Welcome to the section dedicated to our Digital Breakfasts! See our meetings: we discuss privacy, new technologies, media and much more with terrific guests. Don’t miss our panels!

Our Italian TMT team hosts monthly meetings to share views on various topics with market leading experts. We started this initiative hosting face-to-face meetings; due to the global pandemic, we decided to record the Digital Breakfasts @Dentons, making them available for everyone. Stay tuned to receive our news on the upcoming breakfast and see you soon!

(Videos are in Italian)

Digital Breakfast @Dentons – Ops: AI biased again! – October 23, 2024

Our monthly appointment with Digital Breakfasts @Dentons is back: Time for a coffee break to discuss legal and economic issues together, related in particular to new technologies and the digital ecosystem.

As this month is dedicated to cybersecurity, we questioned how safe—or dangerous—the outputs of AI systems can be, but this time it’s not from an exclusively technical perspective.

Our own Giangiacomo Olivi and Chiara Bocchi discussed with Barbara Pozzo, Professor of Comparative Private Law at the University of Insubria and member of the Accademia dei Lincei, the relationship between AI and gender bias and how AI systems, no matter how advanced, can perpetrate bias and have discriminatory effects.

Between preventive strategies and corrective measures, we found that the outputs of AI systems can be more imperfect, and “human,” than one would expect.

Digital Breakfast @Dentons – AI and boards of directors: The impact of artificial intelligence on corporate governance – September 25, 2024

Welcome back! After the summer break, our Digital Breakfast @Dentons series resumes—time for a coffee break to discuss legal and economic issues together, related in particular to new technologies and the digital ecosystem.

This time, we focused on “corp tech,” or the use of artificial intelligence in corporate governance.

Is a gradual flanking (or even replacement) of the members of the administrative body conceivable? What are the current and possible future scenarios?

Our Giangiacomo Olivi, Partner and Europe Co-Head of IPD&T, Antonella Brambilla, Partner in the Corporate M&A department, and Luca De Menech, Partner in the Employment and Labor practice exchanged views on these and other questions.

Digital Breakfast @Dentons – AI, procurement and contracts – June 25, 2024

Digital Breakfast @Dentons: Time for a coffee — so we can discuss together key legal and economic issues related to new technologies and the digital ecosystem.

The EU’s AI Act is now law, so it’s time to start asking the right questions...

How to select AI solution providers? How to best allocate responsibilities? Where do we need to be especially careful when negotiating ? And which contractual clauses to place greater emphasis on? How does AI impact public procurement?

During this new episode our Giangiacomo Olivi, Partner and Europe Co-Head of IPD&T, Ilaria Gobbato, Partner in the Public Law and Regulatory department, and Valerio Lemma, Of Counsel in the Banking and Finance practice, explained the contractual best practices, with reference to both the use of AI services and their use in the procurement process.

Click here to view the presentation shared during the event.

Digital Breakfast @Dentons – AI & Labor: A matter of training? – May 14, 2024

Here we are again, as we are every month, for our Digital Breakfast @Dentons: Time for a coffee to discuss legal and economic issues together, related to new technologies and the digital ecosystem.

After all, one can never stop learning!

This saying exists in many languages, in many versions, and it also finds its own dimension in the AI Act, which introduces guarantees of “AI literacy,” in particular for the benefit of employees of AI system suppliers and deployers.

The acquisition of skills and awareness to make informed decisions about the deployment and use of AI systems—considering both the benefits and potential risks—is thus about to become a real right/obligation for workers and their employers.

This, and the further impacts that the AI Act and AI will have on the world of work, was discussed by Dentons' partner and Europe Co-Head of IPD&T, Giangiacomo Olivi, and associate Elena Cirotti, along with Luca De Menech, one of our Employment and Labor partners.

Click here to view the presentation shared during the event.

Digital Breakfast @Dentons – Data monetization: New frontiers in tax assessments – April 11, 2024

After the Easter break, Digital Breakfasts @Dentons return: It’s time for a coffee to discuss law and innovation together.

This time we discussed data monetization and its related tax aspects.

Yes, you got that right! Monetization is no longer just a privacy and competition issue; it has also attracted the attention of Agenzia delle Entrate, the Italian revenue agency.

