Insights.

Employment

The cost of arriving unprepared at the first employment mediation meeting

Not attending can cost you the litigation expenses; attending unprepared can cost you your negotiating position.

Disputes

Before suing over a commercial receivable: when is mediation mandatory?

For monetary claims, damages, annulment of objection and negative declaratory actions, mediation must come before court.

Disputes

The debtor objected to the payment order: six months or one year?

The choice between removal of objection and annulment of objection depends on the documents you hold and on timing.

Disputes

Five common mistakes when drafting an arbitration clause

The arbitration clause added as the last article of a contract can become the first one disputed.

Technology

A cyber incident needs a reporting owner.

CRA reporting has begun. Manufacturers placing digital products on the EU market need a working response process.

Technology

Where does an AI agent’s authority end?

Access limits deserve as much attention as model performance in an AI procurement contract.

Retail

Same product. Different price. Which data made the difference?

Maryland’s pricing legislation puts the data behind a personalised offer under scrutiny.

Technology

Before uploading a contract to an AI tool

Confidentiality review starts before the upload button.

Contracts

The model changed. Did the contract keep up?

Track how updates affect scope, data use and permissions.

Contracts

When a supplier reports an incident

Notification content and ownership matter alongside timing.

Technology

A cyber incident file needs the decisions, too

Record what was known when a decision was taken.

Retail

How many purposes sit behind one loyalty checkbox?

Membership, profiling and communications are different activities.

Retail

Five questions before buying a pricing engine

Review inputs, human control and records before deployment.

Data protection

A server address is not a complete data map

Review support access, backups and subprocessors together.

Contracts

Why a data-processing annex needs an early start

The annex should describe the service that will actually be delivered.

Contracts

How will the data come back when the service ends?

Discuss the exit plan when selecting the supplier.

Employment

Biometric attendance: is convenience enough?

The Turkish authority has clarified its approach to biometrics used solely for attendance.

Employment

The employee has left. Has their access?

An offboarding review extends beyond returning the laptop.

Employment

What happens to a CV after recruitment?

Closing the vacancy does not close the data lifecycle.

Employment

Who needs to see an employee’s medical report?

The information needed for an HR task may be narrower than the full document.

Disputes

Before asking for every message in an internal review

Define the review question before collecting the records.

Disputes

The first working document in a commercial dispute

A shared chronology turns scattered correspondence into a usable file.

Disputes

Preparing the information for a settlement discussion

Prepare the calculation, supporting records and decision authority.

Data protection

When a data request reaches the wrong inbox

Routing a request should not depend on a lucky email forward.

Data protection

Do the privacy notice and the screen tell the same story?

Review the notice alongside the actual user journey.

Contracts

What a security certificate cannot tell you

Compare the certificate’s scope with the purchased service.

Corporate

Bringing an AI project to the management table

The decision paper should explain permitted use, not just product capability.

Corporate

Who takes ownership when legal and technology meet?

Data, contracts and incident response cross organisational boundaries.

Commercial and Corporate Law

19 July 2025

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