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  6 Lessons From Urban Splash's £46M Building Safety Loss

  By William Janes

  The government's test-case victory over Urban Splash offers a template for recovering publicly funded repair cos...(read more)

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  Met Probes David Walliams Over Sexual Offense Allegations

  By Christopher Crosby

  U.K. police opened a criminal investigation into David Walliams on Friday over "serious sexual offenses" followi...(read more)

• NDAs Back In The Crosshairs After Brand, Walliams Scandals

  By Adele Redmond

  Ministers are considering additional curbs on the use of non-disclosure agreements after allegations of sexual misconduct were made against David Walliams and Russell Brand was given a prison sentence.

• 4 Questions For Macfarlanes' Private Capital Real Estate Head

  By Tom Fish

  Assets such as data centers and digital infrastructure are proving resilient to economic and geopolitical volatility, Victoria Hills of Macfarlanes says. Hills talks here to Law360 about the biggest opportunities for property and how changing financing conditions are reshaping deals.

• Microsoft Outage Could Trigger New Biz Interruption Disputes

  By Martin Croucher

  The global Microsoft 365 outage on Friday is likely to lead to as much as $500 million in insured losses, experts say, but complex litigation over insurance cover for the disruption caused could emerge.

• 'Busybody' Charity Blocked From Intervening In Google Case

  By Joanne Faulkner

  The competition tribunal has branded a consumer organization a "gratuitous busybody" after it sought to intervene in 14 cases, rejecting its remaining bid to take part in a proposed collective action against Google.

• FBI Seizes $1.2B In Crypto Tied To Binance Heist

  By Dorothy Atkins

  The FBI has seized more than $1.2 billion of cryptocurrency recently stolen from the world's largest crypto exchange, Binance, according to an FBI statement Thursday — the same day Binance announced that it has replaced all assets stolen in the heist.

• No Extra License Required To Put Content In Cloud, ECJ Rules

  By Alex Baldwin

  The European Union's top court has held that users of online content-sharing platforms do not need to seek explicit permission from rights owners to reproduce copyrighted material if they have already secured rights to make the material public.

• Weil's 1,000 Staff Face 'Absorption' Issue In Hunt For Roles

  By Daniel Moritz-Rabson

  As the approximately 1,000 professional staff members at Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP look for new roles, they're likely to encounter a more difficult job market than the firm's attorneys, recruiters told Law360 Pulse.

• Architects Face Liability Risks Over AI Design Reliance

  By Joel Poultney

  The growing use of artificial intelligence technology by architects is complicating questions of liability and changing how professional indemnity insurers judge risk in the sector, legal experts say.

• Trader Accused Of Hacking Can Appeal Extradition To US

  By Robbie Kalus

  A British trader was given leave on Thursday to appeal against his extradition to the United States, where federal prosecutors want him on hacking charges.

• FCA Proposes Fee Cap Relief To Expand Pension Investments

  By Joel Poultney

  The Financial Conduct Authority proposed reforms on Thursday that would give pension providers greater freedom to invest in a wider range of assets in its broader bid to improve value for retirement savers.

• Ex-Kingsley Napley Pro Gets 3-Year Ban For Groping Trainee

  By Sophia Dourou

  A former legal director at Kingsley Napley LLP was suspended for three years by a tribunal Thursday for groping a trainee while having what he called an "alcoholic blackout" at a Christmas work party.

• Baltic Says Mercuria's Hormuz Claim Masks Trading Mistakes

  By Joanne Faulkner

  Baltic Exchange accused Mercuria in closing arguments at the High Court on Thursday of trying to escape the consequences of a failed trading strategy by challenging a freight benchmark that it says was reliable despite disruption in the Strait of Hormuz.