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  Michelle Mone Sued By PPE Medpro Amid COVID Scandal

  By Sophia Dourou

  Michelle Mone has been sued by PPE Medpro, a medical equipment company linked to the House of Lords peer, which ...(read more)

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  Pogust Taps Quinn After Landing $150M For BHP Case

  By Marialuisa Taddia

  Pogust Goodhead said Wednesday that it has secured $150 million in fresh funding from Gramercy Funds Management ...(read more)

• White & Case, Laytons Sued For £2M Over Flawed Tax Advice

  By Max Austin

  A lettings agency has accused White & Case and Laytons of causing it more than £2.6 million ($3.4 million) in tax liabilities after the law firms allegedly failed to identify that an offshore trust structure was subject to U.K. income tax.

• NHS Trust Pays £187K In Nurses' Trans Policy Dispute

  By Hanna Vioque

  A National Health Service trust has paid £187,000 ($246,000) and apologized to seven female nurses after an employment tribunal ruled that it discriminated against them by allowing a transgender coworker to access single-sex changing rooms, the nurses' lawyers confirmed on Wednesday.

• Nokia Gets Interim Payments In Paramount Patent Case

  By Jamie Lennox

  A London court granted Nokia interim payments from Warner Bros. and Paramount on Wednesday, while the Finnish tech company awaits a final decision on a license covering its video-coding patents.

• Estée Lauder Owner Presses Jo Malone TM Case Against Zara

  By Jamie Lennox

  Estée Lauder Companies has doubled down on its claim in a London court that Zara infringed its "Jo Malone" trademarks, rejecting the retailer's argument that it only ever referred to the British perfumer in a personal capacity.

• UK REIT Segro Rejects £12.6B Bid By Linklaters-Led Prologis

  By Najiyya Budaly

  Real estate investment trust Segro said Wednesday that it has rebuffed an unsolicited £12.6 billion ($16.6 billion) bid from Prologis, saying the approach was "opportunistically timed" as the U.S. company seeks access to the U.K. rival's data center business.

• KC Fights Disbarment Over Oxford Medical Degree Lie

  By Eddie Beaver

  A former King's Counsel barrister argued Tuesday that a disciplinary tribunal was wrong to disbar him for falsely claiming he studied at the University of Oxford in an application for tenancy, telling a London court that the sanction was disproportionately severe.

• Baltic Says Oil Benchmark Accounted For Homuz Closure

  By Ronan Barnard

  Baltic Exchange has rejected Mercuria Energy Group's claim that it failed to factor the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz into an oil trading benchmark, saying it used the same methodology as during earlier U.S.-Iran war disruptions.

• Drugmakers Say CAT Used Wrong Test In £100M Fines Row

  By Sophia Dourou

  A group of pharmaceutical companies urged the Court of Appeal Tuesday to partly reverse £100 million ($132 million) in sanctions over an alleged price-fixing cartel, arguing that a tribunal made factual and legal mistakes when upholding the fines. 

• Nvidia Sued In US, Belgium Over AI Music Use

  By Jamie Lennox

  A subsidiary of music monetization platform Winamp has sued Nvidia in the U.S. and Belgium, accusing the tech giant of using its copyrighted works without permission to develop artificial intelligence tools.

• The Flaws That Sank The NCA's Alison-Madueke Bribery Case

  By Christopher Crosby

  The acquittal at trial of Diezani Alison-Madueke on corruption charges has raised scrutiny of the ability of the U.K. to prosecute foreign nationals as the defense lawyers working on the case said law enforcement had failed to follow the evidence overseas.

• CPS Secures 1st Order Restricting E-File Docs In Entain Case

  By Joanne Faulkner

  A London judge has approved a request by the Crown Prosecution Service to waive new public access requirements for court documents in a claim against gambling group Entain, in the first decision to set out the criteria for a filing modification order.

• EU Lawmakers Advance Digital Euro Plan For 2027 Pilot

  By Alex Davidson

  The European Parliament's economic and monetary affairs committee said Tuesday it has voted by a large majority for a digital euro backed by the European Central Bank, with a pilot rollout likely in 2027.