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  BDO Fined £1.3M Over 'Significant' Breaches In NMCN Audit

  By Alex Davidson

  The audit watchdog said Thursday that it has fined BDO LLP £1.33 million ($1.78 million) and an audit partner al...(read more)

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  CMA Clears $3.4B Kimberly-Clark, Suzano Joint Venture

  By Tom Fish

  Britain's competition regulator said in a statement Thursday it has cleared a proposed $3.4 billion joint ventur...(read more)

• Ousted BP Chair Pushes Back On Alleged Misconduct 'Lies'

  By Adele Redmond

  Ousted BP chair Albert Manifold hit out on Thursday at alleged lies about his conduct, hiring lawyers as he said no one ever raised issues about his behavior during his eight-month tenure at the oil giant.

• Consumers Seek To Widen £1.5B Apple Overcharge Claim

  By Sophia Dourou

  A group of consumers urged the Competition Appeal Tribunal on Wednesday to extend their successful class action claim against Apple to the date of the ruling that found the technology giant had abused its dominant position by charging excessive and unfair prices.

• HF Snaps Up Rosling King Team After Law Firm's Collapse

  By Jamie Lennox

  HF said Wednesday it has hired a team of around 40 lawyers from Rosling King, rescuing dozens of jobs after the law firm entered into administration.

• Tesco HR Boss Denies Turning Blind Eye To Equal Pay

  By William Janes

  A senior Tesco executive denied on Wednesday that the supermarket chain turned a blind eye to equal pay concerns as she gave evidence at a tribunal hearing equal pay claims brought by thousands of mainly female shop workers.

• AkzoNobel Snubs €12.5B Sherwin-Williams, Nippon Paint Bid

  By Najiyya Budaly

  Dulux paint-maker AkzoNobel said Wednesday that it has rejected a bid of €12.5 billion ($14.6 billion) by U.S. rival Sherwin-Williams and Nippon Paint of Japan in favor of a merger it had already agreed with Axalta Coating Systems to form a $25 billion company.

• Google Defeats Film Distributor's 'Shorts' TM On Appeal

  By William Janes

  A distributor of short films lost its appeal Tuesday seeking to force Google to drop its YouTube "Shorts" brand, as a London appeals court upheld a ruling that "shorts" had a broad and descriptive meaning that undermined the distinctiveness of the distributor's trademark.

• Forsters' Email Service Nullifies Multimillion-Pound Claim

  By Ronan Barnard

  A London judge threw out on Tuesday a property company's case worth tens of millions of pounds, concluding that the claimants' lawyers at Forsters LLP had failed to properly serve the claim over email to the solicitors of a construction group.

• Justice Ben Stephens To Retire From Top UK Court In 2027

  By Ashish Sareen

  Justice Ben Stephens said Tuesday that he plans to retire from the U.K. Supreme Court in 2027 after serving for six years on the country's highest court.

• HSBC Can't Dodge Ex-Employee's Claim Over WFH Penalty

  By Jamie Lennox

  A tribunal has ruled that HSBC must face a claim that it discriminated against a former employee during her menopause by disciplining her for working from home when she was experiencing migraines.

• Gov't Sued Over £1B Office Supplies Buying Plan

  By Sophia Dourou

  An office supplies provider has sued the U.K. government over a tender for a £1 billion ($1.35 billion) contract for a digital marketplace platform, alleging it ceased to participate in the procurement process because of breaches of the law and competition rules.

• Linklaters Helps On Jardine Matheson's $2.4B Med Tech Buy

  By Najiyya Budaly

  Jardine Matheson of Hong Kong has said it will buy I-MED Radiology Network for $2.4 billion, adding the Australian diagnostic imaging company to its portfolio as it seeks to invest in healthcare diagnostics.

• SFO Agents Accused Of Using Bribes In London Mining Probe

  By Christopher Crosby

  An expert working for the Serious Fraud Office paid bribes to public officials in Sierra Leone to secure evidence for the agency's London Mining prosecution, three defendants cleared of charges have alleged.