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  Linklaters Helps Metro Bank Puts Itself Up For Sale

  By Dawood Fakhir

  The board of Metro Bank said Thursday that it has begun a formal sale process to seek and assess potential offer...(read more)

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  Commercial Lease Reforms Could Ease Pitfalls For Landlords

  By William Janes

  A plan to overhaul decades-old commercial lease and tenancy laws mean generational reforms that would "take away...(read more)

• 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 who groped a trainee while having an "alcoholic blackout" at a Christmas work party before placing her hand on his erect penis was suspended for three years by a tribunal Thursday.

• UK Ready For The Main Stage With Design Reform Plan

  By Alex Baldwin

  The government's proposed overhaul of its design framework could make the country a significantly more attractive jurisdiction for technology-driven companies seeking to protect their intellectual property, lawyers say.

• UK Human Rights Plans Could Bolster Claims With Paper Trail

  By Joanne Faulkner

  Plans by the government to force large companies to tackle human rights abuses in their operations and supply chains could expose businesses to more litigation by creating a paper trail of what they knew and how they responded, lawyers say.

• Getty Says AI Training Abroad Breached Copyright

  By Sophia Dourou

  Getty Images told the Court of Appeal on Wednesday that Stability AI Ltd. infringed its copyright by training its artificial intelligence model on its protected works, in a case with potentially far-reaching consequences for generative models.

• Treasury Denies Pre-Budget Bank Tax Leak As Probe Opened

  By Tom Fish

  HM Treasury officials denied on Wednesday that they had briefed lenders or their representatives about changes to the bank corporation tax surcharge before the chancellor delivered his Budget statement in October.

• Taylor Wessing, Stephenson Harwood End Merger Talks

  By Marialuisa Taddia

  Stephenson Harwood and Taylor Wessing said Wednesday that they have agreed not to pursue a potential merger following initial discussions.

• Reuters Sues Ex-Directors For $35M Over 'Inflated' Ad Sales

  By Joel Poultney

  Thomson Reuters has sued the former directors of an insurance news organization for $34.5 million, claiming that the publisher of "The Insurer" inflated advertising sales before the media giant bought the outlet in 2024.

• AI Creates Heightened Risk Of Market Abuse In Banks

  By Alex Davidson

  Recent findings by the Financial Conduct Authority of weak oversight of artificial intelligence by wholesale banks expose how failings generated by AI tools could develop into risks of market abuse, lawyers and experts warned.

• EasyJet Shareholders Back £5.7B Apollo Takeover

  By Najiyya Budaly

  Shareholders in U.K. budget airline easyJet approved a takeover by asset manager Apollo worth approximately £5.7 billion ($7.6 billion) on Wednesday, despite opposition from employee groups.

• Care Workers Fired For Refusing COVID Vax Say UK Is Liable

  By Adele Redmond

  More than 100 care home workers argued to the Court of Appeal on Tuesday that the U.K. government is liable for discrimination after their employers fired them for refusing the COVID-19 vaccine.