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  Weil Juniors Risk Being Left Behind In Partner Moves

  By Marialuisa Taddia

  Trainees and junior lawyers at Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP risk being left behind as partners negotiate moves to r...(read more)

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  Aviva Not Liable For Oxford Colleges' COVID Losses

  By Joel Poultney

  A judge ruled on Friday that Aviva Insurance does not have to pay out to a group of University of Oxford college...(read more)

• Irwin Mitchell Beats £1.4M Negligence Claim Over Advice

  By Sophia Dourou

  Irwin Mitchell LLP defeated a negligence claim worth over £1.4 million ($1.9 million) by a finance broker, with a court holding Friday that the law firm was right to advise its former client to settle two meritless claims.

• Property Lawyers Battle Flood Of AI-Generated Claims

  By William Janes

  From landlord-tenant disputes to planning objections and infrastructure judicial reviews, use of generative AI is causing a surge in lengthy, often meritless challenges that real-estate lawyers say are clogging up systems, straining budgets and confusing valid grievances with hallucinated law.

• Meta, X, TikTok Lose Fight Over Ofcom Data Demands

  By Eddie Beaver

  Meta, X and TikTok have lost their challenge against the communications watchdog's demands for data on their content moderation, as a court ruled on Friday that the social media giants had failed to show that the requests were disproportionately burdensome.

• 5 Questions For Pinsent Construction Pro Louise Forster

  By Jamie Lennox

  Louise Forster of the construction disputes team at Pinsent Masons recalls tearing up part of Edinburgh city center as a particularly challenging transport project. Here, she tells Law360 about the complexities of international construction disputes and the evolution of adjudication as a resolution tool.

• Binance Suspends Withdrawals After $6.3B Crypto Heist

  By Tom Fish

  Cryptocurrency giant Binance said Friday that $6.3 billion in digital assets had been stolen in a suspected hack that could be the largest on record.

• Latham Advises On £308M Buy Of National Express Owner

  By Irene Madongo

  Spanish bus operator Autobuses de León SL said Friday it has agreed to buy National Express owner Mobico in a £308 million ($413.5 million) deal that will pull the company off the London Stock Exchange.

• A&O Shearman, CMS Steer Tesco's €1.7B Sale Of EU Cos.

  By Dawood Fakhir

  Grocery giant Tesco said Friday it has agreed to sell its businesses in the Czech Republic and Slovakia to Dutch retailer and wholesaler Ahold Delhaize for a total enterprise value of €1.7 billion ($1.9 billion).

• Tungsten Co. Begins Trading In London After £522M IPO

  By Najiyya Budaly

  Spanish miner Abenójar Tungsten SA began unconditional trading of its shares on the main market of the London Stock Exchange on Friday after an initial public offering valued at £522.2 million ($701.4 million).

• Crypto Privacy Tools Hamper UK Money Laundering Probes

  By Alex Davidson

  Crypto privacy tools are making it harder for U.K. authorities to combat money launderers and sanctions evaders, say lawyers who warn it bodes ill for the Financial Conduct Authority's new crypto regime.

• Weil's Collapse Makes Magic Circle Firms Look Steadier

  By Marialuisa Taddia

  The wave of partner departures from Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP is highlighting the resilience that the Magic Circle's institutional client relationships and broader practices provide elite U.K. firms, even as U.S. rivals offer rainmakers greater earning potential, recruiters and consultants say.

• 'Leadership Vacuum' Preceded Weil's Collapse

  By Daniel Moritz-Rabson and Aebra Coe

  A series of leadership failures and strategic missteps preceded the precipitous downfall of Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP, sources told Law360 Pulse.

• Weil's Demise Sparks Shock, Reflection In The Legal World

  By Alison Knezevich and Andrea Keckley

  The stunning collapse of Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP is the talk of BigLaw this week, as those in the industry grapple with how the powerhouse Wall Street firm could implode so quickly.