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  Tesco HR Boss Denies Turning Blind Eye To Equal Pay

  By William Janes

  A senior Tesco executive denied on Wednesday that the supermarket chain turned a blind eye to equal pay concerns...(read more)

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  AkzoNobel Snubs €12.5B Sherwin-Williams, Nippon Paint Bid

  By Najiyya Budaly

  Dulux paint-maker AkzoNobel said Wednesday that it has rejected a bid of €12.5 billion ($14.6 billion) by U.S. r...(read more)

• HF Snaps Up Rosling King Team After Law Firm's Collapse

  By Jamie Lennox

  HF said Wednesday it has hired a team of around 40 lawyers from Rosling King, rescuing dozens of jobs after the law firm entered into administration.

• Google Defeats Film Distributor's 'Shorts' TM On Appeal

  By William Janes

  A distributor of short films lost its appeal Tuesday seeking to force Google to drop its YouTube "Shorts" brand, as a London appeals court upheld a ruling that "shorts" had a broad and descriptive meaning that undermined the distinctiveness of the distributor's trademark.

• Forsters' Email Service Nullifies Multimillion-Pound Claim

  By Ronan Barnard

  A London judge threw out on Tuesday a property company's case worth tens of millions of pounds, concluding that the claimants' lawyers at Forsters LLP had failed to properly serve the claim over email to the solicitors of a construction group.

• Justice Ben Stephens To Retire From Top UK Court In 2027

  By Ashish Sareen

  Justice Ben Stephens said Tuesday that he plans to retire from the U.K. Supreme Court in 2027 after serving for six years on the country's highest court.

• HSBC Can't Dodge Ex-Employee's Claim Over WFH Penalty

  By Jamie Lennox

  A tribunal has ruled that HSBC must face a claim that it discriminated against a former employee during her menopause by disciplining her for working from home when she was experiencing migraines.

• Gov't Sued Over £1B Office Supplies Buying Plan

  By Sophia Dourou

  An office supplies provider has sued the U.K. government over a tender for a £1 billion ($1.35 billion) contract for a digital marketplace platform, alleging it ceased to participate in the procurement process because of breaches of the law and competition rules.

• Linklaters Helps On Jardine Matheson's $2.4B Med Tech Buy

  By Najiyya Budaly

  Jardine Matheson of Hong Kong has said it will buy I-MED Radiology Network for $2.4 billion, adding the Australian diagnostic imaging company to its portfolio as it seeks to invest in healthcare diagnostics.

• SFO Agents Accused Of Using Bribes In London Mining Probe

  By Christopher Crosby

  An expert working for the Serious Fraud Office paid bribes to public officials in Sierra Leone to secure evidence for the agency's London Mining prosecution, three defendants cleared of charges have alleged.

• Law Firms Weigh Secretive Pay Models To Keep Top Partners

  By Marialuisa Taddia

  Traditional equity structures that allow partners to see each other's pay are coming under strain as law firms pursue growth, prompting more firms to consider opaque "black-box" compensation systems that keep partner pay confidential, recruiters and advisers say.

• UK Crime-Reporting Push Stalls Over Lawyers' Privilege Fears

  By Christopher Crosby

  Reluctance among lawyers to raise the alarm on suspicious clients is hampering the fight against economic crime as companies wrestle with legal and cultural issues that could land them in hot water with regulators.

• Pinsent Masons Self-Reports To SRA Over Lawyer's Use Of AI

  By Eddie Beaver

  Pinsent Masons LLP has referred itself to the Solicitors Regulation Authority after admitting that one of its junior lawyers used artificial intelligence to generate made-up law in letters sent to court, as a London judge said Friday he would not consider initiating contempt proceedings.

• Energy Trader Gets October Trial In Hormuz Benchmark Row

  By Ronan Barnard

  Mercuria Energy Group secured an expedited October trial on Friday in its claim against Baltic Exchange for allegedly failing to factor the essential closing of the Strait of Hormuz into an oil trading benchmark, after Mercuria argued it would affect the entire market.