Episodios

  • 30: The UK’s plans for sharing health data, and the EU’s response to Chinese AI DeepSeek

    30: The UK’s plans for sharing health data, and the EU’s response to Chinese AI DeepSeek
    Apr 29 2025
    The UK’s has announced plans to support the sharing of health data but will it try to outpace Europe? Louise Fullwood fills us in, while Wouter Seinem explains how the EU is changing AI regulation in response to China’s advances.
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    25 m
  • 29: Why companies have human rights, and how they can use them

    29: Why companies have human rights, and how they can use them
    Apr 15 2025
    Companies in the UK and Europe are entitled to a surprising range of human rights protections for everything from freedom of speech to privacy. David Thorneloe explains how firms can turn the rights to their advantage.
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    14 m
  • 28: Why most AI output shouldn’t be copyright protected, and new UK union rights to access the workplace

    28: Why most AI output shouldn’t be copyright protected, and new UK union rights to access the workplace
    Apr 1 2025
    We hear from Nils Rauer on why most AI output should not attract copyright protection; and from Lucy Townley on new rights in the UK for unions to access physical or even digital workplaces.
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    18 m
  • 27: A new way of thinking that could help the construction industry tackle embodied carbon, and Ireland’s AI plans

    27: A new way of thinking that could help the construction industry tackle embodied carbon, and Ireland’s AI plans
    Mar 18 2025
    The carbon emitted when things are built could be a major source of claims in the future. Anne-Marie Friel has ideas about what the industry can do now to head off that risk. And examining the latest ideas to help Ireland become an AI hub with Maureen Daly.
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    22 m
  • 26: Why retailers won’t get the benefit of AI until they improve the quality of their data, with the inventor of Tesco’s Clubcard

    26: Why retailers won’t get the benefit of AI until they improve the quality of their data, with the inventor of Tesco’s Clubcard
    Mar 4 2025
    Retailers must improve their data quality if they are to benefit from AI says Edwina Dunn, the retail data science expert who launched market-changing mass customisation scheme, the Clubcard. And Florian Traub advises on how best to manage that data.
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    26 m
  • 25: Why some companies fear they might have over-disclosed on sustainability reporting

    25: Why some companies fear they might have over-disclosed on sustainability reporting
    Feb 18 2025
    Companies are beginning to report climate and social impacts under new EU rules, but sustainability reporting expert James Hay hears that some are now worried about exposing themselves to legal risk through over disclosure.
    Recommended listening: our recent Brain Food For General Counsel podcast on climate legal risk.
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    15 m
  • 24: Are the UK’s planning reforms credible? And how PFAS mass actions might cross the Atlantic

    24: Are the UK’s planning reforms credible? And how PFAS mass actions might cross the Atlantic
    Feb 4 2025
    0:58 News summary UK PLANNING REFORM 3:41 Introduction 4:20 The problem the UK is trying to solve 6:03 The plans 7:30 The skills that will be needed in the public sector 9:20 The balance between local and national interest 10:48 How planning could work better for major infrastructure projects PFAS AND MASS LITIGATION 12:02 Introduction 13:05 The litigation picture internationally 14:48 The types of litigation taking place 16:50 The UK environment for mass claims 18:11 How companies can navigate the risk
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    20 m
  • 23: How credible are the UK’s AI plans? And the problems of the UK's pension super-sizing plan

    23: How credible are the UK’s AI plans? And the problems of the UK's pension super-sizing plan
    Jan 21 2025
    The UK has clarified how it will try to become a global AI hub, but will it work? Technology expert Sarah Cameron weighs in. And pensions expert Katie Ivens wonders if an overhaul of pensions will really revitalise investment in the UK economy.
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    19 m
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