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June 03, 2025
Novartis Seeks To Block Rival's Generic Blood Pressure Drug
Novartis has asked a London court to halt a competitor's plans to sell a generic version of its blood pressure medication, arguing that a replica drug will infringe its extended patent protections over the treatment.
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June 03, 2025
NMC Health Fraud Was 'Systematic,' Administrator Testifies
An NMC Health administrator on Tuesday said that the healthcare group's financial statements were "structured to conceal" the group's real financial position including $3.8 billion of unreported debt, as he testified during the London trial against the group's auditors, EY.
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June 03, 2025
Media Biz Founder Sues BC Partners Unit Over €200M Bonus
A business controlled by the founder of United Group BV has accused the private equity-owned holding company of the telecommunications firm of refusing to pay a €200 million ($228 million) bonus allegedly due on the €1.5 billion sale of two subsidiaries.
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June 03, 2025
Mirror Accused Of Defaming Couple In 'Cancer Con' Articles
A British couple who run a cancer healthcare facility in the U.S. have sued the publisher of the Mirror newspaper in the U.K., alleging the newspaper made false accusations that they provided counterfeit medication to patients.
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June 03, 2025
Ex-Pandora Boss To Blame For His Own Tax Bill, Adviser Says
A tax adviser has denied exposing the former president of jewelry giant Pandora, Peter Andersen, to significant liabilities tied to a €2.2 million ($2.5 million) French property deal, saying that any losses were caused by the ex-chief's deliberate and independent decisions.
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June 03, 2025
Italy Gets €190M Offshore Energy Award Nixed
Italy on Monday succeeded in convincing an annulment panel to nix a controversial €190 million ($216.3 million) arbitral award issued to a British energy company after the country banned oil and gas projects off its coastline, an award that helped fuel a movement against investor-state arbitration in the European Union.
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June 03, 2025
UK Gov't Backs Legal Tech To Modernize Dispute Resolution
The government is committed to investing in legal technology as part of its growth agenda and to help ensure that dispute resolution "evolves with the times," a minister told a legal conference in London on Tuesday.
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June 03, 2025
UK Threatens To Sue Abramovich Over Chelsea FC Sale
The government has threatened to sue Roman Abramovich to make sure that £2.5 billion ($3.4 billion) made from the sale of Chelsea Football Club is used to support humanitarian aid in Ukraine.
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June 02, 2025
Tennis Coach Loses Sex Bias Claim Over Photo Shoot
An employment tribunal has dismissed a tennis coach's sex bias claims over a photo shoot featuring a male coach, ruling that the nonprofit organization hadn't specifically invited men but had taken pictures of available staff.
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June 02, 2025
Remote Workers Take German Tax Case To EU's Top Court
The European Court of Justice said Monday it will hear the case of two taxpayers against a German regional tax authority over whether Swiss residents working remotely are taxable in Germany.
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June 02, 2025
Ex-Law Firm Boss Loses 2nd Bid For Solicitor Reinstatement
A former law firm owner and equity partner has lost a second attempt to regain authorization to work as a solicitor after he was struck off for being dishonest and failing to spot fraud, with a tribunal ruling on Monday that his latest bid was "premature."
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June 02, 2025
Construction Biz Seeks £12M Over Defective Roof Designs
A construction company has alleged a design studio and an engineering consultancy owe it more than £12.4 million ($16.8 million) over their defective designs for a university's sports facility, which "critically delayed" the project.
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June 02, 2025
Citizens Advice Staffer Loses Data Fraud, Race Claim
A welfare adviser who accused a regional Citizens Advice organization of racial harassment and discrimination has lost her claims after a tribunal found the charity acted reasonably and her belief in institutional bias was rooted in mistrust rather than fact.
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June 02, 2025
Petrofac Creditors Challenge $355M Rescue Deal On Appeal
Samsung and an Italian oilfield services company urged the Court of Appeal Monday to overturn a $355 million restructuring plan won by Petrofac Ltd., arguing an earlier judge was wrong to hold they would not be "worse off" under the plan as creditors of the business.
