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  Binance, Kraken Bid To Decertify Shrunken BSV Class Action

  By Sophia Dourou

  A group of cryptocurrency exchanges urged the Competition Appeal Tribunal on Monday to toss out a class action b...(read more)

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  UK Extradition Rules Weaken Retrial Safeguards For Suspects

  By Christopher Crosby

  New rules coming into force on Tuesday that curtail the legal protection offered by the U.K. to suspects in fore...(read more)

• Serle Court KC Says Ex-Football Agent Owes Legal Fees

  By Jamie Lennox

  A veteran King's Counsel has sued a former football agent and client in a London court, accusing him of failing to pay £281,400 ($373,000) in legal fees before raising a "litany of complaints" about the legal services he received.

• Gaps In FCA's Crypto-Regime Leave Insider Dealing Risk

  By Alex Davidson

  Gaps in the City watchdog's new crypto rules will exacerbate the risk of insider trading because of inconsistencies pointed out by lawyers over how exchanges will share price-sensitive information and disagreements on the digital-related definition of such data.

• Simmons Steers UK Data Center Biz's £2.5B Financing

  By Tom Fish

  Data center operator Virtus has secured a £2.45 billion ($3.25 billion) financing package to fund expansion of its portfolio across the U.K. and Europe, including the development of an artificial intelligence-ready campus in southeast England.

• UK Pushes Duty To Inform Workers Of Union Rights To 2027

  By Adele Redmond

  A new duty on employers to inform workers of their right to join a trade union has been pushed back to January 2027 as regulations published by the government Friday came too late for the Oct. 30 implementation date.

• Ex-Union Staffer Backs Nurse's Gender-Critical Bias Claim

  By Ronan Barnard

  A former nursing union staff member testified Thursday in support of a gender-critical Scottish nurse suing the union for alleged discrimination against her beliefs, telling a Dundee tribunal Thursday that she had resigned from the union over its reaction to an academic article she wrote about transgender prisoner policy.

• Jellycat Sues Discount Retailer Over Copycat Plushies

  By Max Austin

  Jellycat has accused discount retailer Online Home Shop of selling knockoffs of its popular food-themed plush toys, the latest in a series of cases accusing rivals of confusing consumers with anthropomorphic toys.

• MS Amlin Sued For $2.6M Over Payout For Grounded Ship

  By Joel Poultney

  The owner of a vessel that ran aground in the Solomon Islands has sued MS Amlin for $2.6 million, almost a year after the insurer dodged a payout to a company it insured because the insolvent business failed to pay a $47 million arbitration award.

• TikTok Drops Appeals Over £12.7M Children's Privacy Fine

  By Eddie Beaver

  TikTok has agreed to pay a £12.7 million ($17 million) fine for unlawfully processing children's personal data after a tribunal rejected its challenge to the data privacy regulator's power to impose the penalty, the watchdog said Thursday.

• Jane Street To Take Over A&O Shearman London Office Space

  By Tom Fish

  Quantitative trading firm Jane Street is expanding its London operations after agreeing to pre-let 465,000 square feet of office space, real estate company CBRE Group Inc. said Thursday.

• Pogust Goodhead To Drop Name After Founder's Legal Threat

  By Ashish Sareen

  Pogust Goodhead said Thursday it will change its name after co-founder Harris Pogust demanded that the firm stop using his name, amid a dispute over whether the outfit can continue representing claimants in the £36 billion ($47.6 billion) Mariana dam litigation against BHP.

• Victoria's Secret 'PINK' TM Suit Spurs Expedited UK Trial

  By Eddie Beaver

  Victoria's Secret and Thomas Pink secured an expedited trial Thursday over whether the lingerie giant breached a co-existence agreement by suing the British shirtmaker in the U.S. for trademark infringement over its use of the "PINK" name.

• Bredin Prat, Boyanov Advise Schneider On €1.2B Acquisition

  By Irene Madongo

  French multinational Schneider Electric said Thursday it plans to buy Bulgarian smart-home device maker Shelly Group in a cash deal worth approximately €1.2 billion ($1.4 billion), a deal it expects to improve how buildings monitor and manage energy use.