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Episode 43: Payments Monthly Richard Hay, Peter Church, Olivia Murphy & Megan Gosling The recent incident in which an OpenAI agent hacked Hugging Face reveals both the capability of frontier AI models and the limitations of guardrails and sandboxes to contain AI agents. In this podcast episode Peter Church explains what happened and Richard Hay and Olivia Murphy consider the implications for…
Episode 25: Under Pressure // Business Skills What can hostage negotiation teach us about working better together? In this episode, we speak to former Metropolitan Police hostage and crisis negotiator Nicky Perfect about the human skills behind high-stakes conversations. From first impressions and active listening to handling emotion, building trust and approaching difficult discussions with…
Top 5 Things you Need to Know: Episode 2 - EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive In this podcast, Sara Feijao explains the top five things you need to know about the EU’s Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD / CS3D), which will apply to all in-scope companies from 26 July 2029. EU Member States have until 26 July 2028 to transpose the Directive into national law.…
Top 5 Things you Need to Know: Episode 1 - EU Forced Labour Regulation In this podcast, Sara Feijao explains the top five things you need to know about the EU’s Forced Labour Regulation (FLR), which will start applying on 14 December 2027. To listen to more podcasts, head to www.linklaters.com/insights
Episode 42: Payments Monthly Georgina Kon & Olivia Murphy As AI agents begin to shop for us, payment transactions will become faster and more frequent. In this podcast, Georgie Kon explains how the rise of agentic payments will force merchants and payments firms to look again at their operations, contractual arrangements and regulatory compliance. Listen to all episodes on our Payments podcast…
Episode 3: PFAs regimes: chemicals & hazardous substances - corporates and financial sector In this podcast, Satindar Dogra, Elizabeth Raultson, Anke Krause and Sarah Martin discuss what the PFAs litigation landscape in the US, EU and UK looks like at the moment and how it could develop.
Episode 41: Payments Monthly Olivia Murphy & Simon Treacy The Financial Conduct Authority commissioned the Mills Review to explore how AI will transform retail financial services by 2030. In this podcast episode Olivia Murphy shares key points from the review about how agentic payments could transform consumer journeys. Listen to all episodes on our Payments podcast webpage .
Episode 24: The human edge Speakers: Lila Vialat, Ian Rodwell and Rahim Hirji What happens when AI assumes aspects of our jobs, while also reshaping how we think about experience, expertise and our sense of self at work? In this latest episode, we are joined by Rahim Hirji, author of Super Skills: The Seven Human Skills for the Age of AI, to explore the changing nature of work, the unbundling of…
Episode 2: Superfunds considerations: the trustee perspective and market outlook // Pensions Superfunds, or DB consolidators, are now an option for trustees and sponsors considering their endgame strategy. In this two-part podcast series, Linklaters and pensions consolidation specialist TPT Retirement Solutions, which is developing a superfund designed to support run-on, explore what superfunds…
Episode 1: Superfunds explained: their purpose, transfers to them and the regulatory landscape // Pensions Superfunds, or DB consolidators, are now an option for trustees and sponsors considering their endgame strategy. In this two-part podcast series, Linklaters and pensions consolidation specialist TPT Retirement Solutions, which is developing a superfund designed to support run-on, explore what…