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  BHP Beats Criminal Contempt Claim In Brazilian Dam Case

  By William Janes

  BHP won a bid in a London appeals court on Monday to dodge criminal contempt proceedings over allegations it lod...(read more)

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  Cooley's London Revenue Hits Record $110M In 2025

  By Ashish Sareen

  Cooley's London office generated record revenue of around $110 million in 2025 as it acted on key mandates in ar...(read more)

• HMRC Speeds Up Investigations Into Large Businesses

  By Josh White

  The U.K.'s tax authority has reduced the length of its tax investigations into large businesses, according to data released Monday, though the backlog of open cases has continued to grow.

• Reinsurers Bid To Prune Chubb, Fidelis Russia Aircraft Claims

  By Ronan Barnard

  Reinsurers including AIG and AXA asked a London judge on Monday to trim Chubb and Fidelis' claims to cover their liability to aircraft lessors for planes stranded in Russia after the invasion of Ukraine, saying they should have brought their claims via subrogation.

• Chelsea Fined Record £10.75M For Abramovich-Era Payments

  By Christopher Crosby

  The Premier League fined Chelsea Football Club a record £10.75 million ($14 million) on Monday for breaching financial rules on payments to players and football agents during Roman Abramovich's tenure as owner of the team.

• Employment Tribunal Backlog Rises Again To 523,000

  By Adele Redmond

  The U.K.'s backlog of employment tribunal cases hit a new high of 523,000 at the end of 2025, as 11,000 more workers pursued litigation than in the previous quarter.

• Insurers Beat AmTrust's £59M Claim Over Legal Funding Fail

  By Lucia Osborne-Crowley

  AmTrust failed in its bid to hold an insurer of two defunct law firms liable for £59 million ($78 million) in defaulted loans after a court ruled Monday that the losses incurred in claimant cases were not covered by the firms' insurance policies.

• UniCredit To Push Commerzbank Stake To Over Crucial 30%

  By Najiyya Budaly

  UniCredit SpA launched a takeover offer for Commerzbank AT on Monday to push its holding in the German rival above a 30% bar, in a move that would allow it to continue to increase its stake.

• Witness Was Being Coached Via Smart Glasses, Judge Says

  By Ronan Barnard

  A London judge has rejected a witness's testimony as "unreliable and untruthful" after concluding that he answered questions during cross-examination while he was being coached through his smart glasses.

• Sony Says £2B PlayStation Suit 'Misconceived'

  By William Janes

  Sony hit back at a £2 billion ($2.6 billion) proposed class action claim that it raised prices and suppressed competition by keeping PlayStation console owners "captive" with software and PlayStation Store restrictions, saying Friday that the case was "fundamentally misconceived."

• 5 Questions For New UPC Appeals Judge Paolo Catallozzi

  By Jamie Lennox

  Veteran judge Paolo Catallozzi is used to dealing with intellectual property cases at the Supreme Court of Italy, but his role at the Unified Patent Court poses a completely different challenge. Here, the newly promoted appellate judge talks to Law360 about those cross-jurisdictional tensions along with the other challenges facing Europe's patent court.

• Actor Dropped Over Anti-LGBT Views Can't Reopen Bias Case

  By Jamie Lennox

  A London appeals court refused on Friday to reopen a Christian actor's discrimination claim against a theater company that dropped her from a musical production of "The Color Purple" over an anti-gay social media post.

• Lords Defy Gov't In Vote To Raise Salary Sacrifice Cap To £5K

  By Adele Redmond

  The House of Lords has voted to raise a planned cap on tax-free pension salary sacrifice from £2,000 ($2,600) to £5,000, pushing back against the government's attempt to tackle £70 billion of the proposed arrangements.

• Team Leader To Pay For Comparing Worker's Hairdo To COVID

  By Adele Redmond

  A team leader has been ordered to pay compensation to a Nigerian agency worker for racial harassment after she compared the worker's hairstyle to COVID-19.