But what insights can be drawn from the recent tax news? What are the interrelationships with data protection?

In this episode, our Giangiacomo Olivi and Elena Cirotti discuss these issues with Roberta Moscaroli, one of our Italian Tax partners.

Click here to view the presentation shared during the event.

Digital Breakfast @Dentons – Special Edition – March 27, 2024

The new AI Act has moved off the starting block, and what a race it is going to be! 

Before you charge out at full speed, join us for our Digital Breakfast @Dentons – Special Edition!

Usually, if we want to discuss legal and economic issues that are related to related to digital and its growing array of new technologies, we’d invite you for coffee. This time, perhaps an energy drink would be better!

European institutions have concluded a virtual marathon of negotiations to finalize the AI Act. Now, the baton passes to the operators, who will start their relay race towards compliance with the new rules.

Our Giangiacomo Olivi and Chiara Bocchi, along with the Hon. Brando Benifei, Co-Rapporteur of the AI Act, are waiting for you at the starting blocks. They have with them an indispensable compass to orient your way through the first legislation dedicated to artificial intelligence.

Click on the image below to view the presentation shared during the event.

Digital Breakfast @Dentons - #ADV or not #ADV: that's the hashtag! – March 5, 2024

Given the high demand, our Digital Breakfast @Dentons series will continue in 2024: a brief pause to grab a coffee and discuss pertinent legal and economic issues together—related, in particular, to new technologies and the digital ecosystem.

Although our webinar series has plenty of followers, that alone is not enough to make us "influencers." But what does it mean to be "influencers" in Italy, or to work with "influencers" after adoption of the AGCOM guidelines? We talk about it in this episode, led by partner and Europe co-head of Dentons’ Intellectual Property, Data and Technology practice group Giangiacomo Olivi and counsel Chiara Bocchi, with the participation of Giorgio Greppi, director of AGCOM's Media Services Department. 

Click on the image below to view the presentation shared during the event.

Digital Breakfast @Dentons - Special Christmas Edition - Trend for 2024 - December 5, 2023

A special holiday edition of our Digital Breakfast @Dentons: It’s Christmastime and our Italian IPD&T Team wishes you all happy holidays! It has been an exciting year for the digital sector, but the best is yet to come. Have a look at our video and get a preview of the opportunities and challenges that the upcoming year will bring.

Led by Giangiacomo Olivi, our IPD&T Team delves into the upcoming trends set to shape the legal landscape:

• Regulating platforms in the EU
• Fighting digital piracy
• Data scraping by generative AI
• Cybersecurity
• A cookie(less) (and consent(less)) world
• Data and content governance

Looking ahead to 2024, don’t hesitate to contact us for further information!

Digital Breakfast @ Dentons - Special Edition - AI Powered: come l’intelligenza artificiale sta cambiando il business - October 9, 2023

In this episode, hosted by Milano Digital Week, we discussed the impacts of artificial intelligence - from proptech to fintech - and, again from the perspective of the Italian innovation ecosystem, the effects of technological innovation and how operators in various industries are dealing with them, including risks, opportunities and, of course, legal regulation. The webinar was led by Giangiacomo Olivi, who asked our guests Gianluigi Greco, Andrea Ciaramella and Cristina Angelillo to share with us their experience.

Digital Breakfast @Dentons - Levying 2.0: obligations concerning the use of digital platforms and apps – April 27, 2023

Our Digital Breakfast @Dentons series continues: A time for a coffee break to discuss legal and economic issues together, related in particular to new technologies and the digital ecosystem. Digital platforms offer services increasingly complex, raising transparency, competition and data monetization issues. In this episode, we focused on the tax implications of the latest regulatory developments in the digital world. The webinar was led by Giangiacomo Olivi, Fabia Cairoli and Cecilia Canova, who shared their insights on the Regulation (EU) 2019/1150 (the so-called P2B Regulation) and the recently published DAC7, and asked our guest, Roberta Moscaroli, to drive us through the tax legislation and some recent case law.

