The United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) adopted the “Model Law on the Use and Cross-border Recognition on Identity Management and Trust Services,” a model law developed by the Working Group IV – Electronic Commerce, chaired by Professor Giusella Finocchiaro since 2014.
The model law is the first text that addresses on an international level the issue of digital identity and is the fruit of the seeds that were sown more than ten years ago, as work on identity management and trust services has first been proposed in New York. Since then, it has become evident that this matter lies at the core of the digital economy and the model law may be used to facilitate interaction between existing and future regional models and schemes.
Since Professor Finocchiaro is the Chairwoman of the Working Group IV – Electronic Commerce, two other projects have already been adopted: the Notes on the Main Issues of Cloud Computing Contract and the Model Law on Electronic Transferable Records, endorsed by G7 and adopted in many countries, the European States included.

The 55th session of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL), in which Prof. Avv. Giusella Finocchiaro will take part, is currently underway in New York. In fact, the focus of the working session will be the draft of the “Model Law on the Use and Cross-border Recognition of Identity Management and Trust Services,” the model law that will allow in a cross-border context the use and recognition of digital identities and trust services internationally. The law was drafted by the Working Group IV - Electronic Commerce, under the leadership of the Professor as the Chairwoman of the group.

30 June 2022, 2:30-5:00 PM

Avv. Alessandro Candini will be the speaker of the Workshop "Artificial Intelligence applicata ai processi amministrativo-contabili”, organized by the Observatory Digital B2b, one of the Observatories on Digital Innovation of the Politecnico di Milano’s School of Management. Avv. Candini will illustrate the possible uses of AI in administrative and accounting processes, delving into critical issues as the liability regime for AI, AI and data protection, the case law and the proposal for a European Regulation on AI, the AI Act. 

23-25 June 2022

Prof. Avv. Giusella Finocchiaro will intervene in the initiative “The New Atlas of Digital Art” organized by the MEET Center, in collaboration with the National Museum of Digital Art (MAD) recently established by the Ministry of Culture, and to be held on June 23, 24 and 25 in Milan, Viale Vittorio Veneto.
The very rich program involves participants on three thematic tables that will address key issues, such as the relationship between art, science and technology, the digital art market experimenting with NFT and Blockchain new cultural and economic models.
The Professor will join a thematic panel entitled “New cultural and economic models in art - NFT and digital art market”, which will be coordinated by Ilaria Bonacossa, art historian and Director of the Museum of Digital Art.

23 June 2022, 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM

Prof. Avv. Giusella Finocchiaro will join the conference “Digital B2b: dal sistema all’ecosistema” organized on the occasion of the presentation of the results of the 2021-22 research of the Digital B2b Observatory of the School of Management of the Politecnico di Milano.
The professor, together with Dr. Umberto Zanini, will provide an update overview of the main regulatory obligations in the B2b sector.

We report the recent publication of the volume “Major legal trends in the digital economy. The approach of the US, the EU, and China,” published by il Mulino, and edited by Prof. Avv. Giusella Finocchiaro together with Prof. Avv. Luigi Balestra and Prof. Marina Timoteo.