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  Comedian Appeals Libel Ruling Over Antisemitism Claim

  By Eddie Beaver

  A standup comedian told an appeals court on Thursday that a lower court had wrongly determined the meaning of a ...(read more)

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  White & Case Eyes $5B By 2028 Despite Market Volatility

  By Marialuisa Taddia

  White & Case said Thursday that it is on track to hit its goal of $5 billion in revenue for 2028 despite volatil...(read more)

• Critical Literary Editions Can Qualify For Copyright Protection

  By Hanna Vioque

  A European court ruled Thursday that a critical edition containing scholarly notes and commentary on an existing copyrighted work can also qualify for protection under European Union law if it is original and more than just a mere idea. 

• Clarks, Trek Breached 25-Year-Old Branding Agreement

  By Jamie Lennox

  A London court ruled Thursday that British shoemaker Clarks and U.S. bike retailer Trek both breached a 25-year-old brand coexistence agreement relating to the use of their respective "Trek" trademarks.

• Ex-Battersea Power Station Chief Sues Over Whistleblowing

  By Hanna Vioque

  The former chief executive of Battersea Power Station is suing the Malaysian company that redeveloped the decommissioned site and four executives for allegedly firing him after he blew the whistle on an inflated balance sheet, his lawyers said Thursday.  

• Greensill Can't Stop Disqualification Case Over Unfair Probe

  By Eddie Beaver

  Lex Greensill failed Wednesday to strike out U.K. government proceedings to disqualify him as a company director, as a London court ruled that a full trial is needed to assess the fairness of the investigation running up to the case.

• MFS Owner Hit With Asset Freeze After Mortgage Biz Collapse

  By Christopher Crosby

  The owner of failed U.K. mortgage provider Market Financial Solutions has been hit with a worldwide freezing order, administrators said Wednesday in the wake of fraud allegations following its collapse in February with debts in excess of £1 billion ($1.3 billion).

• 1st SLAPP Ruling Delivers Symbolic But Limited Landmark

  By Joanne Faulkner

  A judge recently found for the first time that a claim met the statutory definition of a strategic lawsuit against public participation, offering a symbolically significant — if limited — test of new powers designed to curb abusive litigation.

• Rail Cos. Say Pay Talks Exhausted In £4.9M Payment Appeal

  By Adele Redmond

  Two rail operators argued Wednesday that collective pay negotiations in 2017 had been "expressly exhausted" before direct, individual offers were made to 1,250 union employees who won £4.9 million ($6.4 million) over the bargaining breach.

• FCA Denies Exerting 'Undue Pressure' During Odey Probe

  By William Janes

  A manager at the City watchdog who conducted its supervision of Crispin Odey's hedge fund rejected the financier's allegations that pressure from the watchdog made other executives incapable of fairly disciplining him over allegations of misconduct.

• UK Backs Off Plan To Put Burden On Creatives In AI Scraping

  By Alex Baldwin

  The government has backed away from its proposal to make creatives opt out of having their work used to train artificial intelligence models, after a backlash from the sector saying that the onus should be on AI companies to license their work.

• Clyde & Co Can't Block Lawyer From Suing In Dubai

  By Hanna Vioque

  A London judge has refused to grant Clyde & Co. an injunction preventing a lawyer from suing in Dubai to force the firm to pay his full bonus, concluding it was unlikely that an English arbitration agreement was still valid. 

• Visa, Mastercard Win Shot At Overturning Fee Liability Ruling

  By Lucia Osborne-Crowley

  Visa and Mastercard won their bid for permission to appeal a ruling that found their swipe fee schemes had violated competition rules, with the Competition Appeal Tribunal ruling Tuesday that all the credit card giants' grounds of appeal merit a full hearing.

• BoE To Toughen Bank Liquidity Rules After Credit Suisse

  By Alex Davidson

  The Bank of England's regulatory arm proposed tougher rules on Tuesday to help ensure that banks, building societies and larger investment companies can speedily cash out on liquid assets, as it learns from the events at Silicon Valley Bank UK and Credit Suisse.