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  Crispin Odey Settles Several Women's Sex Assault Claims

  By Ronan Barnard

  Crispin Odey has settled sexual assault claims brought against him by several women, a month after he dropped hi...(read more)

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  Nokia Ruling Maps Route To Arbitration In UK FRAND Cases

  By Jamie Lennox

  Nokia has offered a glimpse into the future of standard-essential patent licensing disputes in London by persuad...(read more)

• UK Gov't Plans Bills For Closer EU Links, Financial Reforms

  By Alex Davidson

  New legislation laid out in the King's Speech on Wednesday included the government's plans for a bill to strengthen trading ties with the European Union alongside an Enhancing Financial Services Bill in the next 12 months, but lawyers warn that the scope remains limited with potential unexpected consequences.

• Diamond Tycoon Denies Family Ran Firms In $1B Gold Fraud

  By Sophia Dourou

  A diamond and jewelry tycoon accused of swindling more than $1 billion from banks has denied controlling various businesses that carried out the Indian gold bullion fraud, as he testified on Wednesday at the trial brought by the liquidators of U.K. companies.

• Chubb, Fidelis Lose Russian Aircraft Contribution Claim Bid

  By Joel Poultney

  A High Court judge on Wednesday blocked an attempt by insurers Chubb and Fidelis to claim contributions from a group of underwriters for their liability to aircraft lessors for planes stranded in Russia after the invasion of Ukraine.

• TUI Pilots Say Union Deal Couldn't Cut Illness Benefits

  By Eddie Beaver

  A group of TUI Airways pilots told an appeals court on Wednesday that a judge had wrongly dismissed their claims of breach of contract after their employer slashed an income protection program for those unable to fly because of illness.

• Ex-QPR Player Wins Racist Banter Claim Against Ex-Manager

  By Adele Redmond

  A professional footballer has won his claim that he endured racist banter from the manager of a lower-league team where he was on loan, although his home club has avoided liability for the offending comments.

• Tesco Loses Appeal To Ax Training Docs From Equal Pay Feud

  By Jamie Lennox

  An appeals court has rejected Tesco's attempt to exclude training documents from an evaluation of the jobs done by staff at the retailer amid an ongoing equal-pay claim from thousands of mostly female workers in its stores.

• Intertek Board Set To Recommend EQT's £9.4B Final Offer

  By Tom Fish

  Intertek Group said Wednesday that it is prepared to endorse a takeover offer from EQT AB after the Swedish private equity firm made a "final proposal" that valued the laboratory testing company at approximately £9.4 billion ($12.7 billion).

• MFS Owner Accused Of 'Plundering' £1.3B For Lavish Lifestyle

  By Sophia Dourou

  The administrators of Market Financial Solutions have accused the collapsed lender's owner of systematically plundering £1.3 billion ($1.8 billion) in a "widescale" fraud to fund his "lavish lifestyle."

• Frasers Wins Appeal To Dodge Payout In 10-Year TM Dispute

  By Jamie Lennox

  A London appeals court said Tuesday that Frasers does not need to pay damages to reflect the losses of various sublicensees of trademarks that it infringed around 10 years ago, ruling that the claim came too late.

• Nokia Halts RAND Case On Appeal After Pitching Arbitration

  By Jamie Lennox

  A London appeals court has ended Acer and Asus' claims that Nokia failed to offer suitable licenses for its essential video-coding patents, ruling Tuesday that the Finnish tech firm has fulfilled its obligations by offering to arbitrate.

• New Liability Rules Put Businesses In Uncharted Territory

  By Christopher Crosby

  New powers that put companies on the chopping block for crimes committed by their executives dramatically expand corporate liability to include a wider array of offenses, which businesses already struggling with "compliance fatigue" have barely begun to grapple with, lawyers say.

• Ex-Privatbank Owners Say Payments Erased $3B Fraud Loss

  By Sophia Dourou

  The former owners of PrivatBank urged an appeals court on Tuesday to overturn a finding that they owe the Ukrainian lender $3 billion, arguing that a later repayment to the bank "extinguished" the loss resulting from their fraudulent loan recycling scheme.