Digital Breakfast @Dentons: Let’s talk artificial intelligence – March 23, 2023

Our Digital Breakfast @Dentons series continues: A time for a coffee break to discuss legal and economic issues together, related in particular to new technologies and the digital ecosystem. How is the EU shaping the future of AI? In our latest webinar, Giangiacomo Olivi and Chiara Bocchi addressed the legal implications (and challenges) of the Artificial Intelligence Act proposal and asked our guest, Paolo Benanti, to share with us an insight on the ethical (and technical implications) of ChatGPT.

Digital Breakfast @Dentons: Cybersecurity, governance and compliance: lights and shadows of DORA – February 23, 2023

Our Digital Breakfast @Dentons series continues: A time for a coffee break to discuss legal and economic issues together, related in particular to new technologies and the digital ecosystem. During the webinar we talked about the Digital Operational Resilience Act, trying to shed light on some practical implications for companies. The webinar was led by Giangiacomo Olivi and Antonio Venditti who covered the core pillars of the Digital Operational Resilience Act and asked our guest, Corrado Pomodoro, to share with us his experience.

Digital Breakfast @Dentons: The Transparency Decree between technology, privacy and labor law – January 25, 2023

Our Digital Breakfast @Dentons series continues: A time for a coffee break to discuss legal and economic issues together, related in particular to new technologies and the digital ecosystem. As technology advances, privacy and labor are more and more connected. In our first webinar of the new year, we examined the so-called Transparency Decree from a data protection and labor law perspective. How does it affect employers who use automated decision-making and monitoring systems? Our Giangiacomo Olivi, Ilaria Boschi, Davide Boffi and Francesca Servadei analyzed the Transparency Decree and shared their insights.

Special Christmas Edition – Trend for 2023 – December 14, 2022

A special edition of our Digital Breakfast @Dentons: it is Christmas time and our Italian TMT team wishes you all happy holidays! It has been an exciting year for the digital sector, but the best is yet to come. Watch our video if you want some hints on the upcoming new European legislations that will shape the tech industry throughout 2023, go check it out!

Led by Giangiacomo Olivi our colleagues touched upon many topics as follows.

• Artificial intelligence: our Chiara Bocchi describes the European approach in regulating AI, from the proposed AI Act to the draft AI Liability Directive.
• Digital advertising: our Fabia Cairoli makes a brief recap of the impacts of the Digital Markets Act on the advertising industry. 
• Digital services: our Ilaria Boschi overviews the layered obligations set forth by the Digital Services Act for online intermediary service providers.
• ePrivacy: our Cecilia Canova describes where we are heading to with the ePrivacy Regulation.
• Consumers in the digital environment: our Marco Propato analyzes how consumer protection has been strengthened in the digital environment by Directives 770 and 771.
• Cybersecurity: our Antonio Venditti outlines the key points of the upcoming EU cyber legislation, that calls for a joint effort of lawyers and IT experts.

Coffee in the Metaverse? – September 28, 2022

Our Digital Breakfast @Dentons series continues: A coffee break opportunity to discuss legal and economic issues together, particularly related to new technologies and the digital ecosystem. During the webinar, Metaverse and its developments were talked about. The webinar was led by Giangiacomo Olivi and Chiara Bocchi - who introduced the topic and asked our guest, Tommaso Nervegna, Metaverse Strategy Lead at Accenture Song, to share his experience.

Cookies and trackers: a new chapter – June 21, 2022

Our Digital Breakfast @Dentons series continues: A time for a coffee break to discuss legal and economic issues together, related in particular to new technologies and the digital ecosystem. During the webinar we discussed some the developments introduced with the recent adoption of new Guidelines on the subject of cookies and other tracking technologies, trying to shed light on some practical implications for companies. The webinar was led by Giangiacomo Olivi and Fabia Cairoli - who introduced the topic and asked our guest, Guido Scorza, a member of the Italian Data Protection Authority, to share with us his experience.

Cybersecurity: rules, strategies and market standards – May 31, 2022

Our Digital Breakfast @Dentons series continues: A time for a coffee break to discuss legal and economic issues together, related in particular to new technologies and the digital ecosystem. During the webinar we discussed cybersecurity and, in particular, what are the main risks for companies and how to cope with possible cyber-attacks, also, and especially, in light of the regulatory framework. The webinar was led by Giangiacomo Olivi and Antonio Venditti—who introduced the topic and asked our guests, Edoardo Raffiotta and Corrado Pomodoro, to share with us their experience.