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June 02, 2025
BBC Wins Bid To Amend Libel Defense In Tory Donor Case
Conservative Party donor Mohamed Amersi has largely failed to prevent the BBC from updating its defense to his libel claim, as a London court ruled that its allegations of his involvement in providing "lavish entertainment" for politically exposed people support its truth defense.
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June 02, 2025
Gov't Told To Pass Law To Overturn PACCAR Funding Ruling
The government should introduce legislation to reverse a controversial U.K. Supreme Court decision that upended litigation financing, and make clear that commonly used funding agreements are enforceable, a government advisory body recommended Monday.
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June 02, 2025
Ginmaker Denies Imitating Winery Nyetimber's Label Design
A Devon gin distillery has told a court that it has not copied the "product of England" labeling of Nyetimber, arguing it did not perceive the sparkling winemaker as a rival — although it admitted to some stylistic similarities in their brands.
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May 30, 2025
UK Military Has Paid £20M To Sexual Misconduct Victims
The British military has spent nearly £20 million ($27 million) on payouts to victims of sexual misconduct in its ranks over the past decade, the Ministry of Defence confirmed Friday.
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May 30, 2025
Bodum Hits Back At Shein In Coffee Press Copyright Clash
A Bodum unit has doubled down on its claim that Shein infringed the intellectual property behind its French press and drinking glass designs, telling a London court that it holds copyright for both products.
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May 30, 2025
UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
This past week in London has seen Entain face yet more investor claims in the fallout from its bribery probe, UEFA face class action from Liverpool fans over chaos at the 2022 World Cup, and a venture capitalist sue journalists for misuse of his private information over a forged police report. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.
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May 30, 2025
Ex-Sinn Féin Chief Wins €100K Payout From BBC For Libel
The BBC must pay €100,000 ($113,000) for defaming Gerry Adams, the former leader of Sinn Féin, in a news program that alleged he sanctioned the murder of a former official in the Irish republican party, an Irish court ordered Friday.
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May 30, 2025
Manager AWOL 'To Care For Disabled Son' Was Fairly Fired
A logistics company did not unfairly sack a manager who repeatedly left its premises without authorization purportedly to care for his disabled son, a tribunal has ruled.
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May 30, 2025
Saudi Prince Again Ducks Bankruptcy Over $1.2B Debt
A Saudi Arabian prince evaded a bankruptcy petition from telecommunications business over a $1.2 billion arbitration debt, as a London appeals court ruled Friday that the company cannot challenge an earlier finding that its application was invalid.
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May 29, 2025
Disney Can't Stop Brazil Court Injunction In IP Row, For Now
A California federal judge has denied The Walt Disney Co.'s request to block a Brazilian court from taking injunctive action against it in a patent dispute with wireless technology developer InterDigital Inc., saying the entertainment giant has not shown it's likely the Brazilian court will issue a preliminary injunction barring the use of certain video codec technology.
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May 29, 2025
Bahamas Businessmen Can't Nix $2.7M Yacht Sale Ruling
Two Bahamas businessmen can't dodge a $2.7 million debt to a subsidiary of Caterpillar Inc., after the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council declined on Thursday to find that a yacht intended to repay a loan had been sold at an undervalue.
Expert Analysis
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Unpacking The Building Safety Act's Industry Overhaul
Recent updates to the Building Safety Act introduce a new principal designer role and longer limitation periods for defects claims, ushering in new compliance challenges for construction industry stakeholders to navigate, as well as a need to affirm that their insurance arrangements provide adequate protection, say Zoe Eastell and Zack Gould-Wilson at RPC.
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Prompt Engineering Skills Are Changing The Legal Profession
With a focus on higher-value work as repetitive tasks are delegated to artificial intelligence, legal roles are set to become more inspiring, and lawyers need not fear the rising demand for prompt engineers that is altering the technology-enabled legal environment, say Eric Crawley, Shah Karim and Paul O’Hagan at Epiq Legal.
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Opinion
UK Whistleblowers Flock To The US For Good Reason
The U.K. Serious Fraud Office director recently brought renewed attention to the differences between the U.K. and U.S. whistleblower regimes — differences that may make reporting to U.S. agencies a better and safer option for U.K. whistleblowers, and show why U.K. whistleblower laws need to be improved, say Benjamin Calitri and Kate Reeves at Kohn Kohn.
