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  UK Urges Employers To Assess Pay-Gap Risk And Set Targets

  By Adele Redmond

  The government is urging employers to publish "action plans" for narrowing their gender pay gaps and supporting ...(read more)

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  SRA Slammed For Failing SSB Clients In Rare Rebuke

  By Marialuisa Taddia

  The Legal Services Board said Thursday that it has issued an official public reprimand to the solicitors' regula...(read more)

• Meta Agrees To Let Rival AI Bots On WhatsApp In Europe

  By Matthew Perlman

  Meta Platforms will let rival artificial intelligence providers back on its WhatsApp service in Europe for a fee for the next year, after enforcers threatened to impose restrictive measures as part of an antitrust investigation, the company confirmed Thursday.

• Shakespeare Martineau Beats £1.3M Divorce Negligence Case

  By William Janes

  A former client of Shakespeare Martineau LLP has lost her bid to revive a £1.3 million ($1.7 million) negligence case over advice given to her by the firm's predecessor about a divorce settlement, as an appeals court ruled on Thusday that she brought her claim too late.

• BAT Sued By Investors Over North Korean Sanctions Breach

  By Christopher Crosby

  Investors have sued British American Tobacco in England over the cigarette company's failure to disclose information about its activities in North Korea, which led to it paying U.S. authorities hundreds of millions of dollars for violating sanctions.

• Simmons & Simmons Tackles AI Privilege Risks In New Guide

  By Marialuisa Taddia

  Simmons & Simmons said Thursday that it has published new guidance for clients and other law firms on preserving legal privilege when lawyers use generative artificial intelligence, following recent rulings on the issue in the U.S. and U.K.

• Addison Lee Drivers Seek £20M After Worker Status Win

  By Jamie Lennox

  Lawyers at Leigh Day have estimated that Addison Lee taxi drivers could win more than £20 million ($26.7 million) in total compensation after convincing a tribunal that they hold worker status under U.K. employment law.

• US Filmmakers Can't Cash In On Dutch Broadcasts

  By Jamie Lennox

  A Dutch court blocked filmmakers in the U.S. from claiming payment for broadcasts of their work in the Netherlands, ruling Wednesday that the writers and directors routinely assign their copyrights to film studios under U.S. law.

• Arbitration Awards Outdo State Immunity, Top UK Court Rules

  By Lucia Osborne-Crowley

  Spain and Zimbabwe lost their bids on Wednesday to use state immunity to escape arbitration awards as the U.K. Supreme Court upheld judgments against the two nations, ruling that state immunity does not apply to the enforcement of investor-state arbitration awards.

• Spies Targeted Hong Kong Dissidents In UK, Prosecutors Say

  By Sophia Dourou

  Two men accused of spying for China carried out "shadow policing operations" that targeted Hong Kong dissidents living in Britain, a prosecutor told the opening of a criminal trial on Wednesday.

• Ex-Entain Execs Can't Fight Privacy Claim Against Watchdog

  By Christopher Crosby

  Two former betting company executives were denied permission on Wednesday to challenge a decision to dismiss their privacy claims against Britain's gambling regulator as a judge said that a redacted version of her judgment would be published before their bribery trial. 

• Fish Producers Say £382M Cartel Claim Not Worth The Payout

  By William Janes

  A group of fish producers accused of artificially inflating salmon prices fought to block a £382 million ($510 million) class action on behalf of U.K. consumers on Wednesday, arguing that potential damages for each consumer would be too low to be worthwhile.

• Police Federation Officials Held On Suspicion Of Corruption

  By Christopher Crosby

  Three serving and former senior members of the national body that represents police in England and Wales were arrested on Wednesday on suspicion of corruption over allegations of financial wrongdoing.

• FCA Plans 3-Month Prep For Motor Finance Redress

  By Alex Davidson

  The Financial Conduct Authority said Wednesday that it would streamline the claims process and set a three-month period for businesses to get their systems ready to handle complaints and requests for compensation under its motor finance redress program.