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Lucasfilm did not benefit in any way at Tyburn Film Productions Ltd's expense, counsel said to the appeals court there on 3 December 2025, in part because it already possessed rights over Cushing's likeness and an agreement and consent from the Cushing estate to 'resurrect' him as Grand Moff Tarkin. Tyburn contends it earlier made an agreement with the late actor then, at the time, granting the company a veto over any use of his image prior to his 1994 death. That contract concerns a TV series titled 'Heritage of Horror', which never aired. Tyburn further asserts the deal permits it to effectively 'resurrect' Cushing using stand-ins and CGI to ultimately finish the programme then if the actor were to die whilst filming remained in progress...
Irish telecom operator Eircom’s damages lawsuit against BT Group over a public-sector contract must be carefully managed to trial to deal with confidentiality issues and other matters, a UK judge told the parties today. At the High Court in London today, a judge said Eircom’s damages action against BT over a public-sector contract needs tight case management through to trial to address confidentiality and related concerns. Eircom brought the claim after Ofcom in 2020 penalised BT for its behaviour during a tender. Speaking to both sides, Judge Adam Johnson urged them to resolve any confidentiality flashpoints themselves and signalled he had no wish to step in unless it became unavoidable. He also expressed confidence that parties would do everything possible to keep confidential designations to a minimum, noting this was necessary to maintain control over the conduct of the trial. He framed this as the
The following document is attached: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/274 dated 5 February 2026, revising Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1981, establishing a final anti-dumping levy on imports of ceramic tableware and kitchenware produced in...
Justice Richard Arnold granted AstraZeneca leave to appeal and permitted lorries carrying about 175,000 packs of Glenmark’s generics to move on to wholesalers, provided they did not reach pharmacy shelves while the case continued at any point during those interim proceedings. In this way, Glenmark could keep its first-to-market advantage, while causing only minimal detriment to AstraZeneca should the Court of Appeal later be persuaded to issue an injunction against supply. The judge said this approach maintained the status quo with the least possible prejudice to Glenmark’s position overall. The hearing was arranged at short notice, just days after the High Court refused AstraZeneca an injunction to block the diabetes generic from sale while the court considered whether the patents supporting the branded medicine were valid in law. Glenmark, Generics (UK) Ltd and Teva Pharmaceuticals have each begun proceedings in the UK to set...
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The EU AI Act adopts a layered regime for AI systems, imposing transparency duties on every model and reserving stricter risk‑management obligations for the most potent ‘systemic’ ones. These obligations are being hammered out through a code of practice intended as a key compliance tool for model providers. Yet that code could prove marginal if models are not correctly classified for systemic risk Under the Act, a model is chiefly deemed systemic when its training consumed more than 10^25 floating‑point operations. According to research institute Epoch AI, several flagship systems have already crossed this line, including: Open AI’s o1 Anthropic’s Claude 3.5 Sonnet Mistral AI’s Large 2 These are commonly viewed as ‘frontier’ models, pushing the limits of this disruptive technology. Nonetheless, recent developments increasingly call into question whether the volume of compute used in the pre‑training stage is the most...
On 10 February 2025, Trump jolted legal and corporate circles with an executive order freezing FCPA enforcement and instructing Attorney General Pam Bondi to reassess and reshape the federal statute’s application. He directed her to strip away ‘excessive barriers to American commerce abroad’ and to ‘prioritise American interests, American economic competitiveness with respect to other nations, and the efficient use of federal law enforcement resources’. Bondi has 180 days initially to implement the directive, with the option to prolong the review by a further 180 days if additional time is required. The order came on the heels of a Bondi memorandum telling prosecutors in the FCPA unit of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division fraud section to target foreign bribery that sustains cartels and transnational criminal organisations. To date, both directives have generated more uncertainty than clarity about what FCPA...
Mergers The Commission authorised: the acquisition of joint control over FTAPI Software Gmb H by Armira Gmb H & Co. ...
