Harbottle & Lewis is representing parenting website Mumsnet in a pre-action dispute with artificial intelligence giant OpenAI. Mumsnet claims that the developer has scraped billions of words of its content against the site’s terms of use. It is claiming copyright infringement, breach of terms of use and database right infringement, and has written to openAI […]
Welcome to this week’s edition of The Hearing, your insider’s guide to the UK litigation market. As the Court year wraps up today, The Lawyer’s weekly litigation content will pause until the Michaelmas term starts in October. Before that, however, we dive into the most high-profile and controversial judgment of the year: Mr Justice Robin […]
Mercedes F1 team files for disclosure from phone companies Mercedes Grand Prix, the legal entity behind F1 team Mercedes AMG Petronas, has filed an application for a Norwich Pharmacal Order (NPO) to the King’s Bench division, according to the public filing system. The filing, which targets mobile network operators Vodafone and Lebara, was filed on […]
State immunity and spyware in Bahraini appeal Representatives for the Kingdom of Bahrain are set to appear before the Court of Appeal to argue in favour of state immunity in a one day hearing today (29 July). The island kingdom, represented by Volterra Fietta, is appealing a decision found in favour of Bahraini activists Dr […]
Harbottle & Lewis is representing parenting website Mumsnet in a pre-action dispute with artificial intelligence giant OpenAI. Mumsnet claims that the developer has scraped billions of words of its content against the site’s terms of use. It is claiming copyright infringement, breach of terms of use and database right infringement, and has written to openAI […]
Welcome to this week’s edition of The Hearing, your insider’s guide to the UK litigation market. As the Court year wraps up today, The Lawyer’s weekly litigation content will pause until the Michaelmas term starts in October. Before that, however, we dive into the most high-profile and controversial judgment of the year: Mr Justice Robin […]
Mercedes F1 team files for disclosure from phone companies Mercedes Grand Prix, the legal entity behind F1 team Mercedes AMG Petronas, has filed an application for a Norwich Pharmacal Order (NPO) to the King’s Bench division, according to the public filing system. The filing, which targets mobile network operators Vodafone and Lebara, was filed on […]
State immunity and spyware in Bahraini appeal Representatives for the Kingdom of Bahrain are set to appear before the Court of Appeal to argue in favour of state immunity in a one day hearing today (29 July). The island kingdom, represented by Volterra Fietta, is appealing a decision found in favour of Bahraini activists Dr […]
Millions of people around the world will tune in to the opening ceremony of the Summer Olympics in Paris this evening. With both the Olympics and Paralympics set to dominate headlines over the coming weeks, we climb to the top of the 10-meter platform for a deep dive into one of the firms that specialises […]
For years, particularly since 2016 and the vote for Brexit, much has been written about the odds of London’s decline as a world financial hub. Most of it has focused on deal and investment activity. But there’s another metric, one that amply underlines the sheer pulling power of the City and suggests that far from […]
“I’ve seen the future, and it’s porn, sharks and Nazis.” Twitter hadn’t even been founded at the time, but the above quote from the niche 2005 sitcom Bromwell High turned out to be unintendedly prophetic when considering the journey of one of the planet’s largest social media companies. Once ‘the world’s town square’, Twitter, latterly […]
One of Europe’s most enduring rumours is about Simpson Thacher & Bartlett opening in Luxembourg. It is one of the jurisdiction’s key referrers of work for the local Luxembourg players, meaning there is an amount of paranoia among them about what would happen if Simpson Thacher decided to open its own office there. The idea […]
Which is the best personal injury firm in the country? Irwin Mitchell, perhaps? Maybe Leigh Day, or Slater & Gordon? Wrong, wrong, wrong. The answer in fact is Cheshire six-lawyer outfit Gavin Edmondson Solicitors, which according to the website reviewsolicitors.co.uk scores better than almost 2,500 PI firms across the country for its quality. What about […]
Cash piles rose during the pandemic, but the latest year-end shows a turnaround. Across the UK 200, debt levels are increasing, and those precious cash reserves are being eroded by a tide of rising costs. This evidence suggests the trend is most prominent among firms that occupy the mid-tier; these firms are spending big as […]
A&O Shearman has set out its post-merger integration plans, which includes closing one of its global offices and reducing its partnership by 10 per cent by the end of the financial year. The firm said today that its partnership would reduce within the year following a strategic review of its business post-A&O’s tie-up with Shearman. […]
Dentons and Reed Smith have taken the leading roles on eSky Group’s purchase of travel business Thomas Cook. Dentons private equity partner Nicholas Plant, along with Michał Wasiak, a partner in the firm’s Warsaw office, were at the helm of the team for Polish purchaser eSky. They were supported by corporate associate Alex Macdonald, IP […]
Football law has typically been the domain of sports specialists. However, in recent years, there has been a growing number of large, elite firms and chambers entering the football market. Clifford Chance and Freshfields act for Manchester City, and Slaughter and May and Linklaters represent the Premier League. Latham and Watkins worked on the Chelsea […]
A former Ashurst employee has agreed to the outcome of an investigation by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA), after he was found to have stolen two laptops and sold them. Irfan Malik, an IT service desk analyst, was accused of removing “two laptops from the firm’s IT storeroom without its knowledge or consent”. The SRA […]
Slaughter and May is advising longtime client Segro on the property investment company’s purchase of Tritax Eurobox. Corporate partners David Johnson and Sally Wokes are leading for the London-listed warehouse heavyweight, Segro. Meanwhile, the target Tritax is being advised by Ashurst. Corporate partners Karen Davies and Simon Bullock are at the helm of the team, […]