David Garfield joins Bloomberg Intelligence to discuss strategies amid global uncertainty

The EU's Cyber Resilience Act introduces mandatory cybersecurity reporting obligations for manufacturers of digital products starting September 2026, requiring notification of actively exploited vulnerabilities and severe incidents within strict timeframes. Companies must establish procedures to identify and report security events to national Computer Security Incident Response Teams, with potential fines reaching €15 million or 2.5% of global turnover for non-compliance.

The European Commission has unveiled a European Innovation Act designed to strengthen the EU's innovation ecosystem by addressing two critical challenges: limited access to finance for IP-rich businesses and fragmented regulatory frameworks across Member States. The proposal introduces measures including a common IP valuation framework, streamlined R&D procurement procedures, and harmonized regulatory sandboxes to help startups and scaleups commercialize their innovations more effectively.

The EU AI Act's transparency rules now require businesses using AI systems to disclose when customers interact with artificial intelligence or encounter AI-generated content.

The EU Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) is an EU product cybersecurity law for connected products (formally, “products with digital elements” under the CRA) commercialized in the EU; it entered into force on 10 December 2024...

The Solicitors Regulation Authority has issued a warning notice on AI misuse in legal practice, clarifying what responsible adoption looks like. While recognizing AI's benefits for document review, drafting, and research, the regulator emphasizes that solicitors remain accountable for their work regardless of the tools used, requiring proper governance, human oversight, and professional judgment to manage risks like hallucinated citations and confidentiality breaches.

Professor Richard Susskind challenges senior in-house legal leaders to rethink AI's role in the legal profession, arguing that while short-term impacts are overestimated, the long-term transformation toward Artificial General Intelligence will fundamentally reshape how legal services are delivered. Can legal departments prepare for a future where AI doesn't just assist lawyers but potentially replaces the traditional advisory model entirely?

On May 8, 2025, the United States and the United Kingdom announced a significant trade agreement aimed at strengthening economic ties between the two nations.

Legal AI has rapidly proliferated across in-house legal teams, appearing in budgets and workflows everywhere, yet a striking gap has emerged between adoption and effective implementation. While nearly every legal department now uses AI tools, only a small fraction has successfully scaled their deployment, and the vast majority cannot determine if their investments are delivering value.

The Football Governance Act 2025 introduces a comprehensive licensing regime requiring all clubs in England's top five divisions to obtain operating licences from the Independent Football Regulator starting in the 2027/28 season. This regulatory framework establishes mandatory requirements for financial planning, corporate governance, fan engagement, and business strategy, fundamentally transforming how football clubs demonstrate their financial soundness and operational sustainability. Clubs must navigate

The trucking sector, responsible for moving nearly three-quarters of all goods in America, is experiencing a fundamental shift as freight capacity contracts due to carrier exits, fleet downsizing, and regulatory pressures. With spot market rates rising above contract rates for the first time since early 2022 and structural driver shortages expected to worsen, shippers who treat this as a temporary cyclical event may find themselves unprepared for sustained rate increases. Understanding the root causes of th

Private credit markets are showing signs of stress, with enterprise software borrowers particularly vulnerable as AI disruption threatens their business models. Four critical warning signals—deteriorating credit health, rising PIK interest, mid-market concentration of defaults, and strategic misalignment with AI—suggest lenders need to shift from passive monitoring to active portfolio management before the 2028 debt maturity wall arrives.

Corporate borrowers across Germany, Austria, and Switzerland face a critical challenge as €151 billion in debt matures in 2027, forcing companies to navigate tighter lending conditions, higher financing costs, and diminishing access to alternative capital sources.

Manufacturing demand is strengthening across the United States, Germany, and China, with new orders climbing and exports recovering to pre-2025 levels.

过去十多年，中国一直是全球奢侈品行业毋庸置疑的...

AlixPartners’ David Owusu-Gyebi, Diane Shaw, Harry Malins, and Sita Sonty wrote this opinion article about how aerospace & defense companies can stake their ground in space infrastructure.

Seasonal hospitality businesses like theme parks, cruise lines, and mountain resorts are breaking attendance records while struggling to staff the experiences those records depend on. Most operators see a hiring problem, but few recognize the deeper workforce crisis hidden behind operational dashboards that show parks opening and ships sailing. The real challenge lies in understanding why labor costs belong on the CEO agenda and what leading operators are doing differently to address specialized shortages,

当全球经济的不确定性演化为持久气候，全球消费者的消费意愿，也正经历一场影响深远的重塑。

Behavioral health providers face mounting pressures from declining reimbursement rates, regulatory complexity, and severe workforce shortages that threaten operational sustainability. While demand for behavioral health services is projected to outpace supply for the next decade, only operators who build lean, efficient models rather than pursue pure expansion will capture the rewards.

中国消费者正重新定义幸福：既要诗和远方的体验，也要钱包安心的保障。唯有真正理解这种理性与感性并存的消费哲学，品牌才能在新时代赢得