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Motor Finance Redress: The Way Ahead
On August 1, 2025, the UK Supreme Court delivered its long-awaited judgment in Hopcraft v Close Brothers Limited and on 3 August the FCA announced it would consult on a redress scheme.
OSHA announces new grants for workplace safety and health training
United States | Publication | March 7, 2022
On March 4, 2022, federal OSHA announced US$3.2 million in new Susan Harwood Grant monies from the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 for workplace safety and health training on infectious diseases.
Training is required to address COVID-19 specifically or infectious diseases more generally. The maximum grant for a one-year period is US$160,000 per employer. Applications may be submitted online no later than 11:59 p.m. EDT on May 6, 2022. Learn more about the funding opportunity and applying for grants.
The Harwood Grant program concerns remote and in-person training for workers and employers in small businesses; industries with high injury, illness, and fatality rates; and vulnerable and temporary workers. Learn more about the Susan Harwood Training Grant Program.
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Germany delivers landmark copyright ruling against OpenAI: What it means for AI and IP
The Regional Court of Munich (LG München I) has issued a landmark judgment in GEMA v OpenAI (Case No. 42 O 14139/24), holding that the use of copyrighted song lyrics for training generative AI models without a licence violates German copyright law.
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Clarifying charterers’ redelivery obligations under BARECON 2001: Songa Product and Chemical Tankers III AS v Kairos Shipping II LLC
Songa Product and Chemical Tankers III AS v Kairos Shipping II LLC [2025] EWCA Civ 1227 (07 October 2025) has clarified the extent of the obligation on the Charterer to redeliver a vessel following the termination of a Barecon 2001 charter and of the Owner’s right to require it to be redelivered to a port “convenient to them”.
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