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  Consultant Makes Bid To Revive £800M Sewage Class Action

  By Joanne Faulkner

  An environmental consultant sought on Wednesday to revive an £800 million ($1.1 billion) collective action again...(read more)

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  Policyholders Fight For COVID Furlough Payouts At Top Court

  By Martin Croucher

  Insurers are wrong to have deducted an estimated £1 billion ($1.4 billion) of taxpayer-funded furlough grants is...(read more)

• EHRC Single-Sex Code Won't Apply To Workplaces

  By Adele Redmond

  Embattled official guidance on providing single-sex services that comply with a recent U.K. Supreme Court ruling won't apply to workplaces, Equalities Minister Bridget Phillipson said Wednesday in a meeting with legal campaigners.

• Denmark Says Cum-Ex Ruling No Bar To £56M Fraud Claim

  By Sophia Dourou

  Denmark told Britain's top court on Wednesday that it should be allowed to sue an English brokerage for £56 million ($76 million) over a tax refund fraud, arguing that an earlier decision barring linked allegations was based on "fundamentally different" facts.

• European Patents Must Cover All EU States For Unitary Effect

  By Jamie Lennox

  An appeals judge at the Unified Patent Court has ruled that European patents cannot gain unitary effect unless it covers all EU member states that participate in the unitary framework.

• Transneft CEO's Daughter Wins EU Sanctions Appeal

  By Eddie Beaver

  A European Union court lifted sanctions on Wednesday against the daughter of the chief executive of a Russian state-controlled oil and gas company, finding that the bloc's council had failed to produce fresh evidence for reimposing the restrictions.

• PwC Settles Assistant's Age Discrimination Claim For £150K

  By Jamie Lennox

  PwC has paid £150,000 ($205,000) to settle an age and disability discrimination claim from a former employee of more than 40 years, the equality watchdog for Northern Ireland has revealed.

• VTB Fights To Lift Block On Russian Case Over Frozen $156M

  By William Janes

  VTB Bank asked a London appeals court on Wednesday to lift an injunction which blocks it from bringing a $156 million case in Russia over frozen funds, arguing that a judge wrongly concluded that its claim was "vexatious and oppressive."

• Oatly Can't Avoid Dairy Label Ban In TM Battle At Top Court

  By Jamie Lennox

  Britain's highest court has called time on Oatly's "post milk generation" trademark, ruling on Wednesday that the mark breaches European Union laws that prevent the term "milk" from appearing on non-dairy products.

• AI Network Qualifies For Patent Protection, Top UK Court Says

  By Alex Baldwin

  Britain's highest court ruled Wednesday that Emotional Perception's artificial neural network does not fall under typical laws that prevent computer programs from winning patent protection, a landmark ruling that opens the door for artificial intelligence patents in the U.K.

• Top EU Court Decision Could Drag Out TM Claims

  By Alex Baldwin

  The European Union's highest court has cleared the way for parties to delay trademark cancellations, in a decision on post-Brexit challenges that lawyers say will affect trademark claims long after the 2020 transition has become a distant memory.

• AstraZeneca Unit Settles Soliris Feud With Samsung, Amgen

  By Jamie Lennox

  AstraZeneca subsidiary Alexion has settled its claims in the U.K. that Samsung and Amgen infringed a patent covering blood disease drug Soliris, closing the case several months after the Court of Appeal refused to block sales of the defendants' biosimilar drugs.

• Solicitor Found Guilty Of Stalking Legal Blogger

  By Christopher Crosby

  A London judge convicted a solicitor on Tuesday of stalking a legal blogger after he sent numerous, unwanted and "aggressive" emails proposing sex and threatening litigation if his advances were rejected.

• Apple Seeks To Ax £853M Class Action Over Shifting Case

  By Joanne Faulkner

  Apple told the Competition Appeal Tribunal on Tuesday that a £853 million ($1.2 billion) collective action over iPhone batteries should be thrown out because arguments against the company have shifted significantly since the case was certified.