Legal challenges of virtual entertainment - May 3, 2022

Our Digital Breakfast @Dentons series continues: a time for a coffee break to discuss legal and economic issues together, related in particular to new technologies and the digital ecosystem. During the webinar we discussed hybrid audio-visual formats and the metaverse, analyzing the legal profiles applicable to the new forms of virtual entertainment, which pose innovative challenges to market players. The webinar was led by Giangiacomo Olivi, Gea Condorelli, Camilla Rosi—who introduced the topic and asked our guest, Axel Fiacco, to share with us his experience

The implementation of the copyright directive in Italy – March 22, 2022

Our Digital Breakfast @Dentons series continues: a time for a coffee break to discuss legal and economic issues together, particularly related to new technologies and the digital ecosystem. During the webinar we talked about the innovations introduced by the implementation of the Copyright Directive by Legislative Decree 177 of 2021 and the different competences attributed to AGCOM by the new discipline. The webinar was led by Giangiacomo Olivi, Federico Fusco, Camilla Rosi and Carlo Scotto di Clemente, who introduced the topic and asked our guest, Benedetta Liberatore, to share with us her experience.

Automated decisions: between privacy and AI, credit scoring and predictive models - July 22, 2021

Our Digital Breakfast @Dentons series continues: a time for a coffee break to discuss legal and economic issues together, particularly related to new technologies and the digital ecosystem. During the webinar we talked about algorithms and automated decisions and the innovations that could be introduced by the AI Regulation draft, with reference to the systems for the evaluation of creditworthiness and the practical implications for intermediaries that use automated decision-making systems. The webinar was led by Giangiacomo Olivi, Valerio Lemma and Fabia Cairoli, who introduced the topic and asked our guest, Massimo Lovati, Head of Legal Consultancy at Banco BPM, to share with us his experience.

Damages for breach of data protection legislation and new technologies - June 10, 2021

Our Digital Breakfast @Dentons series continues: a time for a coffee break to discuss legal and economic issues together, particularly related to new technologies and the digital ecosystem.
During the webinar, we talked about what are the main risks for businesses resulting from breaches of data protection law. The discussion was forward-looking, and included the new class action regulations and developments in other jurisdictions. The webinar was led by Giangiacomo Olivi and Flavia Messina, who introduced the topic and asked our guest, Chiara Garofoli, Senior Legal Counsel at Google, to share with us her experience.

Artificial Intelligence: law, practice, ethics, and control of algorithms - April 27, 2021

Our Digital Breakfast @Dentons series continues: the time for a coffee to discuss legal and economic issues together, related to new technologies and the digital ecosystem. During the webinar we discussed Artificial Intelligence and how the technological evolution has greatly expanded the range of development of AI: both in terms of creating new theoretical scenarios and in practical applications. The webinar was led by Giangiacomo Olivi and Chiara Bocchi, who introduced the topic and asked to our guest Paolo Benanti, Extraordinary Professor at the Faculty of Theology, Department of Moral Theology, at the Pontifical Gregorian Universityand Shalini Kurapati, Co-Founder and CEO of Clearbox AI Solutions, to share with us their extensive experience on AI.

Back to the future: cities of the future three years later - March 18, 2021

In our previous episode of Our Digital Breakfast @Dentons, we participated in the Milano Digital Week, where we talked about smart cities. The Digital Breakfast webinar was led by Giangiacomo Olivi, with Flavia Messina and Ilaria Gobbato, who discussed the main technical and legal issues related to the development of the cities of the future with our guests, Vincenzo Tortis, Chief Information and Digital Transformation Officer at Coima SGR, and Paolo Mazzoleni, President of the Order of Architects, Planners, Landscape Architects and Conservators of the Province of Milan and Partner at Bruno Egger Mazzoleni architetti associati.

