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  India Fights To Block $273M Failed Metals Scheme Arbitration

  By William Janes

  India fought on Monday to block a UAE investment fund's $273 million claim over a collapsed aluminum production ...(read more)

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  Shein Accuses Temu Of Copying Photos On 'Industrial Scale'

  By Alex Baldwin

  Counsel for fast-fashion giant Shein told a London court on Monday that rival Temu has infringed its copyright b...(read more)

• 2 Former Carillion Execs Banned For Misleading Statements

  By Najiyya Budaly

  The accounting watchdog said Tuesday that it has banned two former finance directors of Carillion PLC from working in the profession for their reckless preparation of financial statements for the construction business, which is in liquidation.

• 5 Questions For Sandoz Global Head Of IP Julia Pike

  By Jamie Lennox

  Julia Pike worked on a patent dispute at a law firm in Australia, where she trained — and has been in the sector ever since. Here, Sandoz’s global intellectual property chief talks to Law360 about being an in-house lawyer at a generic drugmaker.

• TikTok Says £12M Children's Data Fine Exceeded ICO Powers

  By Eddie Beaver

  TikTok urged an appeals tribunal on Monday to scrap a £12.7 million ($17.3 million) fine for misusing children's personal information, arguing that it should not have been handed the penalty because it had processed data for a "special purpose."

• Sheikh Can Sue Lebanon Bank In UK Over $24M Transfer Row

  By Ronan Barnard

  A Saudi sheikh's dispute with Bank Audi SAL over the Lebanese lender's alleged refusal to transfer more than $24 million to his Swiss account can proceed in England, a London appeals court has said.

• Freshfields-Led Aspex Buys €335M Delivery Hero Stake

  By Najiyya Budaly

  Prosus NV said Monday that it will sell a 5% stake in Delivery Hero SE to Hong Kong-based Aspex Management for €335 million ($394 million) to help satisfy a regulatory condition and complete its €4.1 billion acquisition of Just Eat Takeaway.com.

• Tesco HR Exec Defends Store Wage Cuts In Equal Pay Case

  By William Janes

  Tesco's top-ranking HR executive denied that slashing higher pay for special in-store shifts was motivated purely by cost-cutting, testifying Friday at a trial where thousands of mainly female shop workers claim they were denied equal pay.

• Top UK Court To Hear Gender-Critical Barrister's Bias Appeal

  By Jamie Lennox

  The U.K.'s top court said Friday that it will hear an appeal from gender-critical barrister Allison Bailey against a ruling that she cannot hold LGBT charity Stonewall liable for a discriminatory probe into her online activity.

• Shein, Temu Set To Duel Over Photos In Unusual IP Fight

  By Alex Baldwin

  Fast-fashion purveyors have long been accused of knocking off independent or high-end designs, but Shein and Temu are set to square off in an unusual dispute over copycat photographs in a London court on Monday.

• PayPoint Beats Most Of £172M Competition Claim

  By Ronan Barnard

  An energy payments company has largely beaten a competitor's £172 million ($234 million) claim at an antitrust tribunal after a panel found that exclusivity terms in its contracts hampered the smaller rival's entry into the market only "to a limited extent."

• FCA Eases Auto Finance Redress Timetable Amid Legal Action

  By Alex Davidson

  The Financial Conduct Authority said Friday that it will withdraw some timetabled requirements for lenders under its £7.5 billion ($9.9 billion) motor finance compensation program because they might need to change their plans after several legal challenges.

• Hoka Sneaker Maker Defeats Price-Fixing Ruling

  By Sophia Dourou

  The maker of Hoka running shoes has overturned a ruling that it engaged in indirect price fixing by blocking a retailer from selling through an online discount store, as the Court of Appeal concluded on Friday that it did not distort competition.

• Slaughter And May-Led Intertek Rejects EQT's Higher £9B Bid

  By Tom Fish

  Intertek Group PLC has rejected a third takeover proposal from a subsidiary of Swedish private equity firm EQT AB, saying on Friday that the latest offer continues to undervalue the British laboratory testing company and still carries too much risk.