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Online safety: the next wave of regulation

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Supersectors: lessons from Britain’s comparative advantages for a 2025 UK trade and industrial strategy

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Delivering Warm Homes: The plan for a Labour Government

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Accelerating the delivery of clean electricity: Five focus areas to deliver on the UK's Clean Energy Mission for 2030

After the Summit, what next for regulating generative AI?

In a special episode of the podcast, Conan D'Arcy and members of the GC team in London, Brussels and Washington, DC reflect on the outcomes of the AI Safety Summit...

Global Month Ahead: The APEC Summit, COP 28, elections in the Netherlands

On this month’s episode, Associate Director Isabelle Trick is joined by Senior Associate Ross Nugent, Practice Director Lorna Ritchie, and Senior Associate Alexander van der Wusten to discuss the APEC...

Unravelling the Judicial Review Debate: Big Tech's battle over appeals thresholds

On the latest episode of Top in Tech, host Conan D'Arcy is joined by GC digital competition expert Bart Myners to outline and evaluate the dividing lines over rumoured changes...

What can we expect from the UK's AI Safety Summit next week?

Megan Stagman, Director for TMT at Global Counsel, standing in for the usual host for this podcast, Conan D’Arcy, is joined by Theresa Duemchen, Associate to talk us through what...

Regulating Generative AI

Over the decade in which Global Counsel has analysed global technology policy, Artificial Intelligence (AI) has persisted as the regulatory challenge with the greatest resonance both to the technology sector...

Data Protection Commissioner for Ireland, Helen Dixon, on GDPR enforcement and reform

On the latest episode of Top in Tech, Conan D'Arcy is joined by Data Protection Commissioner for Ireland, Helen Dixon, who has been at the centre of the debate over...

Doing more for less: How could the UK government benefit from greater use of technology?

Following Labour Party Conference where digitisation of the public sector was discussed widely, Conan D'Arcy is joined by Poppy Woodcock to discuss Global Counsel's recent report on digital transformation. This...

The battle over online speech and editorial control heads to the US Supreme Court

Conan D'Arcy is joined by Ugonma Nwankwo to discuss the Supreme Court’s decision to review social media laws passed in Texas and Florida and the implications of the case on...

The challenges and opportunities facing global businesses operating in China

In a bonus episode, Keith Zhai, Senior Adviser and former journalist reporting on the interplay of China's internal politics and its global interactions, and Stephen Adams, Senior Director, cover what...

The IRA and GDIP: Much more than just a subsidy war

The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) has fired the starting gun on what is likely to be a new era of industrial policy around the green transition and, set alongside the...

Global Month Ahead: UK party conference season, IMF and World Bank annual meetings, European Council Summit

On this month’s episode, Associate Director Isabelle Trick is joined by UK Director Alex Dawson, Senior Practice Director Thomas Gratowski, and Associate Olga Henkele, to discuss the UK party conference...

The Online Safety Bill: now it's through Parliament, what's next?

With the Online Safety Bill finally through Parliament, Conan D'Arcy is joined by Josh Bates to discuss the next steps for this legislation, and what stages remain before the regime...

The next European Political Cycle

2024 will see many of the current set of Commissioners change, potentially a new Commission President, a new European Parliament and certainly a new President of the European Council. This...

European Data Protection Supervisor, Wojciech Wiewiórowski, on GDPR 2.0 and the future of AI regulation

On the latest episode of Top in Tech, Conan D'Arcy is joined by European Data Protection Supervisor, Wojciech Wiewiórowski, for a wide-ranging conversation on GDPR enforcement, the potential reform of...

The shifting dynamics between US Republicans and the tech industry

Among many disruptive shifts in US politics over the last decade, the relationship between Republicans and Big Tech has been part of a wider shift in Republican positioning that includes...

Thoughts on domestic policy implications of a second Trump presidency

It is an improbable statement to consider: “Donald Trump, defying political wisdom yet again, as well as four separate criminal indictments related to his actions during his first term, was...

What the DOJ’s antitrust case against Google means for the future of the tech industry

This week, a landmark antitrust case between the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) antitrust division and Google began, marking the most significant legal challenge to a tech monopoly since the DOJ...

Doing more for less: how can the UK government transform its use of data?

The last few years have had a transformative effect on the UK public sector. The pandemic exacerbated existing inefficiencies and highlighted a lack of digital and data-led systems across Whitehall...