Global Voice Group SA v Republic of Guinea No 22-2100, D DC, 2025 US Dist LEXIS 28564 Telecommunications contract In May 2009, Global Voice Group SA ( GVG) concluded a partnership to furnish Guinea with tools to monitor and levy taxes on international telecommunications traffic. The agreement identified GVG and the Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Guinea ( PTRA) as the contracting parties and included an arbitration clause. A dispute followed concerning GVG’s claim for payment of US$103,171,862.66 said to be due under the contract. In December 2016, GVG commenced ICC arbitration in Paris against both PTRA and Guinea. On 18 July 2019, the tribunal awarded GVG in excess of US$21m in damages and fees. Guinea and PTRA challenged the award in the French courts, but in September 2021 the Paris Court of Appeal affirmed it. On 18 July 2022, GVG filed in the...
Article 45 of the DSA Article 45 of the DSA provides that, when significant systemic risks arise under Article 34(1) (which sets out the duty on very large online platforms ( VLOPs) and very large online search engines ( VLOSEs) to identify, analyse, and assess systemic risks), and affect multiple VLOPs or VLOSEs, the Commission may ask those VLOPs and VLOSEs to help draft codes of conduct, with commitments to adopt risk mitigation measures and to report on those measures and their results. The Code of Conduct+ was adopted in this context. VLOPs’ and VLOSEs’ adherence to the Code of Conduct+ can count as a mitigation measure under Article 35 of the DSA; however, participation in and implementation of the Code of Conduct+ does not, by itself, amount to compliance with the DSA ( Recital 104)......
Antitrust CMA fines four banks over £100m after settling government bonds investigation; one bank receives leniency The CMA handed down five distinct infringement decisions, concluding that five banks— Deutsche Bank, Citi, HSBC, Morgan Stanley and the Royal Bank of Canada—violated Chapter I of the Competition Act 1998 by swapping confidential UK government bond information in private online conversations. Citi, HSBC, Morgan Stanley and Royal Bank of Canada resolved the probe and accepted penalties amounting to £104.46m. Deutsche Bank obtained immunity after notifying the CMA of its own involvement in the misconduct. The wrongdoing occurred at different points between 2009 and 2013. These exchanges were conducted via one-to-one Bloomberg chatrooms among a small cohort of bank traders and concerned trading in UK government debt—namely gilts and gilt asset swaps. Shared content covered pricing and other elements of their trading...
Water and Sewerage Authority of Trinidad and Tobago v Waterworks Ltd [2025] UKPC 9 What are the practical implications of this case? This decision clarifies how clause 19.6(c) of the FIDIC 1999 Conditions of Contract (and likewise clause 18.5(c) in the 2017 editions, which is the same) should be read when assessing, after a termination for convenience, whether any other Cost or liability was reasonably incurred by contractors anticipating completion of the Works. The Board of the Privy Council concluded that a contractor’s obligation to pay cancellation fees to a third‑party equipment supplier did not fall within clause 19.6(c), as those liabilities were not reasonably incurred. The outcome was tough yet fair on the facts. Moreover, the judgment hints, at paragraphs 40 to 45, that if the contractor had advanced a sound justification for entering into the agreement and accepting the...
According to a High Court order dated 14 February 2025, Everatt's LLP and Aviva have brought their dispute over the claim to a close through a confidential settlement agreement. Everatt's was bought in 2020 by Axiom Stone Solicitors, a firm that served as a predecessor to Axiom Ince. No terms of the deal were made public. Aviva offered no comment, and a spokesperson for Everatt's could not immediately be reached. The agreement arrives nearly four years after the firm issued proceedings against Aviva in 2021, seeking a payment of up to £478,000 for lost income, together with approximately £150,000 in increased office costs. The firm alleged its lawyers could not see clients, make or receive phone calls, or access documents stored at its Harrow premises in north-west London......
The Swiss-based insurer stated in its 2024 year-end financial results that losses would encompass exposures from its subsidiary, Farmers Re. Zurich additionally disclosed a business operating profit of US$7.8bn. Carriers are anticipated to pay claims of up to US$50bn after the destructive wildfires that tore through the LA metropolitan area and sections of San Diego County between 7–31 January 2025. For Zurich, the event is projected to deliver a pre-tax impact of US$200m, with Farmers Re included overall......
