Lily Squires

The US imposes forced-labour tariffs on 60 countries, the UK–India trade agreement enters into force, and China adds EU entities to its export control list – plus other major trade and customs changes from July.

More than half of employees have quit over a bad manager. Legal, HR and compliance teams need a way to spot when an abrasive management style tips into a legal risk.

Businesses can face significant penalties when employees delete relevant evidence. Legal teams must recognise when preservation duties arise and ensure that modern communication channels are captured before data disappears.

Trump’s social media posts can move markets without becoming policy. Experts explain how companies can assess legal authority, executive orders, agency directions and business exposure to decide when to monitor, prepare or act.

More than a quarter of HR decision makers are using AI to screen CVs. The legal risk depends on whether the tool is formatting a document, recommending a candidate or making the decision itself.

Employees are increasingly willing to challenge corporate decisions in public. Legal teams need to distinguish principled disagreement from conduct that disrupts delivery, creates security exposure or undermines trust.

Kristian Hall, senior legal counsel at Infront, discusses why “perfection is the enemy of good” when working as a lawyer at a start-up, protecting integrity amid sport's rapid commercialisation, and how AI will reshape sports and media law.

Infront Sports legal counsel Kristian Hall explains why in-house lawyers must prioritise commercial risk, build integrity protections into governance frameworks and prepare for AI to reshape sports and media law.

US drone and polysilicon tariffs, tighter Chinese drone export controls, and new UK duty suspensions – plus other major developments from last month.

Monitoring data can support findings of underperformance, provided it measures an agreed element of the role, is tested against other evidence and is used through a fair and proportionate process.