In this episode of Diritto al Digitale, Giulio Coraggio, Technology & Data Lawyer at DLA Piper, hosts a roundtable with DLA Piper colleagues to share their predictions on the legal developments that will most impact digital business in 2026.

Rather than looking at regulation in isolation, the discussion focuses on how EU digital rules will increasingly converge in practice, and what companies should expect as enforcement, supervision, and accountability intensify.

🎙️ Predictions from the roundtable speakers:

• Vincenzo Giuffré on cloud computing and digital transformation
  Predictions on cloud contract risk allocation, Data Act portability, ACN certification for Italian public entities, and continued uncertainty around EU–US data transfers.
• Tommaso Ricci on artificial intelligence
  Why 2026 will be the year when internal AI governance frameworks become unavoidable as AI systems move from experimentation to operations.
• Roxana Smeria on data protection and GDPR
  Expected enforcement trends, AI training scrutiny, and how the debate on legitimate interest will shape compliance strategies.
• Federico Toscani on cybersecurity
  Why cyber incidents under GDPR, NIS2 and DORA will increasingly trigger top-management accountability, with stricter Italian incident reporting expectations.
• Giulio Napolitano on crypto and payments
  How MiCA, stablecoins, crypto payments and the interaction with PSD3 will push crypto further into the realm of regulated financial infrastructure.

The key prediction for 2026:
Companies will no longer be assessed on compliance in silos. Success will depend on how well they integrate AI, data protection, cybersecurity, cloud and payments regulation into a coherent governance model.

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A new US lawsuit brought by authors against leading AI developers reopens a core legal question: can large-scale AI training on copyrighted books systematically qualify as fair use? In this episode of Diritto al Digitale, Giulio Coraggio of the global law firm DLA Piper analyzes the legal strategy behind the case, compare the US and EU copyright frameworks, and explore the practical implications for AI developers, deployers, and corporate governance under the AI Act.

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Artificial intelligence is rapidly transforming the pharmaceutical and life sciences sector — but innovation in this field comes with some of the highest regulatory, ethical, and governance expectations.

In this episode of Legal Leaders Insights from Diritto al Digitale, Giulio Coraggio of DLA Piper speaks with Oliver Patel, Head of Enterprise AI Governance at AstraZeneca, about how AI governance is implemented in practice within a global pharmaceutical company.

The conversation covers:

• What enterprise AI governance looks like in the life sciences sector
• How to balance AI innovation with privacy, intellectual property, and compliance
• The concrete implications of the EU AI Act for pharmaceutical companies
• Practical governance approaches to enable responsible and scalable AI

This episode is particularly relevant for legal professionals, compliance teams, in-house counsel, data leaders, and executives working in highly regulated industries.

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