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Briefing Notes
AI & Law
Master of the Rolls Predicts Humans Will Accept AI Judges for Small Disputes on Economic Grounds
AI adjudication in small disputes is an economic certainty; the real work is redrafting dispute clauses before institutions move first.
International
Trump Vows 'Economic D-Day' Against Iran and Any Country That Continues to Trade With It, with Mechanics to Be Revealed on 24 August
Secondary sanctions touching the dollar create UK compliance exposure well beyond direct Iran trade, hitting London's commodities and trade finance desks hardest.
M&A
NBA Investigates LA Clippers Over Alleged Salary-Cap Circumvention via Player-Sponsor Endorsement Deals
Facilitated endorsement introductions may now constitute prohibited compensation under the NBA's CBA.
Disputes
Privy Council Rules on Whether a Crown Lease Letter Created a Binding Agreement in Paradise Island Lighthouse and Beach Club Company v Attorney General of the Bahamas
Enclosing a lease for signature is not an offer: developers in Crown land negotiations need executed instruments, not departmental letters.
M&A
CMA Requires Vandemoortele to Divest UK Plant After Completing Acquisition of Délifrance
Structural remedies before deadline show early CMA engagement pays off.
Regulation
Federal Judge Pre-empts California State Law to Let Sable Offshore Keep Pumping Under Trump's Defense Production Act Order
DPA pre-emption just stripped a US state of oversight over its own coastline.