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  US Musicians And Actors Say UK Breached Royalties Treaties

  By Ronan Barnard

  Trade unions representing U.S. actors and musicians urged a London court Tuesday to reverse secondary legislatio...(read more)

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  Gov't Will End Jury Trials For Complex Financial Crime Cases

  By William Janes

  The government confirmed on Tuesday that it plans to get rid of jury trials for the most complex fraud and finan...(read more)

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• Jorja Smith's Label Wants Royalties From Viral AI Hit

  By Hanna Vioque

  The independent music label of British R&B singer Jorja Smith wants the producer of a viral artificial intelligence-generated track to hand over a share of his profits to Smith and her songwriters after copying her vocals, the label claims, writing in an Instagram post, "We cannot allow this to be the new normal."

• Tech Co. Sues Home Office Over £138M Asylum IT Contract

  By Joanne Faulkner

  A technology company has sued the Home Office over claims it acted unlawfully when deciding who would receive a £138 million ($182 million) contract to run the IT system for processing immigration applications.

• BoE Cuts Bank Capital Requirements To Boost Lending

  By Alex Davidson

  The Bank of England cut the highest-quality capital requirements for lenders on Tuesday in a move to free up the sector to lend money more easily to consumers and businesses.

• 5 Questions For RPC Partner Dan Wyatt

  By Alex Davidson

  The Financial Conduct Authority has recently warned that banks must do more to stop romance scams in which victims send money to fraudsters who have created false relationships with them — but it's easier said than done.

• FCA Censures Bookkeepers' Body For AML Oversight Failings

  By Alex Davidson

  The Financial Conduct Authority said Tuesday it has censured the Institute of Certified Bookkeepers for serious deficiencies in its anti-money-laundering supervision, its first enforcement action against a professional body supervisor.

• Spain, Zimbabwe Urge Top UK Court To Ax Arbitration Awards

  By Ronan Barnard

  Spain and Zimbabwe urged the U.K.'s highest court Monday to throw out a ruling that they could not use state immunity to dodge enforcement of multimillion-dollar arbitration awards, saying they had not explicitly waived immunity in the international agreement.

• AmTrust Fights Sompo For £59M At Trial Over Legal Funding

  By Sophia Dourou

  AmTrust argued on the first day of trial on Monday that the insurer of two defunct law firms is liable to pay it £59 million ($78 million), in the latest development in the battle of who should cover the costs of a failed litigation-funding scheme.

• Brett Wilson Denies Mishandling Ex-IT Exec's Defense

  By Hanna Vioque

  Brett Wilson has rejected claims that it provided negligent advice and failed to properly defend a former chief technology officer in criminal and civil proceedings over a cyberattack at his employer.

• Judicial Proceedings Immunity Can't Stop Whistleblower Claim

  By Eddie Beaver

  A London appeals court revived on Monday a former charity worker's claim that his employer launched arbitration proceedings against him in retaliation for blowing the whistle on alleged verbal and physical abuse of staff.

• Credit Suisse Charged With Laundering Over Tuna Bond Case

  By William Janes

  Swiss prosecutors have charged UBS and Credit Suisse over alleged money laundering failures linked to the transfer of almost $7.9 million as part of a corrupt $2 billion scheme to tie Mozambique into loans to finance a tuna fishing fleet.

• Director Pleads Guilty To International Aircraft Parts Fraud

  By Christopher Crosby

  A director of an aircraft parts supply company pled guilty at a London criminal court on Monday to charges of falsifying equipment certification documents in a scare that caused airlines to ground planes around the world over safety fears.

• Unfair Dismissal U-Turn Not A 'Get-Out Clause' For Employers

  By Adele Redmond

  Employers should fine-tune their performance management procedures and consider shorter probationary periods for their staff, lawyers have said after the government U-turned on its policy of protection against unfair dismissal from the first day in a new job.