The top legal affairs news stories from the long weekend
US law firms ramp up London talent war with huge junior lawyer salaries and high-profile hires [Business Insider]
How a class-action gold rush is drowning UK plc in legal wrangling [The Telegraph] (£)
Scarlett Johansson’s OpenAI clash is just the start of legal wrangles over artificial intelligence [The Guardian]
Teachers could get legal protection from blasphemy claims [The Times] (£)
Conservative Party ‘hit with legal threat’ for ‘blocking’ pro-Boris Johnson candidates [Express]
If Trump is convicted, what happens next? [BBC News]
Prince Harry’s US visa papers ‘should be private due to legal stigma’ [The Times] (£)
EU approves law to hit gas imports with methane emissions limit [Reuters]
European Super League: Spanish court says Uefa and Fifa wrong to ban clubs from joining breakaway competition [BBC News]
“Burberry baseball cap, Stone Island top (get that badge in) designer jeans, Adidas Gazelle’s. You’ll look like crap but at least non of the partners will mess with you.” [Legal Cheek comments]
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