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  'Reckless' Pensions Bosses Lose Bid To Overturn FCA Ban

  By William Janes

  A London tribunal has upheld a decision by the financial services regulator to ban two pensions company bosses f...(read more)

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  UK Consumer Group Drops £480M Qualcomm Class Action

  By Joanne Faulkner

  Consumer group Which has said it is dropping its £480 million ($651 million) collective action accusing Qualcomm...(read more)

• Exec Loses Bid To Keep Name Out Of SFO Bribery Settlement

  By Christopher Crosby

  Two British judges ruled Wednesday that the Serious Fraud Office could publish the name of a former executive in a corporate criminal settlement even though he was cleared of bribery charges, ruling that the process was subject to the principle of open justice. 

• On Players' Brain Injury Claims, FA Says Science Inconclusive

  By Eddie Beaver

  The governing bodies of football in England and Wales have denied claims from more than 100 football professionals of failure to phase out allegedly brain-injuring headers from the game, arguing that research on the dangers of the technique is still ongoing.

• UPC Reluctant To Refer Cases Back Down After Appeals

  By Jamie Lennox

  An appeals panel at the Unified Patent Court has said it will not send infringement claims back to first-instance judges after overturning their decisions on the validity of a patent, choosing instead to decide such issues for itself.

• Initial Tweaks Herald Larger Trade Union Law Reforms Ahead

  By Adele Redmond

  Trade unions have said that changes to industrial relations legislation are "bringing U.K. labor law into the modern era" — but lawyers say some of the measures will be little more than a matter of adjustment for employers already facing disputes.

• Low Profile For Trainees Signals Deeper Recognition Issues

  By Marialuisa Taddia

  The failure of many large law firms to put bios up on their websites for trainees and apprentices points to structural problems in a profession that relies on their labor, experts warn.

• Ex-QPR Player Claims £11M Over Manager's 'Racist Banter'

  By William Janes

  A professional footballer has asked a tribunal to order Queens Park Rangers Football Club to pay him almost £11.2 million ($15.1 million) over allegations that he was subjected to racist comments while on loan at a lower-tier team.

• Deutsche Bank, Ex-Trader Settle Over Monte Dei Paschi Case

  By Eddie Beaver

  Deutsche Bank has settled a commercial fraud claim brought by a former trading head over his wrongful conviction for aiding false accounting and market manipulation in one of Italy's biggest financial scandals.

• Edwards Drops 'Anti-Copycatting' Policy Amid Antitrust Probe

  By Jamie Lennox

  Edwards has dropped its policy of shunning clinicians and distributors who supported "copycat" medical device makers, heading off an investigation into whether the medical devices manufacturer might have breached European Union competition rules.

• AI Ruling Won't Mean Smooth Sailing For Software Patents

  By Alex Baldwin

  Tech companies will still face significant scrutiny when they file applications for software patents after the U.K. Supreme Court's landmark artificial intelligence ruling that cleared a key barrier which prevented businesses from patenting computer programs.

• Christian Worker Wins Appeal Over Rescinded Job Offer

  By Hanna Vioque

  An appellate tribunal on Monday gave a Christian social worker a second shot at proving that his religious views on sexuality and marriage unfairly cost him a new job, ruling that finding his beliefs objectionable wasn't a justification for rescinding his offer.

• SRA Faces £400K Bill After SLAPP Conviction Overturned

  By Lucia Osborne-Crowley

  A media lawyer who managed to overturn a conviction by the Solicitors Regulation Authority for allegedly trying to silence journalists has also won a costs order against the regulator, as the SRA was ordered to pay at least £400,000 ($545,000).

• 36 Unis Face COVID Disruption Claims After UCL Settlement

  By William Janes

  Lawyers representing more than 170,000 current and former students said Monday that they plan to sue 36 British universities over failures to provide on-campus tuition during the COVID-19 pandemic, after University College London settled claims from thousands more.