison platforms23/10/2026Legal Fees: The Judge's Duty to Provide Analytical Motivation18/10/2026Bar Exam 2024 Call: Ministerial Decree Published12/10/2026The case explained: The reform of the legal profession and the Nordio Decree06/10/2026Guidelines on Artificial Intelligence: New Boundaries Between Innovation and Ethics26/09/2026Supreme Court on Lawyers' Fees: Limits to Judicial Discretion24/09/2026Cassa Forense: the shift to the contribution-based system and pro-rata sustainability23/09/2026Jurisdiction in disputes against foreign professionals22/09/2026Supreme Court: Lawyer Liability for Failure to Inform on Likelihood of Success22/09/2026EU General Court upholds ban on out-of-court legal advice to Russian entities20/09/2026ECJ Ruling: Invalidity of tax reporting obligations for lawyers regarding cross-border planning20/09/2026Lawyer's liability for failure to provide information on mediation17/09/2026Revision of Forensic Parameters: The New Frontier between ADR and AI17/09/2026Magistrate assessment reform: the performance file is now law17/09/2026Professional Liability of Lawyers and Compensation Criteria17/09/2026CCBE Guide: Ethical Liability in the Use of Generative AI14/09/2026CNF Opinion: Ethical Responsibility in the Use of Generative AI12/09/2026CNF Opinion on Lead Generation for Lawyers10/09/2026Supreme Court: Disciplinary suspension for lawyers failing to pay staff07/09/2026Legal Profession Reform: Implementation of Law 137/202630/07/2026Data Protection Authority Sanction Against the Bar Association: The Right to Be Forgotten Prevails Over the Register15/07/2026The Legal Value of PEC in Electronic Filing: Proof of Delivery

Business law

30/10/2026Insolvency Code Reform: The Innovations of the Third Corrective Decree18/10/2026GDPR as a Tool for Unfair Competition: Professional Standing in Privacy Litigation06/10/2026The Diarra Ruling: The EU Court and the Football Transfer Market02/10/2026Italian Supreme Court: ABI Guarantees and the Burden of Proof26/09/2026Supreme Court on derivative contracts: nullity for hidden costs and Mark to Market19/09/2026EU Antitrust Fine Against Google Overturned: The Weight of the Investigation18/09/2026The Third Corrective to the Insolvency Code: New Rules on Tax Cram-down and Crisis Management17/09/2026ESG Criteria and Business Judgment Rule: the Milan Decree17/09/2026Cesare Pozzo Collapse: Criminal Conspiracy and Protection of Mutual Aid Societies17/09/2026Ki Group Investigation: Completion of Inquiries for Fraudulent Bankruptcy17/09/2026Business Unit Transfers and Data Controller Status: The CercanumeriPro Case15/09/2026Milan Court: Smart Contract Breach and Oracle Liability14/09/2026Supreme Court United Sections: Liability for Business Lease Debts10/09/2026European Data Act: Access by Design Obligations for IoT10/09/2026European Data Act: Access by Design Obligations for IoT07/09/2026AGCM Investigation into Google: Abuse of Dominant Position in the DMA Era01/09/2026Business Crisis: The Milan Court on Simplified Arrangements Without Creditor Approval29/08/2026Cybersecurity and Directors' Liability: Failure to Oversee Technological Risks01/08/2026Visibilia Case: Between Disputed Balance Sheets and Parliamentary Immunity16/07/2026Acciaierie d'Italia Crisis: Pre-judgment Seizure for Environmental Damage10/07/2026Relative Priority Rule in Composition with Creditors: the Cassation Turning Point30/06/2026Copyright and AI Training: Current Trends in Content Protection for 202519/06/2026The Multi-Utility Case: Between Valuation Errors and Accounting Fraud

Tax law

07/11/2026The Case Explained: The Tax Penalty Reform and Local Taxes01/11/2026Supreme Court: Healing notification defects in tax proceedings27/10/2026Tax assessment in closely-held companies: new evidentiary criteria from the Supreme Court24/10/2026United Sections of the Supreme Court: Prescription of tax credits20/10/2026Omnibus Decree Conversion: The New Special Voluntary Repentance19/10/2026Constitutional Court: Limits on Challenging Tax Bills17/10/2026Compulsory Joinder in Tax Law: The Supreme Court on the Appellate Phase13/10/2026Repeal of Tax Mediation: Impact on Pending Appeals25/09/2026Well-known Inheritance Dispute: The Nexus of Tax Residence and Fictitious Residence20/09/2026Two-year Preventive Settlement: Operational Instructions and Tax Codes17/09/2026The Appealability of Administrative Detention Notices: The United Sections' Ruling08/09/2026Omnibus Decree: The New 2018-2022 Tax Amnesty08/09/2026Omnibus Decree: The New 2018-2022 Tax Amnesty06/09/2026Tax Justice Reform: Approval of the Corrective Decree14/08/2026Limits on passport revocation for tax debts: balancing tax claims and freedom of movement10/06/2026Bare ownership and First Home benefits: the line between title and possession08/06/2026Tax Barriers to Justice: The Legitimacy of Court Fees

privacy

24/09/2026LinkedIn Case: Data use for AI training paused following regulatory engagement

Family law

16/10/2026Supreme Court Ruling: appeal deadlines in separation and divorce cases