46: The business impact of the Middle East conflict

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.