Events and News

23 – 28 October 2022

Prof. Avv. Oreste Pollicino will take part as General Rapporteur in the World Congress of the International Academy of Comparative Law (IACL) organised at the Centre for the Study of Law, Economics and Politics (Cedep) in Asunciòn, Paraguay. The Professor will give his report on “Freedom of speech and regulation of fake news” as part of the session on “Human Rights” which is chaired by Prof. Eric Heinze, Queen Mary University, London.

21 October 2022, 10:00 – 10:30 AM

Prof. Avv. Oreste Pollicino will deliver the keynote speech at the Second Annual Meeting of the European Cyberjustice Network (ECN) organised by the Council of Europe within the Commission for the Efficiency of Justice (CEPEJ), in cooperation with the “Working Group on cyberjustice and Artificial Intelligence”. The Professor will focus his lecture on the topic ‘Judicial Protection of Fundamental Rights on the Internet’ and will address both the protection of fundamental rights on the Internet and the concrete possibilities of implementing technologies in the field of justice.

21 October 2022, 10:00 – 10:30 AM

Prof. Avv. Oreste Pollicino will take part in the conference “Blockchain, Metaverse, NFT and Intellectual Property” organised by the University of Parma in cooperation with the Unione Parmense degli Industriali, the Chamber of Commerce of Parma, and the Collegio dei Consulenti. The Professor will give the introductory lecture on the topic “Protection of Fundamental Rights on the Internet: a critical overview”. The conference intends to address, with an interdisciplinary and comparative approach, some of the most topical issues concerning new technologies, of which Blockchain, Non Fungible Tokens and Metaverse represent a crucial test-bed.

20-21 October 2022

Prof. Giusella Finocchiaro will take part in the event titled “Digital Economy: Legal Recognition of Electronic Identification and Applications of Artificial Intelligence” organised by UNCITRAL in cooperation with the Chinese Ministry of Commerce, to be hosted by Jinan University in Guangzhou. The Professor will speak on two panels entitled ‘Model law on Identity Management and Trust Services’ and ‘Algorithmic Liability in the Digital Economy’ respectively. She will talk about the model law approved in July and the new proposals on which Working Group IV, of which Prof. Finocchiaro is President, is working intensively.

DigitalMediaLaws is pleased to announce the publication of the volume “Internet Law and Protection of Fundamental Rights”, published by Egea, of which Prof. Avv. Oreste Pollicino is the author together with Avv. Marco Bassini and Dr. Giovanni De Gregorio. The volume offers an overview of the most important challenges posed by the rise of cyberspace from a legal point of view. It provides readers with the knowledge to understand the constitutional challenges created by digital technologies.

DigitalMediaLaws is pleased to report that Prof. Oreste Pollicino defended the European Central Bank before the Court of Justice of the European Union in the dispute against Malacalza Investimenti. The judgment was published on 28 September 2022.
The Professor, together with Prof. Daniel Sarmiento, defended the ECB as external counsel, making DML the only Italian firm within the Bank’s defence team.