In this issue: UK mergers UK competition policy UK market studies EU antitrust EU State aid Lex Talk®Competition: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content UK mergers CMA announces a range of merger control proposals aimed at increasing growth, investment and business confidence The CMA released a blog from Sarah Cardell, the CMA’s Chief Executive, outlining fresh plans to spur growth, boost investment and strengthen business confidence. Cardell indicated the authority will deploy a package of steps to raise the speed, predictability and proportionality of the merger control regime. The CMA’s plans align with the government’s draft strategic steer to the CMA (see below), which asks the CMA to support the overarching national priority of economic growth by using its tools proportionately, with growth and investment front of mind, and to reduce...
In this issue Flood risk and development Housing Appropriate assessment and the Habitats and Birds Directives Planning applications and decisions National and local planning policy Heritage and the natural environment Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Updated Practice Notes Related Documents Flood risk and development Court upholds orthodox approach to planning guidance ( Mead Realisations v SSHCLG) In Mead Realisations Ltd v Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government [2025] EWCA Civ 32, the Court of Appeal affirmed the High Court’s reasoning. It held there is no legal separation between the online Planning Practice Guidance ( PPG) and the National Planning Policy Framework ( NPPF), and that neither instrument is subject to fixed prescriptions concerning what each must contain, or the manner in which they should be framed......
In this issue: Electricity and gas market regulation and licensing Networks and network connections Renewable energy Energy disputes Air emissions, efficiency, and climate change International energy Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Electricity and gas market regulation and licensing Electricity Code Modifications Information on all ongoing changes to the Connection and Use of System Code ( CUSC), the Grid Code ( GC), the System Owner - Transmission Owner Code ( STC) and the Security and Quality Supply Standard ( SQSS) is now brought together on NESO’s Modification Tracker. The tracker clarifies each modification’s intent, the stakeholders impacted, Panel views on prioritisation, and its current point in the review journey. For more information, see: Codes. Networks and network connections Ofgem launches consultation on TMO4+ connections reform...
Re X and Y [2025] EWCA Civ 2 What are the practical implications of this case? This judgment carries considerable weight: the Court of Appeal determined that the court lacks power to annul or rescind an adoption order on welfare grounds, regardless of how persuasive the circumstances appear. The court stated that a poor outcome after adoption, and the fact that undoing the order would benefit the adoptee, whether minor or adult, does not justify the judiciary creating a remedy that Parliament has deliberately withheld. It underscores that adoption orders are transformative in nature, possess a unique finality, and are designed to be permanent, enduring for life as though the child were born to the adopter. The ruling aligns entirely with the strong policy position that adoption effects a total, lifelong and irrevocable transfer of parental status. However, where there have been...
In this issue: The Pensions Regulator Scheme amendments Taxation Members and benefits Daily and weekly news alerts Dates for your diary Trackers The Pensions Regulator TPR confirms shift towards prudential regulation when outlining plans for 2025 In a 17 February 2025 blog, the Pensions Regulator ( TPR) signalled it will go further in 2025 to manage risks impacting the broader pensions market and the financial ecosystem, following its 2024 move towards a more prudential supervisory stance. TPR plans to tackle risks at both scheme level and across the market, with a clear emphasis on protecting, enhancing and innovating in savers’ interests. It will push ahead with the joint value for money framework, address climate-related risks, raise standards of trusteeship, and issue guidance on alternative models for defined benefit ( DB) schemes. This wide-ranging programme underscores collaboration with industry stakeholders and a focus on long-term outcomes for savers rather than tick-box...
In this issue: UK, EU and international regulators and bodies Authorisation, approval and supervision Prudential requirements Risk management and controls Operational resilience Financial crime and sanctions Investigations, enforcement and discipline Regulation of capital markets Sustainable finance and ESG Banks and mutuals Investment funds and asset management Mi FID II Consumer credit, mortgage and home finance Payment services and systems Fintech and cryptoassets Financial stability Lex Talk®Financial Services: a Lexis®Nexis community Financial Services Enforcement Database Daily and weekly news alerts Intraday news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary UK, EU and international regulators and bodies FCA outlines new email retention approach to sharpen regulatory efficiency The FCA has set out a comprehensive rationale for its revised email management approach, coming into force on 1...
