Jo Malone Sued Over Her Own Name 25 Years After Selling Business
The words on the Zara fragrance packaging seemed innocuous enough: "A creation by Jo Malone CBE, founder of Jo Loves." Estée Lauder saw it differently. The…
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UK Retail Wealth App Banned for Misleading Risk Scores
There's a happy ping when the notification arrives. The markets are in motion. Congratulations! You've completed ten trades this week. A small badge appears on your…
Retail Investors File Lawsuit Over AI Trading App Losses
The promises were nearly too alluring to turn down. advanced algorithms, AI-powered platforms that would level the playing field between Wall Street behemoths and regular investors,…
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Canadian Study Reveals Bias in Mortgage Approval Algorithms
The automatic decision made in a matter of seconds by a technology the applicant will never see, processing data points the applicant may not even be…
Legal Insight
U.S., UK, and Canada Launch Joint Probe Into Algorithmic Risk in Lending
Operation Atlantic is designed to combat a particular kind of cruelty. It doesn't come with a clear threat. No men in masks, no menacing messages, no…
California’s New Tax Incentives Entice Retirees to Invest Locally
For years, California has watched retirees load their possessions into moving trucks headed for Texas, Nevada, and Arizona. The narrative took on an almost ritualistic quality…
Quebec’s New Bill Tackles Hidden Credit Card Fees
Watch what happens when the total appears on the screen while standing in any Montreal grocery checkout line. The customer hesitates a little before tapping their…
After 30 Years Building Edwin Coe’s Corporate Practice, Russel Shear Hands Over to Daniel Bellau
Russel Shear joined Edwin Coe in 1994, back when the Lincoln's Inn firm was known primarily for disputes work. Three decades later, he's stepping down as…
Law Firm Born From 2018 Merger Marks 125 Years, Elevates 16 to Partner
Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP promoted 16 lawyers to partner on 1st April, opening a new fiscal year that marks 125 years since its oldest predecessor firm…
New York Passes Law Restricting High‑Frequency Trading Firms
here is a particular kind of quiet that falls over a trading floor just before something big changes. Not silence exactly — the hum of servers…
Celebrity Attorney Sues Major Bank Over AI Credit Score Map Errors
The moment a powerful lawyer chooses to turn the tables has an almost cinematic quality. Not on an individual or a company embroiled in a traditional…
Dual partner promotions target ultra-wealthy as Boodle Hatfield grows private client practice
Boodle Hatfield promoted Clare Pooley and Michael Duffy to partner on 1st April, doubling down on its international tax and wealth structuring practice. Both joined the…
Law firm slashes emissions 8% in twelve months as it locks in 2040 net zero target
Freeths cut its overall emissions by 8% since 2024, whilst office energy consumption dropped 15%. The top 50 commercial law firm published its first Net Zero…
Law firm poaches Trowers partner after 34% surge in care home practice
RWK Goodman hired Lara Hourihan on Thursday, luring the property lawyer from Trowers & Hamlins after a year in which its health and social care team…
Wilkin Chapman Rollits targets £9m recoveries turnover with Nottingham acquisition
Wilkin Chapman Rollits completed its first acquisition on Tuesday, exactly 12 months after the Lincolnshire and Yorkshire firm emerged from its own merger. The target: Nottingham-based…
MN Governor Candidate’s Daughter Found Stabbed to Death — And the Suspect Is Her Husband
About 70,000 people live in St. Cloud, a midsize Minnesota city that rarely makes national headlines. It is located about 65 miles northwest of Minneapolis. Officers…
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IRS Proposes Radical Crypto Reporting Rule That Could Shake Bitcoin Markets
For many years, there was a certain type of constructive ambiguity in the relationship between American bitcoin holders and the IRS. While the cryptocurrency market developed…
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Ben Gvir , The Israeli Minister With Eight Criminal Convictions Who Now Controls National Security
Before Itamar Ben-Gvir was appointed a government minister, a picture of Baruch Goldstein that was displayed on the wall of his living room went viral. During…
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SMCI Stock Has Crashed 66% From Its Peak — Securities Lawsuit, a 33% Single-Day Drop, and What Comes Next
Super Micro Computer has spent thirty years establishing a reputation in the office parks and data center corridors surrounding San Jose, California, that doesn't go very…
IP Firm Poaches Government GDPR Negotiator and Financial Services GC for AI Legal Blitz
Eleonor Duhs spent years negotiating GDPR on behalf of the UK Government, while Fiona Phillips advised bank executives across three continents on AI risks. On Thursday,…
Bilingual City lawyer to lead Kent firm’s commercial property push
Lucy Zhu spent a decade at a global law firm before Thackray Williams persuaded her to lead its commercial property division. Qualified to practise in both…
She went to the optician with blurred vision. At 30, she’s now effectively blind
Diana did everything right. She noticed blurred vision in her right eye, booked an appointment at her local High Street opticians, and followed their referral to…
Bellway secures 44-acre Stockport golf course after planning battle
The 44-acre expanse of the former Gatley Golf Course changed hands in March, marking the end of one chapter for the Stockport site and the beginning…
Employers shed staff before April deadline as worker protections backfire
Businesses across Britain are cutting jobs and freezing recruitment ahead of April 2026, when sweeping new employment protections take effect. The unintended consequence: workers losing their…
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