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4 Legal Privilege Lessons From Dechert Disclosure Ruling
The Court of Appeal's recent decision in Al Sadeq v. Dechert LLP, finding that evidence may have been incorrectly withheld, provides welcome clarification of the scope of legal professional privilege, including the application of the iniquity exception, says Tim Knight at Travers Smith.
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BT Case May Shape UK Class Action Landscape
The first opt-out collective action trial commenced in Le Patourel v. BT in the U.K. Competition Appeal Tribunal last month, regarding BT's abuse of dominance by overcharging millions of customers, will likely provide clarification on damages and funder returns in collective actions, which could significantly affect the class action regime, say lawyers at RPC.
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Key Points From EC Economic Security Screening Initiatives
Lawyers at Herbert Smith analyze the European Commission's five recently announced initiatives aimed at de-risking the EU's trade and investment links with third countries, including the implementation of mandatory screening mechanisms and extending coverage to investments made by EU companies that are controlled subsidiaries of non-EU investors.
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Following The Road Map Toward Quantum Security
With the Financial Conduct Authority’s recent publication of a white paper on a quantum-secure financial sector, firms should begin to consider the quantum transition early — before the process is driven by regulatory obligations — with the goal of developing a cybersecurity architecture that is agile while also allowing for quantum security, say lawyers at Cleary.
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Why EU Ruling On Beneficial Ownership May Affect The UK
Following the EU judgment in Sovim v. Luxembourg that public access to beneficial ownership information conflicts with data protection rights, several British overseas territories and dependencies have recently reversed their commitment to introduce unrestricted access, and challenges to the U.K.’s liberal stance may be on the cards, says Rupert Cullen at Allectus Law.
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Opinion
Labour Should Reconsider Its Discrimination Law Plans
While the Labour Party's recent proposals allowing equal pay claims based on ethnicity and disability, and introducing dual discrimination, have laudable intentions and bring some advantages, they are not the right path forward as the changes complicate the discrimination claim process for employees, say Colin Leckey and Tarun Tawakley at Lewis Silkin.
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AI Is Outpacing IP Law Frameworks
In Thaler v. Comptroller-General, the U.K. Supreme Court recently ruled that artificial intelligence can't be an inventor, but the discussion on the relationship between AI and intellectual property law is far from over, and it's clear that technology is developing faster than the legal framework, says Stephen Carter at The Intellectual Property Works.
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Tracing The History Of LGBTQ+ Rights In The Workplace
Pride History month is a timely reminder of how recent developments have shaped LGBTQ+ employees' rights in the workplace today, and what employers can do to ensure that employees are protected from discrimination, including creating safe workplace cultures and promoting allyship, say Caitlin Farrar and Jessica Bennett at Farrer.
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Ruling In FCA Case Offers Tips On Flexible Work Requests
In Wilson v. Financial Conduct Authority, the Employment Tribunal recently found that the regulator's rejection of a remote work request was justified, highlighting for employers factors that affect flexible work request outcomes, while emphasizing that individual inquiries should be considered on the specific facts, say Frances Rollin, Ella Tunnell and Kerry Garcia at Stevens & Bolton.
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Pension Scheme Ruling Elucidates Conversion Issues
In Newell Trustees v. Newell Rubbermaid UK Services, the High Court recently upheld a pension plan's conversion of final salary benefits to money purchase benefits, a welcome conclusion that considered several notable issues, such as how to construe pension deeds and when contracts made outside scheme rules can determine benefits, say Ian Gordon and Jamie Barnett at Gowling.
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New Fraud Prevention Offense May Not Make Much Difference
By targeting only large organizations, the Economic Crime Act's new failure to prevent fraud offense is striking in that, despite its breadth, it will affect so few companies, and is therefore unlikely to help ordinary victims, says Andrew Smith at Corker Binning.
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Aldi Design Infringement Case Highlights Assessment Issues
The forthcoming English Court of Appeal decision in Marks and Spencer v. Aldi, regarding the alleged infringement of design rights, could provide practitioners with new guidance, particularly in relation to the relevant date for assessment of infringement and the weight that should be attributed to certain design elements in making this assessment, say Rory Graham and Georgia Davis at RPC.