Linklaters Insights Programme for Spring/Summer 2026

Thursday 14 May 2026, 13:30-14:15 BST (Webinar)

The threat from cyber-attacks is increasing. This is driven by current geopolitical tensions and the power of frontier AI models to identify and exploit vulnerabilities within your systems. Governments and regulators are responding with new cyber security laws to restrict ransomware payments and to make directors responsible for their business’s response to the cyber threat. 

The session will consider: 

• Claude Mythos - What’s new?

• Prompt injections and other risks to your AI chatbots.

• Addressing questions from your Board about new cyber laws.

This webinar will be of interest to: in-house legal, company secretariat, compliance and risk teams supporting senior decision makers.

Speakers: Georgina Kon (Partner) and Peter Church (Counsel)

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Thursday 4 June 2026, 14:00-15:00 BST (In person and virtual)

This panel will examine how artificial intelligence is transforming the public profile of contentious legal disputes and crisis situations — and what that means for those managing legal and reputational risk. Drawing on real-world experience, the discussion will provide practical insight into how scrutiny of contentious matters is evolving and how practitioners can prepare for a more transparent, faster-moving and algorithmically amplified external environment.

Speakers: Elly Proudlock, Charlie Potter (Brunswick Group), Jonathan Browning (Bloomberg News) and Caroline Daniel (Brunswick Group)

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Thursday 4 June 16:30-18:00 BST (in person and virtual)

What begins as an internal HR matter can rapidly escalate into a multi-regulator enforcement action, a criminal prosecution, and employment claims – all running simultaneously, all pulling in different directions, and all carrying reputational stakes. This session explores the fault lines that emerge when these disciplines collide. 

Speakers: Sinead Casey, Elly Proudlock, Clare McMullen and Kate Brader (FTI Consulting)

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Tuesday 9 June 2026, 12:00-13:00 BST (Webinar)

The EU’s Empowering Consumers for the Green Transition Directive significantly tightens the rules around environmental claims, product durability information and the use of broad or generic “green” statements. 

Join experts from our Litigation ESG and consumer fields as they discuss what the directive does – and does not – change, how it fits alongside wider EU and UK action on greenwashing, and where businesses are most likely to feel the impact in practice, from marketing and labelling to customer communications and litigation risk. 

The session is relevant for: in-house legal, compliance, risk, ESG and marketing teams, as well as those responsible for product governance and customer communications.

Speakers: Jessica Radke, Kathrin Bauwens and Iyesogie Igiehon

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Monday 1 June, 12:30-13:30 (Webinar)

Join us for an essential briefing on the seismic shifts in UK employment law that will define the labour market for the next generation. 

This webinar will cut through the complexity of the government's comprehensive overhaul of worker protections, providing clear guidance on the key changes impacting UK businesses and will focus on compliance and risk management. 

This session is not aimed at employment lawyers. It will be of particular interest to in-house legal, risk, and compliance teams.

Speakers: Nick Marshall, Laurie Ollivent and Alice Dunn

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Wednesday 3 June 2026, 11:30-13:00

A discussion of post-closing disputes, including warranty and indemnity claims, earn-outs and completion accounts.

Speakers: Rory Conway, David Thomas, David Rogers (BRG) and Daniella Smith (EMEA General Counsel, Euclid Transactional)

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Wednesday 3 June 2026, 16:30-18:00
An examination of how the FSMA liability regime for issuer misstatements in market disclosures is operating in practice (for which Paul Davies KC, author of the Davies Review of Issuer Liability, is scheduled to join our panel).

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Thursday 11 June, 08:45-10:30 (in person but recording available if unable to attend)

Professor Ed Peel of Oxford University will provide an update on recent developments in contract law for commercial lawyers.

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Wednesday 1 July 2026, 12:30-13:30 (webinar)

A practical deep-dive into the essential legal mechanisms available to protect business interests in today’s increasingly mobile and technology-driven workforce. We will explore robust strategies for safeguarding confidential information and trade secrets. We will also examine the current landscape and proposals for reform for non-competes and other restraints of trade, and discuss the reformed landscape for NDAs and further developments on the horizon. 

This session will be of particular interest to: in-house legal, risk, and compliance teams and their financial advisers.

Speakers: Sinead Casey, Nick Marshall and Beth Parker

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