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  Plan To Overhaul Fraud Fight Puts Pressure On All Fronts

  By Christopher Crosby

  Radical proposals to overhaul how the U.K. combats fraud would increase the incentives for defendants to plead e...(read more)

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  Southern Water Fined £7M For Illegal Sewage Dumping

  By Christopher Crosby

  A water company has been fined more than £7 million ($9.5 million) for illegally discharging sewage off England'...(read more)

• Anne Frank Ruling Balances Public Access And IP Online

  By Alex Baldwin

  A ruling by Europe's highest court that geo-blocking measures can sufficiently restrict public access to works from territories where copyright remains in force strikes an effective balance between protecting territorial IP rights and allowing public domain works to proliferate, experts say.

• Haulage Buyers Win OK To Serve £436M Scania Cartel Claim

  By Sophia Dourou

  Buyers of haulage services were given the green light on Friday to serve a proposed £436 million ($589 million) class action on Scania as a tribunal found there was an arguable case that they had overpaid because a price-fixing cartel was operating.

• Kingsley Napley's Revenue Rises 8% Amid Growth Strategy

  By Ashish Sareen

  Kingsley Napley said Friday that revenue has risen to approximately £77 million ($103.4 million) and that profit increased in the first full year under its current managing partner, as it unveiled a new strategy to keep growing the business.

• Linklaters-Led EQT Ups Bid For Price Comparator To $4.2B

  By Dawood Fakhir

  EQT said Friday that its consortium has increased its bid to take Kakaku.com private to approximately 682 billion Japanese yen ($4 billion) after being outbid by another group of investors.

• Businessman To Repay $4.9M In Rajasthan Royals Stake Fight

  By Eddie Beaver

  Businessman Raj Kundra must repay $4.9 million he received under a settlement resolving disputes over his former Rajasthan Royals stake, as a London court ruled Thursday that he has no realistic prospect of defeating claims that his social media posts about the cricket franchise breached the agreement.

• Rail Operators Lose Appeal Over £4.9M Union Offer Payout

  By Max Austin

  A London appeals tribunal held Thursday that two rail operators breached collective bargaining rules by cutting negotiations short and taking a pay offer directly to union members, preserving a £4.9 million ($6.4 million) payout to 1,250 workers.

• Next Says Smiling Jellycat Toy Design Is Too Common To Be IP

  By Hanna Vioque

  British retailer Next has pushed back against toymaker Jellycat's claims that a biscuit-shaped cushion and doorstop were copies of its "Amuseables" plush toy range, arguing that simple facial features on soft toys is not unique to the popular brand.

• ECJ Leaves Most FIFA Agent Rules To Lower Courts

  By Sophia Dourou

  Europe's top court ruled Thursday that the rules of the governing body of world football regarding players' agents breach the EU's ban on cartels, but said national courts must decide whether other rules also violate competition law.

• A&O Shearman Profit Hits $1.6B Amid High-Value Work

  By Ashish Sareen

  A&O Shearman said Thursday that a shift toward higher-value cross-border work in transactions and financings helped boost profitability two years after the firm's formation through a merger, although revenue stayed flat at $3.7 billion.

• TfL Hackers Get 11 Years After £39M Attack Driven By Bravado

  By Sophia Dourou

  Two hackers who carried out a cyberattack that cost Transport for London £39 million ($52.6 million) were each sentenced to five-and-a-half years in prison on Thursday as a judge said their actions were motivated by "selfish bravado."

• UK Nationalizes British Steel After China Talks Collapse

  By Tom Fish

  The government said Thursday that it has formally brought British Steel into public ownership to safeguard its industrial capacity, protect thousands of jobs and secure supplies for critical infrastructure.

• HMRC Seeks Retrial After Hung Jury In Tax KC Evasion Case

  By Christopher Crosby

  A judge discharged jurors on Thursday in HM Revenue and Customs' prosecution of a barrister for tax evasion after almost two weeks of deliberations in which the panel was unable to reach a verdict.