Shareholder activism resulting in unseating three directors at a Fortune 10 company. A key court decision on climate change. Progress on a sweeping EU Directive on Corporate Due Diligence and Corporate Accountability¹, and new laws passed in Norway and Germany, addressing broad environmental, social, and governance ('ESG') and human rights mandatory due diligence and corporate accountability. Building on an ESG Task Force at the US Securities and Exchange Commission ('SEC') launched in March, legislation that just passed the US House of Representatives which, if passed by the Senate (challenging) and enacted, would increase public company ESG disclosures. Tara Giunta and Quinn Dang, Partner and Associate respectively at Paul Hastings LLP, unpack the evolving ESG landscape and considerations for organisations.

The legal challenges presented by wearable tech undoubtedly require a multifaceted and nuanced approach. Following on from Part 2 of this series, Saba Samanian, Associate at Norton Rose Fulbright, discusses how to actively involve innovators in making such technologies privacy friendly.

In recent years, digital transformation has disrupted the traditional models of education. New methods have emerged for educating students, researchers, professors, educationists, and remote learners across the globe, regardless of territorial and geographical boundaries. The bulk of this frequent transmission of knowledge through well designed learning applications is referred to as Education Technology ('Edtech'). Ololade Oloniyo, Data Privacy Practitioner and Convener at IP Law Discourse, discusses data protection considerations for the Edtech industry and the business value of privacy for Edtech companies.