Fintech: companies facing the financial digitalization challenge - March 4, 2021

Our Digital Breakfast @Dentons series continues: the time for a coffee to discuss legal and economic issues together, related to new technologies and the digital ecosystem. During this webinar we discussed Fintech and how the technological evolution has changed the insurance, banking and finance world.
The Digital Breakfast was led by Giangiacomo Olivi and Valerio Lemma, who introduced the topic and asked to our guests Bianca Del Genio, Head of Legal and Strategic Projects of Nexi, and Giovanni Lombardi, General Counsel of Illimity, to share with us some thoughts on the legal and non-legal solutions that companies must adopt in front of the digitalization challenge.

Employee inspections and investigations in the context of labor law, privacy rights, and criminal limits - January 28, 2021

Our Digital Breakfast @Dentons series continues: the time for a coffee to discuss legal and economic issues together, related to new technologies and the digital ecosystem. In our first webinar of the new year, we discussed controls and investigations on employees and how the technological evolution has considerably widened the possibility for carrying out such activities. The Digital Breakfast was led by Giangiacomo Olivi, Fabia Cairoli, Davide Boffi and Matteo Vizzardi, who summarized the main requirements to perform controls and investigations on employees from a data protection, labor and criminal law perspective

Medicine 4.0: new technological perspectives and legal challenges - November 24, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has brought dramatic changes to our economy, social interactions and habits. Yet it has also spurred some positive developments: the rise of the so-called Medicine 4.0 or eHealth. The concept of eHealth has existed for some years. It is a very broad concept, which covers the interaction between medical informatics, public health and business, and refers to health services provided or enhanced through the use of the Internet and related technologies. The Digital Breakfast was led by Francesca Barra and Luca Pocobelli, who introduced the topic and explained the current development of Medicine 4.0. Guests Luca Foresti, CEO of Centro Medico Santagostino, and Simone Ungaro, CEO of Movendo Technology, spoke about their experience in the sector and the future of eHealth devices.

Web Tax: lights and shadows - October 29, 2020

On January 1, 2020, the Italian "digital services tax" (or "Web Tax") came into force. This tax will affect groups with total revenues (worldwide) equal to or greater than €750 million, of which at least €5.5 million represents "digital services" provided in Italy. The new tax raises critical issues and, with the interpretation still unclear, it could be highly distorting for some companies based in Italy. The webinar was attended by Roberta Moscaroli and Chiara Bocchi, who highlighted the key issues for some specific sectors and tried to give some possible solutions.

Golden Power Tech - the new special powers of the Italian government - September 30, 2020

The recent widening of the scope of the Italian Golden Power legislation to include goods and relationships in the fields of artificial intelligence, robotics, cybersecurity, nanotechnology and biotechnology requires companies to be very careful to ensure they make prior notification obligations to the Italian government. The webinar was attended by Giangiacomo Olivi and Michele Carpagnano, who discussed the new legislation, how companies should self-assess themselves, and the procedures to adopt in the event of notification to the Presidency of the Council of Ministers.
We also debated the recent policy on the exercise of special powers by the government and the impact of the new legislation on companies operating in the sector.

The post-cookie world: legal and market scenarios - July 21, 2020

Advertisers and publishers have relied on cookies for years to track consumer online behavior. Recent changes adopted by leading tech operators are driving the market to embrace new marketing and advertising strategies, freed from the use of cookies. The Digital Breakfast was attended by Giangiacomo Olivi, Chiara Bocchi and Fabia Cairoli, who have analyzed the regulatory evolution in order to understand what scenarios online advertisers and publishers should expect. Then, our guest Luca Brighenti  ̶  entrepreneur, CEO and founder of B4Bind  ̶  spoke about how the future of the advertising ecosystem is developing and what are the new potential opportunities.

Audiovisual formats - legal, creative and economic profiles – June 23, 2020

During the second meeting of the Digital Breakfast @ Dentons series, we analyzed the main legal, creative and economic profiles related to audiovisual formats. The webinar was attended by Saverio Cavalcanti and Flavia Messina of Dentons, as well as the esteemed guests Dario Morelli, Head of Business & Legal Affairs, Fremantle Media Italia S.p.A. and The Apartment Pictures, and Axel Fiacco, Founder and CEO of BIC Formats, who shared with us their extensive experience. We explored the management of agreements for the circulation of rights on formats, the issue of the originality of formats, the procedures for the distribution of online content, the most recent market trends and the rising importance of data monetization.