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  Justices To Test Damages Threshold In Data Privacy Claims

  By Joanne Faulkner

  The U.K. Supreme Court will consider on Wednesday whether modest distress caused by a data breach can justify co...(read more)

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  Pogust Is 'Shell' Of Former Self, Brazil Dam Claimants Say

  By Joanne Faulkner

  A committee that represents victims of Brazil's Mariana dam disaster told the High Court Tuesday that Pogust Goo...(read more)

• Google Accused Of Restricting App Market At £1B Trial

  By Ronan Barnard

  Google faced a collective action claim alleging it abused its dominance in the Android app market and seeking over £1 billion in damages at the start of a London antitrust tribunal trial Tuesday.

• Libor Traders Seek To Void Convictions Over Jury Errors

  By Christopher Crosby

  Six former City traders will seek to overturn their convictions in an appeal on Wednesday off the back of a U.K. Supreme Court ruling that exposed judicial errors in the Serious Fraud Office's prosecutions and cast doubt on the safety of their verdicts.

• Blasket Says Spain Can't Block €29M Arbitral Award Transfer

  By Sophia Dourou

  Blasket Renewable Investments LLC told an appeals court Tuesday it should be permitted to enforce a €29.3 million ($33 million) arbitral award against Spain, arguing the energy investors that won the award were entitled to transfer their enforcement rights.

• Italian PM Meloni Wants Voice TM Amid AI Deepfake Risk

  By Jamie Lennox

  Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has filed for a European Union trademark over her voice in a move potentially designed to combat the risk of artificial intelligence deepfakes.

• SRA Takes Carter-Ruck Privilege Fight To Top UK Court

  By Marialuisa Taddia

  The Solicitors Regulation Authority said Tuesday that it plans to seek permission to appeal directly to the U.K. Supreme Court against a ruling which could significantly limit its ability to investigate alleged misconduct.

• MPs Call For Whistleblower Handling Probe As AGM Hijacked

  By Adele Redmond

  A group of MPs called for an independent investigation on Tuesday into how the Financial Conduct Authority handles whistleblowers following the death of a former Wall Street broker, as the watchdog's annual general meeting was hijacked by complainants criticizing its approach.

• Top Chef, Wife Sued Over Michelin-Starred Restaurant Sale

  By Isabel Jackson

  A celebrity chef and his wife have been sued for more than £1.3 million ($1.7 million) by the buyers of a Michelin-starred restaurant and hotel after he allegedly misrepresented financial records and oversaw a decline in food standards before quitting earlier than agreed.

• Emotional Perception Can't Get UK Patent For AI

  By Alex Baldwin

  The U.K.'s Intellectual Property Office has denied AI company Emotional Perception's patent application for an artificial neural network, despite winning a landmark U.K. Supreme Court decision that similar AI inventions should not be denied patent protections by default.

• Amazon Urges CAT To Reject £6.3B Claim As Duplicative

  By Ronan Barnard

  Amazon told a London antitrust tribunal Monday that a proposed consumer class action estimated to be worth up to £6.3 billion ($8.3 billion) should be rejected, arguing that it would duplicate work done for similar claims and "generate vast returns" for lawyers and funders.

• Dr. Reddy's Opens Trial Over Diabetes Treatment Patents

  By Alex Baldwin

  Counsel for generic drugmaker Dr. Reddy's urged a London court Monday to invalidate patent protections for Boehringer Ingelheim's billion-dollar diabetes treatment, in a bid to clear the way for its own generic version.

• How Devonshires Won A Fight Over Construction Defaults

  By Eddie Beaver

  Lawyers for a housing association doubted they would get the chance to show that the Court of Appeal had erred in a ruling. So the team at Devonshires was stunned when Britain's highest court agreed to hear an appeal. Here, members of the team tell Law360 how their confidence was vindicated.

• Lessors Say Reinsurers Owe $4B For Planes Stuck In Russia

  By Sophia Dourou

  Reinsurers cannot refuse multibillion-dollar claims for planes stranded in Russia on the basis that they're not covered by reinsurance policies arranged by airlines, a group of lessors told the opening of trial Monday.