The Pinsent Masons Podcast

How English law may be ill equipped to deal with AI agent liability, and London’s High Court weights in on exactly when force majeure can apply

FIFA responds to a court ruling on player transfer rules; and how the heatwave is affecting digital infrastructure

UK regulator steps up vigilance on domestic device data collection, and UK e-money regulation to be tightened

We ask why Australia is making major changes to its foreign investment rules, and investigate a supply chain law change in China that could put international companies in a legal pickle.

We hear about the UK tax authority’s highly successful investigations into VAT not paid by medium and large companies, and examine the impact of new EU guidelines demanding transparency by companies developing and using AI.

We explore why governments and regulators are making greater cybersecurity demands than ever of energy companies.

We explore the growing interest in the ‘sovereign cloud’ as governments try to keep their data out of other governments’ hands, and we hear how the UK tax authority’s bounty-sharing plans could be a big corporate tax evasion deterrent.

The US, EU and UK have finally made their positions clear on the balance between copyright holders’ interests and those of AI systems developers; and the UK will make the biggest changes to a financial consumer protection body in decades

As conflict spreads beyond Iran, the US and Israel in the Middle East we examine some of the immediate issues for businesses and assess what action can be taken now to reduce companies’ risks.

We hear about the fundamental principles laid out by the UN in the 1980s that could help steer governments through a crisis in children’s online safety.

We discover what a UK Supreme Court ruling might mean for companies’ ability to patent AI systems; and learn about the trade mark pitfalls of selling refurbished cookers.

Gill Dennis assesses whether a planned content exchange help the UK attract AI investment without alienating its thriving creative industries; and Lucy O’Dwyer outlines the benefits for Australian construction of using a different kind of contract.

As international relations get more complicated and tensions rise Stacy Keen guides us through the spider’s web of sanctions laws, while Malcolm Dowden explains why an upcoming EU law change could release more data for the training of AI systems.

The COP30 climate conference has just finished and it managed some achievements despite the absence of leaders from the world’s biggest economies says Michael Watson , while Natalie Harris explains the impact of renter-friendly English law changes.

A court in London couldn’t rule on the most important AI training copyright question but still made an important decision, says Gill Dennis . And Rebecca Dickson and Emma Lutwyche outline a new culture standard required in Australian construction.

As new figures show that UK cyber attacks are getting more serious Simon Colvin explains how to deal with the vulnerabilities in your supply chain, while David Halliwell applies some Nobel-winning counter-intuition to the economics of legal services.

A change in regulatory approach could lead to a flood of new, cheap biosimilars antibody treatments, says Tracey Roberts , while Trevor Watkins talks us through English football’s radical new approach to regulation.

The UK is making major changes to rules governing workers from abroad and more is to come. Shara Pledger guides us through. While Paul White considers the chances of success for a third EU attempt to harmonise business laws.

A new UK law has come into force putting new anti-corruption obligations on companies and managers, and David Lister thinks it should prompt a culture rethink at organisations; and a UK Supreme Court ruling should change how companies deal with intra-group contracts.

The UK government has taken big steps in the last week to reform financial services regulation and pensions policy. Liz Budd and Simon Laight assess whether the new approaches will achieve the government’s aim of boosting investment.