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  Courts Bill Progresses To Showdown Over Jury Trials

  By Christopher Crosby

  Lawmakers voted Tuesday to go ahead with the government's courts bill amid warnings from rebellious MPs that con...(read more)

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  EU Lawmakers Back New Copyright Rules For AI Development

  By Jamie Lennox

  The European Parliament backed proposals on Tuesday that could require artificial intelligence developers across...(read more)

• Legal & General To Start Record £1.2B Shares Buyback

  By Tom Fish

  Legal & General Group PLC said Wednesday it will begin a £1.2 billion ($1.6 billion) shares buyback, the largest in its history, as the British insurer and asset manager moves to return surplus capital to shareholders while reshaping its business.

• Short Film Co. Bids To Flip YouTube 'Shorts' Loss

  By Ronan Barnard

  A distributor of short films urged a London appellate court on Tuesday to overturn a ruling that Google LLC had not infringed on its "shorts" trademarks, arguing that the judge had wrongly analyzed the term's generally understood meanings.

• Odey 'Violated' Ethics Over Sex Misconduct Probe, FCA Says

  By Sophia Dourou

  Crispin Odey "repeatedly violated" ethical rules for those working in financial services by frustrating an internal investigation into his sexual misconduct, the Financial Conduct Authority told the first day of an appeal hearing on Tuesday.

• PlayStation Users Say Sony Made Them 'Captives' In £5B Trial

  By Lucia Osborne-Crowley

  Sony has a "total grip" on the digital PlayStation market, lawyers representing millions of gamers said Tuesday at the opening of a £5 billion ($6.7 billion) class action against the tech giant, arguing it had made them "captives" of the brand and allowed Sony to raise prices and quash competition.

• Google, Epic Games Settle Play Store Fortnite Removal Fight

  By William Janes

  Google has reached a settlement over claims that it engaged in anticompetitive conduct by dropping the popular Fortnite video game from its Play Store after the game's maker, Epic Games, launched its own app payment system.

• Lawyers March On Parliament To Fight For Jury Trials

  By Tom Fish

  Lawyers marched to Parliament on Tuesday to urge the prime minister to shelve plans to restrict jury trials in England and Wales, warning that it would undermine a fundamental safeguard of the justice system while doing little to reduce delays in courtrooms.

• UK Publishers To Collectively License Works To AI Developers

  By Jamie Lennox

  A collecting society for publishers invited its members on Tuesday to join a scheme that will collectively license published works to artificial intelligence developers in exchange for payment.

• Sony's £5B Market Abuse Trial Will Test Limit Of CPO Regime

  By Lucia Osborne-Crowley

  A £5 billion ($6.7 billion) collective action against Sony opens on Tuesday in a trial that lawyers say will provide a crucial indication of how the Competition Appeal Tribunal will analyze claims of market abuse against Big Tech companies.

• UPC Asks Top EU Court To Rule On Extra-Territorial Reach

  By Alex Baldwin

  The Unified Patent Court has asked the European Union's top court to clarify when companies outside the court's jurisdiction may be targeted in infringement claims, as the new patents court looks to test the limits of the forum.

• Odey Trial To Test FCA's Personal Conduct Clampdown

  By Lucia Osborne-Crowley

  Former hedge fund boss Crispin Odey will attempt to overturn his financial services ban on Tuesday, in a legal challenge that experts say will test the Financial Conduct Authority's ability to sanction executives for allegedly private conduct.

• Legal AI Adopters Say Strategy, Not Software, Drives Results

  By Marialuisa Taddia

  Early adopters of legal AI in law firms and in-house teams say success depends less on the tool than on things, including measurable savings and portability across models to avoid lock-in, as many teams still grapple with how to deploy the fast-growing technology.

• Home Office Sets Out Anti-Fraud Rule Changes For Crypto

  By Alex Davidson

  The Home Office set out on Monday a plan to combat cryptocurrency and investment scams and money laundering by international financial crime groups, and said it will make regulatory changes.