The Commercial Awareness Compass by AllAboutLaw
The Commercial Awareness Compass by AllAboutLaw helps you build your commercial awareness every week with a beginners, intermediate and advanced breakdown of a story from an expert lawyer and trainee solicitor host.
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Podcasting since 2025 • 59 episodes
The Commercial Awareness Compass by AllAboutLaw
Latest Episodes
The making of a BCLP partner: commercial growth behind the scenes | Commercial Awareness Compass #59
This episode is part one of a two-part podcast series exploring the commercial realities of a law firm, focusing on how firms operate internally, from billables and expectations at each career stage to progression through to partnership.
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Episode 59
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When AI goes too far: Grok, X, and the UK crackdown | Commercial Awareness Compass #58
X (formerly known as Twitter) has come under government scrutiny over Grok, its integrated AI chat and image generation bot, after users generated indecent images of real people, including sexualised images of children. Ofcom and the UK governm...
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Episode 58
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Bid war for Warner Bros: when more money is not the better deal | Commercial Awareness Compass #57
Warner Bros has agreed a binding merger deal with Netflix for its film and streaming business, offering a deal worth $72bn. Shortly after, Paramount returned with a higher bid to acquire the entire Warner Bros group at over $108bn. On paper, th...
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Episode 57
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Clear for takeoff? Heathrow’s contested third runway | Commercial Awareness Compass #56
Heathrow wants a third runway and says it has a shovel ready plan to expand the airfield for around £21 billion, with extra capacity arriving in roughly a decade if it gets the green light. The airport argues that more slots mean more routes, m...
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Episode 56
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Price traps exposed: inside the DMCC’s fight for fair online shopping with Lewis Silkin | Commercial Awareness Compass #55
The Digital Markets Competition and Consumers Act (DMCC 2024) has come into force with powers that reshape how online businesses operate in the UK. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) can now act faster and more decisively, targeting pr...
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Episode 55
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