Articles and insights

Changing rules.
Enduring questions.

Contributions by Angelo Tuzza, organised by topic. Strategic investment, organisational responsibility, digital transformation and public decisions.

20 contributions · 7 topics

Topic 01

Golden Power and strategic security

Investment, infrastructure, governance and technological sovereignty.

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Golden Power: preparing the Corporate Transaction and analysing the screening procedure

From preliminary assessments to the Government’s decision.

The investment process, from the initial assessment to the final decision and possible conditions. An analysis of how screening affects transaction structure, contractual terms and corporate governance.

LinkedIn · Italian / English

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Solomei AI and Salesforce: towards the ‘normalisation’ of Golden Power?

The impact of investment screening on business decisions and transaction predictability. AI technologies provide a perspective on the scope of Italy’s special powers.

LinkedIn · Italian / English

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Sparkle, the MEF and Golden Power: the ‘true’ value of infrastructure in the emerging law of national interest

Submarine cables, networks and connectivity as infrastructure of national interest. The article examines industrial value, digital sovereignty, public participation and safeguards for strategic assets.

LinkedIn · Italian / English

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Pirelli-Sinochem and Italian Golden Power: when national security prevents corporate control

The Pirelli–Sinochem case provides a perspective on the distinction between an equity investment and the power to direct a company. A reflection on how Golden Power affects shareholder rights, governance and the protection of strategic interests.

LinkedIn · Italian / English

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The Italian Golden Power in the Financial Sector: European Coordination or Undue Compression of State Competence?

The relationship between national security and European competences in the financial sector. The analysis focuses on coordinating public assessments and the scope of national decision-making in investment screening.

LinkedIn · English / Italian

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From the space economy to cyber resilience: why the Airbus–Leonardo–Thales alliance is redefining Italian and EU technological sovereignty

Orbital data, space infrastructure and cyber resilience. The contribution connects the Airbus–Leonardo–Thales alliance with data control, supply-chain security, strategic investment and Italian and European technological sovereignty.

LinkedIn

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Topic 02

Cybersecurity and data protection

Information security, leadership responsibilities and digital supply chains.

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Cybersecurity: NIS2 and Legislative Decree 138/2024 make information security a governance model

The contribution presented by Studio Legale Scerbo examines the governance of cybersecurity and the role of governing bodies in essential and important entities.

Studio Legale Scerbo · Presentation of the contribution

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Cybersecurity, governance and supply chains: the new functions and responsibilities of governing bodies across the supply chain

A perspective on cybersecurity through organisation, contracts and leadership responsibilities. Supplier relationships form part of risk management and service continuity.

LinkedIn

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The challenge of resilience against digital crime: Tuzza’s analysis for ICSA

An analysis of the human factor, awareness of professional responsibilities and the relationship between public functions and private suppliers in preventing digital crime.

Formiche.net

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Topic 03

Compliance and corporate responsibility

Labour exploitation, judicial supervision, organisation and public–private relationships.

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Malagò at the FIGC: ineligibility or invalidity of the appointment? Revolving doors and cooling-off periods

Distinguishing eligibility rules from restrictions on moving from public functions to a new appointment. The Malagò–FIGC case offers a perspective on previously exercised powers, relationships between bodies and cooling-off periods.

LinkedIn

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Caporalato, judicial supervision and businesses: systemic issues in the ‘Milan approach’ under Law 199/2016, the Anti-Mafia Code and 231 liability

An assessment of the relationships between combating labour exploitation, judicial supervision, anti-mafia prevention and corporate liability under Legislative Decree 231/2001. The focus is on the legal basis for measures and the risk of overlapping regimes with different functions.

LinkedIn

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Digital caporalato, algorithmic work and judicial supervision: Milan as a laboratory for organisational responsibility in the Glovo and Deliveroo cases

The Glovo and Deliveroo cases offer a perspective on platform work and organisational responsibility. Lawful supply chains are considered alongside the operation of algorithms and the available instruments of judicial intervention.

LinkedIn

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Topic 04

Environment and health

Economic activity, authorisations and protection of collective interests.

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Ilva, steel and health: the economy, the environment, institutional gaps and the judiciary’s subsidiary role

A reflection on the effectiveness of environmental conditions, institutional responsibilities and the relationship between health protection, authorisations and industrial activity.

LinkedIn

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Related insight: Green Public Procurement (GPP)

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Topic 05

Digital innovation and artificial intelligence

Digital tools, professional autonomy and responsibility for decisions.

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Towards an AI civilisation: the lawyer’s continuing role in defence rights, professional autonomy, duties and responsibility for decisions

The lawyer’s role in using AI: independent judgement, defence rights, the quality of questions and responsibility for decisions. A reflection on the relationship between digital tools and professional decision-making.

LinkedIn

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Topic 06

Administrative law and public responsibility

Decisions, oversight and perspectives on public-sector financial liability.

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The Foti reform and public-sector financial liability: early developments in legal scholarship and case law

An update to the debate on the reform of public-sector financial liability, following earlier contributions on the subject. Public decisions, administrative risk and responsibility are considered through legal scholarship and case law.

LinkedIn

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Capped public liability: from judges’ civil liability to the Foti reform of public-sector financial liability

Quantitative limits on personal financial liability and their relationship with protection against loss to public funds. The contribution compares judges’ civil liability with the debate on public-sector financial liability reform.

LinkedIn

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Public-sector financial liability after the Foti reform: from the fear of signing to the law of administrative risk. Significant issues remain.

Gross negligence, limits on compensation and oversight of public decisions. The reform is considered as an issue affecting administrative organisation and how decisions are made and documented.

LinkedIn

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Foti reform: link to the LinkedIn contribution

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Topic 07

Procurement, infrastructure and major projects

Procurement, institutions and European law in project delivery.

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The Strait of Messina Bridge, Act III: the Government, ANAC, the Court of Auditors and Europe. What is happening to the project?

A perspective on the positions of the Government, ANAC, the Court of Auditors and European law in relation to the Bridge project. The article examines institutional reasoning and the legal issues affecting implementation.

LinkedIn

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Milano–Cortina 2026: the Milan investigation and referral to the Constitutional Court. Issues for the Government and possible responses.

The classification of the Milano–Cortina Foundation and the application of procurement rules. An analysis of the relationship between private legal form, public funding and control, EU law and constitutional review.

LinkedIn

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GPP: how the ecological transition is changing public procurement law (and why it matters to public authorities, businesses, lawyers and advisers)

Green public procurement as a meeting point between environmental protection, competition and administrative decisions. The contribution examines minimum environmental criteria, life-cycle assessment and oversight during contract performance, with a focus on infrastructure works, mechanical supplies and environmental services.

LinkedIn

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