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  Actor Dropped Over Anti-LGBT Views Can't Reopen Bias Case

  By Jamie Lennox

  A London appeals court refused on Friday to reopen a Christian actor's discrimination claim against a theater co...(read more)

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  Norwegian PE Firm To Buy Payroll Services Biz For $226M

  By Dawood Fakhir

  Zalaris ASA said Friday that it has agreed to be acquired by a fund of Norvestor Equity AS in a deal that values...(read more)

• 5 Questions For New UPC Appeals Judge Paolo Catallozzi

  By Jamie Lennox

  Veteran judge Paolo Catallozzi is used to dealing with intellectual property cases at the Supreme Court of Italy, but his role at the Unified Patent Court poses a completely different challenge.

• Lords Defy Govt In Vote To Raise Salary Sacrifice Cap To £5K

  By Adele Redmond

  The House of Lords has voted to raise a planned cap on tax-free pension salary sacrifice from £2,000 ($2,600) to £5,000, pushing back against the government's attempt to tackle £70 billion of the proposed arrangements.

• Team Leader To Pay For Comparing Worker's Hairdo To COVID

  By Adele Redmond

  A team leader has been ordered to pay compensation to a Nigerian agency worker for racial harassment after she compared the worker's hairstyle to COVID-19.

• New Fraud Unit Faces Hurdles To Take On Overseas Scams

  By Christopher Crosby

  A new anti-fraud unit built to disrupt the growing threat to national security posed by online scammers fills gaps left in the enforcement landscape, lawyers say — although there are hurdles for prosecution of suspects, particularly when many scams originate thousands of miles away.

• Hasbro Fights For Quick Win On Peppa Pig Infringement Claim

  By Alex Baldwin

  Hasbro asked a London court to rule before the case proceeds to trial that the Vietnamese makers of the "Wolfoo" YouTube cartoon have infringed Peppa Pig.

• Estée Lauder Owner Says Jo Malone Founder Infringed IP

  By Jamie Lennox

  Estée Lauder Companies has sued British perfumer Jo Malone in a London court, accusing her of infringing trademarks over the Jo Malone brand that it acquired when it bought the company in 1999.

• Apple Wins Partial Strike-Out Of £853M Battery Class Action

  By William Janes

  Apple Inc. scored a partial victory on Thursday in an £853 million ($1.1 billion) collective action over allegations that it throttled the performance of iPhone batteries as the U.K. competition court threw out part of the case.

• BHP Says Judge Used Wrong Test In £36B Dam Disaster Claim

  By Joanne Faulkner

  Mining company BHP asked a court on Thursday for permission to challenge findings that it is liable for a £36 billion ($48 billion) claim over a dam collapse in Brazil, arguing that the judge who found it responsible for the disaster had applied the wrong test.

• Ex-Deutsche Bankers Suing For £600M Over Italian Probe

  By Christopher Crosby

  Four former senior Deutsche Bank traders are suing the lender for upward of £600 million ($803 million) in London after they were convicted, but subsequently acquitted, of aiding false accounting and market manipulation in one of Italy's biggest financial scandals.

• Asda Wins Seedless Mutant Mandarin IP Infringement Battle

  By William Janes

  Supermarket chain Asda on Thursday beat claims that it infringed the rights of a mandarin orange breeder to a protected type of the fruit by stocking a variety that was made seedless through exposure to radiation.

• CMS, Hogan Lovells Lead Savills' $1.1B US RE Lender Buyout

  By Tom Fish

  Savills said Thursday that it has agreed to acquire Eastdil Secured in a deal that values the real estate investment bank at $1.11 billion as the British property adviser moves to strengthen its position in global capital markets.

• Skadden, Wachtell Lipton Advise As Janus Rejects Victory Bid

  By Al Barbarino

  Janus Henderson Group PLC on Wednesday said its board rejected a competing buyout bid from Victory Capital Holdings as it continues to recommend its pending $7.4 billion acquisition by Trian Partners and General Catalyst.