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  FCA Poised To Crack Down On Industry-Wide AI Failings

  By Alex Davidson

  The Financial Conduct Authority is poised to crack down in supervision and enforcement on industry-wide failings...(read more)

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  Gov't Says Bouygues Sued Too Late Over £18B School Deal

  By Eddie Beaver

  The government told a court Tuesday that a claim from Bouygues (UK) Ltd. alleging that the Department for Educat...(read more)

• Gender-Critical Teacher Appeals Firing For Trans Pronoun Use

  By Adele Redmond

  A teacher fired for refusing to use a transgender student's preferred name and pronouns argued on appeal Tuesday that a judge "impermissibly narrowed" the teacher's claim that he was discriminated against for holding gender-critical beliefs.

• Google Cloud Outage Hits Banks, Halts Court Hearings

  By Isabel Jackson

  Trials and court hearings were disrupted Tuesday by a Google Cloud outage that hit the courts' video system, which is used for remote hearings.

• Huawei Loses 5G SEP Infringement Case At UPC

  By Jamie Lennox

  The Unified Patent Court on Tuesday dismissed Huawei's claim that a Nokia-linked phonemaker infringed its essential 5G patent in Europe, ruling instead that certain parts of the patent are invalid. 

• Virgin Media Owners Ask CMA To Revisit UK Fiber Biz Deal

  By Najiyya Budaly

  The owners of Virgin Media O2 called on Britain's competition authority on Tuesday to reconsider its objection to their proposed $2.7 billion acquisition of Substantial Group after the government handed a free pass to allow BT to rescue TalkTalk.

• Freshfields Sorry After Emailed Remark On Mideast Funds

  By Marialuisa Taddia

  Freshfields LLP apologized on Monday "unreservedly" for a comment about Middle Eastern investors after a leaked email exchange between the firm's global managing partner and another senior lawyer at the firm revealed plans by the firm's leadership to spin off its German-based AI unit.

• Clashes Over Unions' Access Right To Hinge On Intrusiveness

  By Adele Redmond

  A new right for unions to have regular access to workplaces is likely to spur disputes over the extent to which their presence affects an employer's business — and whether that intrusion is justified, lawyers say.

• UK Law Firms See AI Gains But Few Turn Them Into Profit

  By Marialuisa Taddia

  Almost two-thirds of the U.K.'s top 100 law firms have implemented artificial intelligence, but fewer than one in 10 report financial benefits, according to a new report from PwC.

• Renters' Rights Act Could Spur Landlord-Tenant Disputes

  By William Janes

  Reforms to the Renters' Rights Act, including the abolition of "no-fault" evictions and changes to rent challenges and succession rules, are expected to strengthen protection for tenants but could also fuel more landlord-tenant disputes, lawyers have warned.

• Allens-Led EQT Reaches $6.5B Deal To Acquire Cleanaway

  By Dawood Fakhir

  Swedish investment business EQT said Monday that it has signed a definitive agreement to buy Australian waste management company Cleanaway for approximately 9.3 billion Australian dollars ($6.5 billion).

• FCA Plans 'Agentic' Shift To AI-Powered Supervision

  By Tom Fish

  The Financial Conduct Authority said Monday that it plans to become an "agentic regulator," using artificial intelligence to automate more of its supervisory work, analyze the activities of regulated companies and intervene more quickly when it identifies potential problems.

• Uber Defeats £340M Claim From UK Cab Drivers

  By Joanne Faulkner

  Uber defeated claims worth an estimated £340 million ($453 million) brought by drivers of London black cabs and former minicab businesses on Monday, as a High Court judge ruled that they had waited too long to challenge the company's allegedly unlawful operations.

• Litigation Funders' Retreat Signals Shift To Private Credit

  By Marialuisa Taddia

  Litigation Capital Management has become the latest funder to stop backing new cases, but its retreat might reflect a shift in how investors finance legal claims rather than waning interest in the sector.