Judges in England and Wales are being trained to recognize the use of artificial intelligence in the courtroom, the head of the judiciary said Wednesday, as well as the "threats" that emerging technologies bring to "administrating the delivery of justice."
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UK Judges Being Trained To Spot AI Threats In Courtrooms

By Joanne Faulkner

Judges in England and Wales are being trained to recognize the use of artificial intelligence in the courtroom, the head of the judiciary said Wednesday, as well as the "threats" that emerging technologies bring to "administrating the delivery of justice."

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Visa, Mastercard Win Shot At Overturning Fee Liability Ruling

By Lucia Osborne-Crowley

Visa and Mastercard won their bid for permission to appeal a ruling that found their swipe fee schemes had violated competition rules, with the Competition Appeal Tribunal ruling Tuesday that all the credit card giants' grounds of appeal merit a full hearing.

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Tourism Biz Says Delayed Losses Save $74M Orrick Claim

By William Janes

A Nigerian tourism business fought on Tuesday to save its claim that Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP caused it to lose almost $74 million by negligently advising on an investment deal with private equity giant Carlyle Group.

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Asda Staff Jobs Ruled Comparable In £1.2B Equal Pay Case

By Jamie Lennox

A tribunal has ruled that female staff working in a range of jobs at Asda do similar work to employees at distribution centers, building on a victory for a handful of lead claimants in the £1.2 billion ($1.6 billion) equal pay dispute.

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SECURITIES & BANKING

PE Firm Can't Get Early Win In £50M Software Biz Buyout Case

By William Janes

A private equity firm has lost its bid for an early win in its £50 million ($66.7 million) claim that the previous owner of a software business it acquired breached warranties by incorrectly stating that the company had necessary software licenses.

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COMMERCIAL FRAUD

Mex Group Faces Losses Probe After Dropping £85M Case

By Eddie Beaver

A London court on Tuesday ordered an inquiry into losses allegedly caused by a worldwide asset freeze obtained by Mex Group against two business executives and a financial services company, after the group abandoned its £85 million ($114 million) proceedings underpinning the freeze.

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ARBITRATION

Clyde & Co Can't Block Lawyer From Suing In Dubai

By Hanna Vioque

A London judge has refused to grant Clyde & Co. an injunction preventing a lawyer from suing in Dubai to force the firm to pay his full bonus, concluding it was unlikely that an English arbitration agreement was still valid. 

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INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

Amazon, Google Deny Infringing UK Cloud Computing Patent

By Jamie Lennox

Amazon and Google have denied that their cloud computing services infringe a U.S. company's data processing patent, telling a London court in parallel cases that the patent is not valid.

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Tech Biz Denies Stealing Idea For Ride-Sharing Taxi Software

By Hanna Vioque

A taxi platform has denied a developer's claims that it stole his idea for taxi software, arguing that its tool that optimizes ride-sharing existed seven years before he shared his competing concept with the U.K.'s innovation agency. 

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TAX

Barclays Defends £800M Deduction For Financial Crisis Debt

By Josh White

Barclays Bank defended its tax treatment of £3 billion ($4 billion) in debt instruments issued during the financial crisis, telling the U.K. Upper Tribunal on Tuesday that £800 million should be deductible as a debit arising from a loan.

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EMPLOYMENT & BENEFITS

Traffic Biz Denies Wrongly Refusing Sacked Director £400K

By Eddie Beaver

The owner of a traffic-management business has denied it forced out a former director, saying it was entitled to refuse him £400,000 ($535,000) in share-sale payments after his departure for gross misconduct, including that he took illegal drugs at a client event.

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Brief

Law Firm Must Pay Ex-Solicitor £4K Over Contract Breaches

By Hanna Vioque

An employment tribunal has ordered a boutique law firm for entrepreneurs to pay £3,885 ($5,185) to a solicitor it let go without providing him with his notice pay or holiday pay, alongside another contract breach. 

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LEGAL ETHICS & MALPRACTICE

Final Lawyer Cleared Over Daily Mail Immigration Sting

By Ashish Sareen

A tribunal has cleared a solicitor of misconduct after he was accused of encouraging an undercover reporter posing as a client to make up a false narrative to support an application for asylum in the U.K.

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LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

11 South Square

3 Verulam Buildings

4 New Square

8 New Square

A&O Shearman

Addleshaw Goddard

Blackstone Chambers

Brick Court Chambers

Browne Jacobson LLP

Clyde & Co

Cooke Young

Fountain Court Chambers

Fox Williams

Freshfields

Gordons LLP

HSF Kramer

Hailsham Chambers

Harcus Parker

Jones Day

Kings Chambers

Leigh Day

Linklaters LLP

Milbank LLP

Mishcon de Reya

Monckton Chambers

Old Square Chambers

One Essex Court

Orrick Herrington

Outer Temple Chambers

Scott&Scott

Shoosmiths LLP

Stephenson Harwood

Taylor Wessing

Three New Square

gunnercooke LLP

COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Amazon.com Inc.

Barclays PLC

Google LLC

International Business Machines Corp.

LinkedIn Corp.

MasterCard Inc.

Microsoft Corp.

Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal

Solicitors Regulation Authority Ltd.

Tesco Corp.

The Carlyle Group Inc.

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Competition Appeal Tribunal

HM Revenue & Customs

UK First-tier Tribunal

UK High Court

UK Upper Tribunal