EU Platform Legal Framework: platform, data-driven business models, AI and contract automation

The course will focus on legal issue concerning platforms - data driven business models with application of AI and contract automation -with a European approach. It will analyse the main legal issues in platform regulation and in the the use of data and AI in platforms (i.e. social networks, marketplaces, collaborative economy platforms, B2B platforms, IoT platforms, e-health App, no food losses app, etc.). These topical themes, which are becoming more and more relevant in today’s EU and national law as well as policy, are often taught in separate courses, while this proposal suggest a fully-fledged educational program covering all of them, focusing on platform applications, emphasizing their European dimension. European legislation, comparative law studies and the needs coming up from business operators will be discussed during class and offered to many categories of participants (young students, lawyers, start-upper, business operators, interested citizens).