Mergers The Commission authorised the joint control of six logistics warehouse assets in Germany and the Netherlands by SEGRO plc ( UK) and the Public Sector Pension Investment Board ( Canada) ( M.11821)—see further, Midday Express. Notifications received in: Mondi/ Schumacher Packaging ( German, Dutch and UK Business) ( M.11786) (normal merger procedure) Daikin/ Copeland/ C- D Compression Technologies JV ( M.11867) (simplified merger procedure) Hunan Yunchu/ Minmetals New Energy/ TMCI/ Meiwa/ JV ( M.11884) (simplified merger procedure) Report published on the implementation and effectiveness of antitrust remedies over the last 20 years under Articles 7 (prohibition) and 9 (commitments) of Regulation 1/2003—see further, report. For live merger...
Dybowski v (1) The Bishop of Llandaff Church In Wales High School and (2) Staffroom Education Ltd ( ET case number 1601681/2023 and 1601682/2023) Employment Judge Sarah Moore dismissed religious harassment and discrimination complaints brought by teaching assistant Benedykt Dybowski against The Bishop of Llandaff Church In Wales High School and the agency that placed him, Staffroom Education Ltd, as set out in a ruling released on 17 February 2025. The tribunal found the school’s response was appropriate in dismissing Dybowski and referring him to a regulator after he publicly asserted that ‘true’ marriage is a union between a man and a woman. He also declared his belief that abortion is murder and criticised Sharia (or Islamic) law......
In this issue: Wills Probate Trusts Court of Protection UK taxes for Private Client HMRC Manuals updates Tax avoidance, evasion and non-compliance Regulatory compliance for Private Client Budgets and Finance Bills Insolvency— Private Client Charity and philanthropy Pensions, insurance and tax efficient investments International Question of the week Daily and weekly news alerts Lex Talk®Private Client: a Lexis+® community New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Latest Q& As Useful information Wills Who receives a disclaimed gift in a Will? ( White v Williams) The Chancery Division decided that when a beneficiary disclaims a share of the residue, that share should pass to the remaining beneficiaries under the Will, rather than fall to be dealt with by the intestacy...
In this issue: Horizon scanning Status and worker categories Employment contract Protected characteristics Diversity and gender pay gap Maternity, parents and carers Whistleblowing Dates for your diary Trackers Employment resources on Lexis+® Lex Talk®Employment: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts Horizon scanning Ho C Library publishes briefing on progress of Employment Rights Bill 2024–25. The House of Commons ( Ho C) Library has issued a briefing tracking the Employment Rights Bill 2024–25 ( ERB) through its stages to date. It distils the main strands of debate, including unfair dismissal, flexible working, statutory sick pay, family leave, harassment protections, fire and rehire practices, sectoral collective bargaining in education and adult social care, trade union rules, and labour market enforcement. It also summarises amendments made so far. See: LNB News...
In this issue: Advertising, marketing and sponsorship Agency and distribution Contracts International Public procurement Supplier management Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Latest Q& A Advertising, marketing and sponsorship Google’s reversal on device fingerprinting— ICO reaction and follow-up guidance. Jules Toynton, senior associate, and Isla Neil, data, privacy and cybersecurity lawyer at DLA Piper, assess the Information Commissioner’s Office ( ICO) reaction to Google lifting its ban on device fingerprinting, alongside the ICO’s draft guidance on the deployment of storage and access technologies issued in the wake of that response. See News Analysis: Google’s U-turn on device fingerprinting— ICO reaction and subsequent guidance. ASA rulings—19 February 2025 The Advertising Standards Authority ( ASA) received a single complaint about misleading discount representations on Secret Escapes Ltd’s website. The ASA upheld the complaint. See: LNB News 19/02/2025 29. Agency and distribution UK FCA gets permission to intervene in landmark car‑finance hearing. MLex reports that the UK’s...
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