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outsourcing
Outsourcing agreements – between JVs and services deals
Outsourcing agreements are always a new adventure and trying to find the best contractual arrangement is not easy.  And this task is even harder in outsourcing agreements where the supplier provides a large part of the services and licenses necessary to run the business usually on the basis of a profit sharing arrangement.  This situation might lead to relevant tax related risks because of the willingness of the supplier to control the business.
data protection issues
Data protection issues for Google trouble BIG DATA businesses
Data protection issues for Google in Italy are not over.  The Italian Data Protection Authority (DPA) has now challenged their privacy information notice requiring - among others - an express consent from users to their profiling for marketing purposes leading to issues that might impact any business based on the processing of BIG DATA such as the Internet of Things and in general on behavioural advertising.
Internet liability
Internet liability rules change after YouTube case?
The Internet liability regime for hosting providers have been subject of different interpretations by courts in Italy and a new interesting position came up with the decision of the Court of Turin (Italy) involving YouTube and Google which overturned its initial decision of a few months ago introducing new principles of Internet liability for online operators.