Palantir and Sadiq Khan drop their legal battle over a £50m Metropolitan Police contract

Summary

Palantir and the London mayor, Sadiq Khan, have called off their legal fight over claims the Labour mayor was blocking the US tech company from signing a contract with the Metropolitan Police because of its values and ethics, The Guardian reported on Wednesday 14 October. Palantir and the mayor's office of policing and crime (Mopac) announced that day that they had withdrawn allegations against each other, heading off a high court trial scheduled for January. According to The Independent, Sadiq Khan blocked in May a £50m deal commissioning Palantir to supply the Metropolitan Police with AI technology to automate analysis in criminal investigations.

Latest: Palantir and the mayor's office of policing and crime announced they had withdrawn allegations against each other, heading off a high court trial over claims Sadiq Khan was blocking a £50m Metropolitan Police contract because of the company's values.

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