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  Spanish Travel Tech Biz To Buy Biometrics Co. For €1.2B

  By Tom Fish

  Spain's Amadeus said Wednesday it plans to acquire Idemia Public Security, a French biometrics firm, for €1.2 bi...(read more)

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  Ropes & Gray Bets AI Will Fuel More Work — And Junior Jobs

  By Marialuisa Taddia

  Ropes & Gray is betting that artificial intelligence means more work rather than fewer lawyers and is increasing...(read more)

• Keystone Law's Revenue Hits Record-Breaking £115M

  By Ashish Sareen

  Keystone Law reported Wednesday that its revenue has hit a record-breaking £115 million ($155.4 million) and profits soared as it delivered another year of strong performance amid sustained demand for its services and growth in lawyer numbers.

• 2 Firms Steer Kone's €29.4B Deal For Germany's TK Elevator

  By Najiyya Budaly

  Finnish elevator engineering heavyweight Kone will buy TK Elevator GmbH in a cash and stock deal that values the German rival at €29.4 billion ($34 billion), the companies said Wednesday.

• Avanci Urges Top Court To Refuse Tesla's Bid For Rate Order

  By Alex Baldwin

  Counsel for patent pool manager Avanci told the U.K.'s highest court Tuesday that forcing it to abide by court-determined licensing obligations could threaten the company's core business model.

• Thousands In UK Bid For J&J Group Claim Over Cancer Link

  By Joanne Faulkner

  The High Court will consider on Wednesday whether claims tied to Johnson & Johnson's talc products can proceed under a group litigation order, a decision that could shape how complex product liability claims are managed in the U.K.

• Ex-ENRC Internal Lawyer Says SFO Probe Justified Legal Bills

  By Ronan Barnard

  A former top in-house lawyer for ENRC told a London court Tuesday that fees paid to law firms during the mining company's response to the Serious Fraud Office's criminal investigation were not excessive, as the company was in an "existential" situation.

• Winston Taylor Merger Launch Date Might Slip To June

  By Marialuisa Taddia

  Winston & Strawn LLP and Taylor Wessing LLP said Tuesday that they might have to delay the launch of their merger until June rather than May as initially planned. 

• Sony Beats Jimi Hendrix Bandmates' Royalties Claim

  By Jamie Lennox

  A London court ruled Tuesday that Sony does not owe any royalties to the estates of Jimi Hendrix's former bandmates stemming from its exploitation of the band's back catalog through streaming services in the U.K.

• Microsoft Says CAT Can't Rule On Copyright In £140M Case

  By Eddie Beaver

  Microsoft told a London appeals court Tuesday that the Competition Appeal Tribunal lacks jurisdiction to decide copyright infringement issues underpinning a reseller's £140 million ($189 million) case over alleged anticompetitive restrictions on the secondary software market.

• Morrisons Argues For Economist's Evidence In Equal Pay Suit

  By Adele Redmond

  The supermarket chain Morrisons appealed Tuesday to be able to submit expert evidence from an economist about whether it could have afforded to pay thousands of mostly female shop floor workers the same as its higher-paid, predominantly male warehouse workforce.

• EQT Raises €3.1B To Buy European Logistics Assets

  By Najiyya Budaly

  EQT AB said Tuesday that it has raised a total of €3.1 billion ($3.6 billion) for a real estate fund that will invest in modern logistics assets across Europe.

• BSB Confirms 10 Investigations Linked To Post Office Scandal

  By Jamie Lennox

  The Bar Standards Board said Monday it has 10 open investigations in the wake of the Post Office scandal that saw hundreds of branch managers wrongfully convicted of fraud and theft due an accounting software glitch.

• Lawyers Call For Balance As UK Eyes Class Action Revamp

  By William Janes

  The system for group consumer claims in England and Wales "clearly isn't working," lawyers have said, as the Law Commission weighs a new class action regime for consumer law cases — one that must balance improving access to justice against the risk of rewarding weak claims.