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  Tesla Can Seek FRAND Rate From Patent Pool, Top Court Says

  By Jamie Lennox

  The U.K.'s top court ruled Monday that the courts of England and Wales may have jurisdiction to set a fair licen...(read more)

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  No Immunity For Bahrain In Spyware Case, Top UK Court Says

  By Joanne Faulkner

  The U.K. Supreme Court ruled Monday that Bahrain cannot invoke state immunity to block personal injury claims by...(read more)

• Google Settles Price Comparison Site's Search Bias Claim

  By Eddie Beaver

  Google has settled a price-comparison company's claim that the technology giant abused its dominance in the online search market by steering users away from the rival's website and toward Google's own comparison-shopping service, a London tribunal said Monday.

• Moldova Fights To Extradite Ex-Banker In $22B Fraud Case

  By Christopher Crosby

  A Moldovan tycoon wanted for allegedly masterminding a $22 billion money-laundering ring was the "leader" of an organized criminal group that corrupted judges to circumvent Russian currency controls, a prosecutor told a London judge Monday.

• Freshfields-Led Drug Co. To Buy Forte Biosciences For $2.2B

  By Dawood Fakhir

  Belgian-Dutch pharma company Argenx SE said Monday that it has agreed to acquire Forte Biosciences Inc. for approximately $2.2 billion, building on its existing investment in the U.S. company.

• Gov't Must Explain Right-To-Work Fine, Top UK Court Rules

  By Adele Redmond

  The Home Office must explain how it believes that an employer has breached right-to-work rules when it issues a penalty notice, the U.K. Supreme Court ruled Monday.

• KKR, ECP Win Energy Biz Backing For Up-To-£5.75B Takeover

  By Najiyya Budaly

  DCC Energy PLC said Monday that it is backing an offer worth up to £5.75 billion ($7.7 billion) from KKR and Energy Capital Partners, making it the latest London-listed company targeted in a take-private deal by U.S. buyers.

• Reckitt To Take £175M Loss From Sale Of Russian Hygiene Biz

  By Dawood Fakhir

  Reckitt said Friday that it will sell its Russian hygiene business to a local consumer goods company at an expected loss of approximately £175 million ($233.2 million), more than four years since the beginning of the Ukraine war.

• UK Insurers Rattled By Sanctions Risk Of Iran Hormuz Tolls

  By Martin Croucher

  Insurers covering vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz could be at risk of breaching international sanctions against Iran if they reimburse shipowners that might be forced to pay transit tolls to Tehran under any settlement reached after the war, legal experts warned.

• REIT Sued By Smith Square Partners Over £1.6M Tail Fee

  By Tom Fish

  Home REIT PLC said Friday that it will "vigorously defend" a £1.6 million ($2.1 million) claim by former adviser Smith Square Partners LLP for an allegedly unpaid contractual fee tied to the company's property sales process.

• Duane Morris London Chief Seeks Boutique Firm Merger Deals

  By Marialuisa Taddia

  The London chief of Duane Morris is hunting for smaller tie-ups with boutique law firms that would allow it to expand the office without jeopardizing its balance sheet.

• Tougher CPO Certification Test Could Price Out Viable Claims

  By Joanne Faulkner

  The government's plan to unlock funding for opt-out collective actions while imposing a tougher certification test represents a delicate trade-off that experts warn could leave some well-founded claims too expensive to bring.

• KC Aims To 'Sharpen The Blade' With New Big Tech Liability

  By Christopher Crosby

  Prosecuting social media giants that fail to prevent fraud on their platforms would "sharpen the blade" in law enforcement's armory, a novel leap in criminal liability needed to fight runaway fraud, the top barrister behind the proposals told Law360.

• Mercedes Faces Solo Dieselgate Damages Trial In November

  By Ronan Barnard

  Mercedes-Benz will be the only automaker to face a damages trial in London in November over claims it used unlawful emissions-cheating software after a judge ruled Friday to separate the case from related proceedings against four other major carmakers.