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  Intesa Sanpaolo Makes €30.6B Bid For Monte Dei Paschi

  By Najiyya Budaly

  Italy's largest lender, Intesa Sanpaolo, said Monday that it is making a €30.6 billion ($35.2 billion) takeover ...(read more)

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  Ex-UKIP Councillor Fights Pro-Brexit Belief Protection Ruling

  By William Janes

  A former UK Independence Party councilor and charity worker asked an appeals tribunal on Friday for permission t...(read more)

• UK Launches Probe Into EBay's $1.2B Depop Deal

  By Dawood Fakhir

  Britain's competition watchdog said Monday that it has initiated a formal probe into eBay's planned $1.2 billion acquisition of Depop, an online marketplace for used apparel, after seeking initial views on the deal.

• Accor Unit Wins Fight Over Removal Of Combustible Cladding

  By William Janes

  A subsidiary of hotel giant Accor won a bid on Friday to force its landlord, a company owned by the family of real estate billionaire Asif Aziz, to remove combustible cladding discovered in the wake of the Grenfell Tower fire.

• SFO Suspect Can't Ax Warrants In Data Center Bribery Probe

  By Christopher Crosby

  A London judge has upheld search warrants obtained by the Serious Fraud Office against a former executive under investigation as part of a £3 million ($4 million) bribery probe into the construction of a Microsoft data center in Europe. 

• Quinn Emmanuel Hikes NQ Pay In London To £189K

  By Ashish Sareen

  Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP has raised salaries for the most junior associates in its London office to £189,000 ($255,000), the highest confirmed figure in the English capital, having already boosted compensation for its U.S.-based lawyers.

• Apollo Abandons $2B Approach For UK Heat Treatment Co.

  By Irene Madongo

  Private equity giant Apollo confirmed on Friday that it does not intend to make a firm offer for Bodycote in a potential deal that would value the U.K. industrial services company at more than $2 billion.

• DWF UK Chief Steps Down In Leadership Reshuffle

  By Max Austin

  DWF LLP said Thursday that Hilary Ross has retired from her position as managing partner for the U.K. and Ireland, with the firm yet to name a successor.

• Greensill Gets 9-Year UK Director Ban Over Credit Suisse Loss

  By Christopher Crosby

  Lex Greensill has accepted a nine-year ban from serving as a U.K. company director, ending a legal challenge to government action following the collapse of his supply-chain finance firm, the Insolvency Service said Thursday.

• High Court Judge Says AI Could Be Used In Simple Cases

  By William Janes

  High Court Judge Joanna Smith has said that artificial intelligence could be used to decide straight-forward cases such as traffic or parking disputes, telling a London conference that there was "definitely scope" for using AI in decision-making. 

• DAZN Says Canal+ Owes €2M In Tennis Licensing Fees

  By Jamie Lennox

  Sports broadcaster DAZN has sued Canal+ for more than €2.1 million ($2.4 million) in a London court, accusing the French television company of failing to make numerous payments under their €30 million women's tennis licensing deal.

• Labour MP Sues Elon Musk's xAI Over Sexualized Deepfakes

  By Eddie Beaver

  A Labour MP has sued Elon Musk's artificial intelligence developer xAI in London, claiming that its Grok chatbot generated sexualized deepfakes of her in breach of data protection law and as a misuse of private information.

• 5 Questions For HD Law Director Kevin Durkin

  By Alex Davidson

  The Financial Conduct Authority's long-awaited motor finance redress scheme is on hold because a consumer group and three lenders have referred it to the Upper Tribunal for judicial review, claiming it is unfair.

• Ex-BDB Pitmans Client Loses Appeal To Dispute Fees

  By Hanna Vioque

  The Court of Appeal on Wednesday refused to let a former BDB Pitmans client challenge her fee agreement with the firm, ruling that the deal wasn't the kind of arrangement that would trigger statutory consumer protections.