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Implementing the Employment Rights Act 2025 The Employment Rights Act 2025 (the Act), described by Prime Minister Kier Starmer as “the biggest upgrade to workers’ rights in a generation”, was one of 2025’s most controversial pieces of UK legislation. It contains a sweeping set of reforms to...
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Employment Rights Act 2025 The Employment Rights Act 2025 received Royal Assent on 18 December 2025, representing the most significant reform of employment law in a generation.
Key Developments in UK and EU Consumer Protection 2025 has seen significant developments in the consumer protection space, both in the UK and at the European level. In this podcast, Annalisa Tosdevin talks to two of Slaughter and May’s consumer law specialists, Tim Blanchard and Lisa Wright, about the...
COP30 Unpacked Our three-part COP30 podcast series where we will be discussing the key topics from the climate change conference.
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Accelerating action: Insights from the UN Business and Human Rights Forum The 14th UN Forum on Business and Human Rights brought together businesses, human rights professionals and rightsholders from across the world to discuss how businesses can step up amidst global challenges.
Digital transformation – what happens when projects go wrong? In this Digital Horizon Scanning podcast, Kristina Locmele, Ella Williams, and Richard McDonnell discuss what happens when digital transformation projects go wrong. The conversation covers the causes and impact of tech failures, regulatory responses and...
2025 UK Autumn Budget Update In this Horizon Scanning podcast recorded one day after the budget, Simon Nicholls and Mike Lane take stock of the "smorgasbord" of changes and look forward to what might play out over the months ahead.
Managing Cyber Supply Chain Risk Richard Jeens, Laura Houston and Alex Buchanan discuss the growing threat of supply chain attacks.
The Interaction of Data Privacy and AI Rebecca Cousin and Cindy Knott discuss the interaction between data privacy and AI technologies.
Training data in, court case out? In this briefing we look at the legal debate around using third-party content to train generative AI, with a focus on UK, EU and US approaches and key copyright cases.
Navigating the new cartel enforcement landscape
ESG in APAC This publication will help businesses unpack the current ESG regulatory landscape in 16 APAC jurisdictions (including separating what is mandatory and what is not) and get a sense of the commonalities and direction of travel within APAC in relation to...
Takeovers: Trends in 2025
The Energy Dividend: Power strategies to maximise data centre investments It’s no secret that in today’s digital age, defined by exponential growth in artificial intelligence, cloud computing, and other data-driven services, the major constraint on data centres is not computing capacity or network bandwidth, but the...
ESG developments in 2025 Sustainability practitioners will be well aware that ESG is a fast-moving, and ever changing area, making keeping on top of developments a significant challenge. We have sought to set out key ESG developments expected in 2025, covering the UK and, at a...
EU Council Presidency: Denmark in the Chair In this podcast Jan Putnis, and Sabine Dittrich are joined by Tim Johan Christensen, Managing Counsel at Gorrissen Federspiel. Tim is currently seconded to Slaughter and May. Together they discuss our expectations for the Danish EU Council Presidency...
Increased focus on cyber governance In this podcast from our Cyber Hub, Natalie Donovan speaks to Partners Richard Jeens and Christian Boney about the increased focus we are currently seeing around cyber governance. Discussions include how the recent high profile ransom attacks at retailers...
The Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 - what you need to know Explore the key changes introduced by the Data (Use and Access) Act, including updates to UK data protection laws, new smart data initiatives, and enhanced powers for the ICO. In this podcast, Cindy Knott and Bryony Bacon discuss what businesses need to...
UK vs EU: Diverging Roads in Digital Regulation With the CMA having recently published its provisional designation decision and roadmap for possible interventions in respect of Google Search and Search Advertising, now is a good moment to take stock of how the UK and EU are diverging in their...
Copyright and Generative AI As the interplay between copyright and generative AI continues to dominate the headlines, the pressure on governments to find workable solutions, and to provide clarity, for both the creative and AI sectors is palpable. In our latest podcast, Laura...
Insurance in focus podcast series
The evolving cyber risk landscape - Part 1 With cyber-attacks on major retailers recently hitting the headlines, it is more important than ever for organisations to understand their cyber preparedness. In the first of a series focusing on the evolving cyber risk landscape, members of our Cyber Hub...
The evolving cyber risk landscape - Part 2 The UK’s regulatory cyber landscape is currently evolving, with a mixture of new legislation expected and a recent spate of cyber related fines from the ICO. In the next instalment of our series  on the evolving cyber risk landscape, members of our...
Marketing Compliance in 2025 – how should legal teams respond? 2025 is expected to be a defining year for marketing compliance - with increased regulatory scrutiny, expanded enforcement powers, and shifting consumer expectations, legal teams need to reassess how marketing compliance is managed across digital channels...