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  AI Reshapes Junior Lawyer Roles In Training and Hiring

  By Marialuisa Taddia

  Artificial intelligence is forcing law firms in the U.K. and elsewhere to rethink how junior lawyers are trained...(read more)

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  FCA Unveils £7.5B Motor Finance Redress Scheme

  By Alex Davidson

  The Financial Conduct Authority said Monday that it would go ahead with a £7.5 billion ($9.9 billion) motor fina...(read more)

• 4 Firms Advise On McCormick's $44.8B Unilever Foods Buy

  By Al Barbarino

  McCormick & Company Inc. said Tuesday it has agreed to acquire Unilever's foods business at a $44.8 billion value to create a global ingredients powerhouse, in a deal steered by four law firms.

• Squire Patton Appoints Andrew Wilkinson As European Chief

  By Ashish Sareen

  Squire Patton Boggs LLP on Tuesday named a senior commercial lawyer in its London office as European managing partner for the next three years.

• FRC Issues Guidance For Audit Firms On Use Of Generative AI

  By Dawood Fakhir

  Britain's accounting regulator issued guidelines for audit firms on Monday outlining how they can benefit from generative and agentic artificial intelligence tools as well as cut associated risks to improve the quality and efficiency of audit work.

• Apple Unit Hit With Fine Over Breach Of Russian Sanctions

  By Eddie Beaver

  A subsidiary of Apple has been fined £390,000 ($515,000) for instructing a bank to make two payments to a Russian developer of apps, the U.K. sanctions enforcer revealed on Monday.

• Solicitor Wins £45K After Proving Race Led To Dismissal

  By Jamie Lennox

  A solicitor has won £45,400 ($60,000) after a tribunal ruled that an immigration services business racially discriminated against her when it fired her without any notice.

• UK Regulators To Target Poor Motor Finance Claims Practices

  By Alex Davidson

  The Financial Conduct Authority said Monday that it has launched a joint taskforce with the Solicitors Regulation Authority and other regulators to tackle poor handling of claims for motor finance compensation by some claims management companies and law firms.

• Iran Conflict Could Spur Wave Of Contract Disputes In UK

  By Joanne Faulkner

  The U.S.-Israel war with Iran could trigger a wave of complex commercial disputes in England similar to that seen after COVID-19 and the invasion of Ukraine, according to lawyers who say they are already being tapped by clients for advice over the evolving conflict.

• DLA Piper's London Office Managing Partner To Leave Firm

  By Ashish Sareen

  The managing partner of DLA Piper's office in London is set to depart as a partnership vote looms on changing the structure of the firm.

• SFO Backs Conviction After Finding Undisclosed Material

  By Christopher Crosby

  The Serious Fraud Office said Friday that it has uncovered material that it should have disclosed to a defendant before their trial but that the evidence, found in a historical review of cases, did not undermine their conviction.

• Estée Lauder TM Fight Shows Pitfalls Of Eponymous Brands

  By Alex Baldwin

  Celebrities looking to cash out by selling their own-name brands are effectively handing over the rights to the use of their names for marketing, and could potentially scupper any future ventures, experts say.

• Oligarch Fights To Reopen Tossed $14B Asset-Stripping Claim

  By William Janes

  Imprisoned oligarch Ziyavudin Magomedov asked a London appeals court on Friday to revive his $14 billion claim that he was the victim of a Russian state-led conspiracy to strip his assets in two major port operators.

• Celebs Focus On PI Fees In Daily Mail Privacy Trial Closing

  By Ronan Barnard

  Daily Mail journalists "habitually commissioned" private investigators to procure information using unlawful methods, Prince Harry, Elton John and other public figures suing the newspaper publisher have said in closing arguments at the trial in London.