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  Gov't Cracks Down On Crime With UK Cryptocurrency Rules

  By Najiyya Budaly

  HM Treasury unveiled new regulations for crypto-exchanges on Tuesday, which it said would protect the growing nu...(read more)

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  Vardy Must Foot Rooney Costs In Lawyer Fee Challenge

  By Sophia Dourou

  Rebekah Vardy was ordered on Tuesday to pay the full legal costs of her unsuccessful attempt to challenge a find...(read more)

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• AstraZeneca Loses IP Shield For Diabetes Drug

  By Alex Baldwin

  AstraZeneca has failed to convince a London judge to uphold supplementary patent protections for its billion-dollar diabetes drug dapagliflozin, in a ruling that helps clear a path for generic competition in England and Wales.

• Caterpillar Says Dumping Probe Decisions 'Flawed And Unfair'

  By Ronan Barnard

  A Chinese arm of construction equipment giant Caterpillar argued in a London court Tuesday that it had been mistreated by the U.K. government over an anti-dumping probe, saying that it had been wrongly locked out of participating in the investigation.

• CCRC Execs Defend Roles Amid Criticism Over Failures

  By Christopher Crosby

  Executives who head the body that investigates miscarriages of justice said Tuesday that they are still the "right people" for the job as they were grilled by MPs over damning findings about the mishandling of historic convictions.

• 'Bezos' TM Voided For Bad-Faith Link To Amazon Founder

  By Jamie Lennox

  A European Union panel has revoked a "Bezos" trademark belonging to the co-founder of a logistics company, ruling that he acted in bad faith by registering a mark bearing the name of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos.

• Ex-Russells Partner Denies Role In Alleged Share Sale Plot

  By William Janes

  Russells Solicitors and a former partner have denied being part of an alleged plot to hide plans for a $40 million takeover of a celebrity intellectual property licensing company to get a former director to sell his shares cheaply.

• EU Prosecutors Accuse Audit Body Of Blocking Fraud Probe

  By Eddie Beaver

  European Union prosecutors have sued the European Court of Auditors for blocking a request for several of the court's members of staff to testify in a criminal investigation launched in the wake of allegations of fraud at the top of the audit institution.

• Construction Bribery Ring Professionals Get 12.5 Yrs In Prison

  By Ronan Barnard

  A judge sentenced a demolition company chief and three construction site managers to a combined 12-and-a-half years in prison on Monday after the boss was found guilty of giving kickbacks to the managers in exchange for them subcontracting his staff.

• Mishcon De Reya Promotes 27 To Partnership

  By Ashish Sareen

  Mishcon de Reya LLP said Monday that it has elevated 27 lawyers to the role of equity or junior equity partner, bolstering its senior ranks as part of a wider round of promotions at the firm.

• Court Compels Disclosure In £500K Phone Crypto-Theft Case

  By Sophia Dourou

  The victim of a phone-snatching in London has secured a court order compelling four companies offering digital asset exchange services to disclose documents tied to an alleged fraud perpetrated against them after £500,000 ($667,000) in cryptocurrency was drained from his account.

• Unisex Is Best To Avoid Toilet Trouble After Sex Ruling

  By Adele Redmond

  The best approach for employers after the U.K. Supreme Court's seismic ruling on the legal definition of a woman is to make all enclosed single-user washrooms unisex and consult staff for their thoughts on making further facilities gender-neutral, lawyers and experts say.

• Deripaska Sues To Uncover Source Of Allegedly Forged Report

  By William Janes

  A Russian oligarch has asked a London court to order a business intelligence company to divulge the source of an allegedly forged report used to back up a former business partner's bid to challenge a $95 million arbitration award.

• Tycoon's Son Loses Challenge To £3M Howard Kennedy Bill

  By Lucia Osborne-Crowley

  The son of a diamond tycoon accused of swindling $1 billion from banks lost his bid for a court-ordered review of his legal bills from Howard Kennedy on Friday as the High Court said he knew of the climbing costs linked to his international fraud case.