One year into the new system governing patents in Europe, Judith Krens tells us that the UPC has been a success in unusual and unpredictable ways, and Alessandro Capone says that companies in Germany can expect to face more mass actions because of court digitisation plans. Never miss a story, sign up for business law updates.

Victories for right wing parties in many seats of the European Parliament could spell trouble for some EU green policies, and is likely to boost support for more protectionist trade policy, says Mark Ferguson. Never miss a story, sign up for business law updates.

The EU’s Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) requires companies to reduce environmental and human rights damage, and Laura Ayre explains how it will govern the behaviour of more companies than you might think; and Leo Parkington examines whether the UK’s new self-driving car law will set legal standards for the rest of the world. Never miss a story, sign up for business law updates.

Cerys Wynn-Davies uses a court filing to analyse how AI companies are defending themselves against huge copyright infringement claims, and Luke Scanlon sets out the steps finance firms need to take to stay on the right side of growing finance-specific AI regulation, ahead of delivering training for financial services senior managers. 
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Nearly half the world's population will vote this year in national elections, so Andrew Henderson guides us through how companies can make sure they are heard by brand new governments; and Edward James outlines the challenges South Africa faces with its new anti-corruption law, just weeks after a senior government figure was charged with corruption. Never miss a story, sign up for business law updates.

Valérie van den Berg and David Thorneloe tell us just how big the impact will be of last week’s European ruling that Swizterland’s failure to act on climate change violates citizens’ human rights. Will it spark a wave of new actions in Europe's national courts? Never miss a story, sign up for business law updates.
We examine the impact of this landmark ruling from the European Court of Human Rights, which is binding on all 46 signatories to the European Convention on Human Rights. 
We look at precedents from other national courts, and at how the law has developed to accommodate human rights-based challenges to governments, regulators and even companies based on their action or inaction on climate change mitigation. 
We explore how future challenges might be affected by this ruling.
0:00 Introduction
0:42 News headlines
3:30 Feature on ECHR court rtuling that the Swiss govermnent breaches the human rights of a group of older women by not implementing sufficient climate change mitigation policies. 
6:14 Why this case succeeded
7:05 How a 2019 Dutch case laid the groundwork for this ruling
9:27 Each case needs to be specific about who's been harmed and how
11:51 The impact of the judgement in the 46 signatories to the European Convention on Human Rights
14:09 How the ECHR ruling establish

Katherine Metcalfeoutlines the building safety changes facing the UK construction industry from this week, and Zara West and Neil Keenan explore the impact of proposed changes to company law in Ireland. Never miss a story, sign up for business law updates.

Germany is modernising how arbitration works: Sandra Gröschel guides us through the changes. And Emily Swithenbank explains why a court victory for Aldi's own brand cider could change the way companies protect their food and drink products. Never miss a story, sign up for business law updates.

Blended finance is mobilising hundreds of billions of dollars of private money for sustainable projects but we ask Elaine MacGregor: is it enough? And we find out what a mistake by Air Canada's chatbot tells us about how courts will treat AI systems from Meghan Higgins.
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As we reach the two year anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine Nigel Blundell proposes a construction technique which could help rebuild in that uniquely challenging situation; and Aaron Goonrey navigates Australia's new law allowing employees to disconnect from work.