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A proposed class-action lawsuit brought by three artists against three developers of image-generating AI technology has narrowly avoided being thrown out by a US federal judge. Sarah Andersen, Kelly McKernan and Karla Ortiz launched the landmark proceedings against Stability AI, Midjourney, and Devi

Northern Ireland's Labour Relations Agency (LRA) will mark Belfast's Pride Festival week by hosting a panel discussion to help businesses and organisations manage workplace conversations on diversity issues, which some may regard as ‘difficult’ or ‘sensitive’. The free event

The European Commission has launched infringement proceedings against Ireland over its failure to implement an EU directive on motor insurance. Directive 2009/103/EC on motor insurance, as amended by Directive (EU) 2021/2118, sets up a mechanism to compensate victims of road traffic accidents in cas

A serial litterbug who went to great lengths to discard thousands of pages of scrap paper onto a quiet neighbourhood street over a four-year period has been unmasked as a senior police officer. Residents of Greenpoint, in the New York City borough of Brookyln, spent years trying to establish the ide

A round-up of human rights stories from around the world. El-Sisi pardons Egyptian researcher Patrick Zaki and lawyer | Al Jazeera

Former Clifford Chance partner Michael Smyth has been appointed as a non-executive director on the BBC Board representing Northern Ireland. Born and educated in Northern Ireland, Mr Smyth is an experienced lawyer and regulator. He spent 20 years a partner at Clifford Chance and headed the firm&rsquo

Maynooth University law students Jordan Donoghue and Alanna Kells have been presented with prizes from Matheson LLP in recognition of their achievements in the funds law course delivered by the firm as part of Maynooth's LLM programme. Mr Donoghue, from Longford, has been awarded a six-month interns

Beauchamps has appointed Áine Smith as a partner in the firm's EU and procurement team. Ms Smith, who is qualified as a solicitor in Ireland, Northern Ireland and England and Wales, has over 18 years' experience working in the area of EU procurement law, having advised public sector and utili

Our regular round-up of deals involving Irish law firms. Submit your deals to newsdesk@irishlegal.com. A majority stake in Irish accounting firm Moore Ireland has been acquired by London-based Moore Kingston Smith in a deal financed by Waterland Private Equity.

More than 21,000 people in Russia have been the target of repressive laws and practices by the Russian authorities to suppress the country’s anti-war movement, said Amnesty International today. Russian authorities are using a wide range of repressive tactics to crack down on anti-war activists

A dozen Caribbean countries are considering asking the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to issue an advisory opinion on the issue of reparations for the slave-trade and European colonial violence. Ralph Gonsalves, president of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC), told Th

A complaint of indirect age discrimination against a State body has been settled after the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission supported the complainant to bring a case to the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC). The alleged discrimination related to specific eligibility criteria that was re

Antiquities lent by Israel to the United States are believed to be at former president Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida despite repeated appeals for their return. The ancient ceramic oil lamps were loaned to the White House for a Hanukkah candle-lighting event in 2019 with the strict prov

The Law Society of Northern Ireland has called for an end to "attacks on lawyers" after North Antrim MP Ian Paisley Jr made disparaging remarks about Belfast solicitor Gavin Booth in the House of Commons. During a debate on the controversial Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Bill

Equality legislation should be updated to protect people on the grounds of socio-economic status and criminal conviction, the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission has said. The national equality body today published a second set of recommendations to government as part of ongoing engagement wi