A decision by the U.K. Supreme Court to allow two Bahraini dissidents to sue the Gulf state over alleged spyware attacks on them could encourage more claims against foreign governments accused of hacking people in Britain from sites overseas, lawyers say.
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Prosecuting social media giants that fail to prevent fraud on their platforms would "sharpen the blade" in law enforcement's armory, a novel leap in criminal liability needed to fight runaway fraud, the top barrister behind the proposals told Law360.
Ryan Junck and Vanessa McGoldrick of Skadden talk to Law360 about the strategy behind the dismissal of the case against the Hauser & Wirth art gallery, the challenges of litigating a first-of-its-kind prosecution and what the judgment means for sanctions enforcement.
Radical proposals to overhaul how the U.K. combats fraud would increase the incentives for defendants to plead early, heap pressure on digital platforms to overhaul their culture and redirect funds into the criminal justice system.
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A decision by the U.K. Supreme Court to allow two Bahraini dissidents to sue the Gulf state over alleged spyware attacks on them could encourage more claims against foreign governments accused of hacking people in Britain from sites overseas, lawyers say.
Prosecuting social media giants that fail to prevent fraud on their platforms would "sharpen the blade" in law enforcement's armory, a novel leap in criminal liability needed to fight runaway fraud, the top barrister behind the proposals told Law360.
Ryan Junck and Vanessa McGoldrick of Skadden talk to Law360 about the strategy behind the dismissal of the case against the Hauser & Wirth art gallery, the challenges of litigating a first-of-its-kind prosecution and what the judgment means for sanctions enforcement.
Radical proposals to overhaul how the U.K. combats fraud would increase the incentives for defendants to plead early, heap pressure on digital platforms to overhaul their culture and redirect funds into the criminal justice system.
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July 29, 2026
A Saudi sheikh who owes liquidators €83 million ($95 million) failed on Wednesday to frustrate possession proceedings against his home on Britain's most expensive street, as a London court ruled that the claim forms could be served to his solicitors.
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July 29, 2026
Germany's financial markets regulator said Wednesday it will begin actively monitoring whether banks and insurers comply with the European Union's Artificial Intelligence Act, with rule breakers facing fines up to €35 million ($39 million).
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July 29, 2026
A competition law consultant sought Wednesday to revive his proposed foreign exchange-rigging class action against major banks, arguing that material changes since its rejection as an opt-out action warrant a fresh opt-in bid.
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July 29, 2026
Meta lost on Wednesday its appeal seeking to prevent millions of Facebook users from seeking so-called user damages for the use of their personal data as part of a landmark competition claim.
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July 28, 2026
The government's foreign bribery case accusing a former Goldman Sachs banker of paying off Ghanaian officials to secure a lucrative energy deal is a lot like Milli Vanilli, his lawyer told a New York jury Tuesday, arguing that much like lipsynced songs of the fake late-1980s-era pop duo, prosecutors' version of events is not what it appears to be.
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July 28, 2026
Glencore PLC's U.K. arm asked a London judge Tuesday to let it bring a claim against the collapsed former owner of one of the U.K.'s largest oil refineries, alleging it was defrauded out of $230 million worth of crude oil.
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July 28, 2026
A prosecutor has lost a disability discrimination claim against the Crown Prosecution Service, after a judge ruled the CPS took appropriate steps to address his attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
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July 28, 2026
Several U.K. government bodies have told a London tribunal that Servier should pay damages for allegedly breaching European Union antitrust laws by restricting supplies of a blood pressure drug, causing the bodies to overpay.
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July 28, 2026
A retired police detective has lost a bid to reopen his constructive dismissal case, as a London appeals court ruled that disclosures he made to the police watchdog about his former force do not qualify for statutory whistleblower protection.
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July 28, 2026
A former solicitor was denied an opportunity on Tuesday to overturn his conviction for tipping off a client about an anti-money laundering investigation by the Serious Fraud Office as an appeals court ruled that there was no procedural unfairness in his trial.
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July 28, 2026
An appeals court upheld on Tuesday findings by a competition tribunal that a group of pharmaceutical companies abused its dominant position to overcharge for a life-saving adrenal drug, but sent approximately £100 million ($133 million) in penalties back for reconsideration.
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July 28, 2026
The Financial Reporting Council fined EY £1.2 million ($1.6 million) and the firm's audit engagement partner Julie Carlyle £49,000 Tuesday for rule breaches in the audit of online furniture retailer Made.com's 2021 accounts.
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July 28, 2026
A Moldovan entrepreneur facing extradition from the U.K. for allegedly masterminding a $22 billion money laundering operation told a London court on Tuesday that the charges are politically motivated, claiming that the country's president sees "a threat in my face."
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July 27, 2026
A U.K. appeals court upheld the Financial Conduct Authority's decision to ban a company director and pensions adviser from the financial services sector but reduced the watchdog's penalty assessment, holding Monday that fines should be proportionate to harm caused.
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July 27, 2026
A Greek financier who allegedly swiped $450 million from Mexican billionaire Ricardo Salinas Pliego in a fraudulent stock-for-cash loan deal has "numerous other victims," a prosecutor told a Manhattan federal judge Monday.
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July 27, 2026
Lawyers representing app developers suing Apple in a £785 million ($1 billion) group action accused the tech giant of trying to strangle the action by asking for "an oppressive level of disclosure" in a London antitrust tribunal Monday.
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July 27, 2026
Google has settled a price-comparison company's claim that the technology giant abused its dominance in the online search market by steering users away from the rival's website and toward Google's own comparison-shopping service, a London tribunal said Monday.
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July 27, 2026
A Moldovan tycoon wanted for allegedly masterminding a $22 billion money laundering ring was the "leader" of an organized criminal group that corrupted judges to circumvent Russian currency controls, a prosecutor told a London judge Monday.
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July 27, 2026
A company director has been disqualified for 7.5 years for allowing two of his companies to channel money as part of a £13.9 million ($18.5 million) unauthorized banking transaction scheme, the Insolvency Service said Monday.
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July 27, 2026
Victims of a convicted investment fraudster are set to recover most of the money they lost after a court ordered him to repay more than £655,000 ($872,000) under proceeds-of-crime legislation, the Financial Conduct Authority said Monday.
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July 27, 2026
The U.K. Supreme Court ruled Monday that Bahrain cannot invoke state immunity to block personal injury claims by two dissidents who allege the country infected their computers with surveillance software while they were living in London.
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July 27, 2026
The Home Office must explain how it believes that an employer has breached right-to-work rules when it issues a penalty notice, the U.K. Supreme Court ruled Monday.
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July 24, 2026
Reckitt said Friday that it will sell its Russian hygiene business to a local consumer goods company at an expected loss of approximately £175 million ($233.2 million), more than four years since the beginning of the Ukraine war.
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July 24, 2026
A senior barrister Friday won an eleventh hour reprieve from contempt of court proceedings over a closing address to a jury while representing a Palestine Action activist in criminal proceedings, when an appeals court stayed the case while his jurisdictional challenge is underway.
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July 24, 2026
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