Novel plans to hold online platforms criminally liable for fraudsters who exploit their operations could shake up corporate culture at some of the world's biggest companies — if the policy proposal was not likely to end up in the long grass, lawyers say.
Lawyers warn that a proposal from the government to require employers to consult on how they use workplace monitoring technology would lead to disputes with workers and their unions — but any lesser reform won't improve workers' rights as employers seek to avoid scrutiny of their methods.
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.
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Novel plans to hold online platforms criminally liable for fraudsters who exploit their operations could shake up corporate culture at some of the world's biggest companies — if the policy proposal was not likely to end up in the long grass, lawyers say.
Lawyers warn that a proposal from the government to require employers to consult on how they use workplace monitoring technology would lead to disputes with workers and their unions — but any lesser reform won't improve workers' rights as employers seek to avoid scrutiny of their methods.
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.
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August 12, 2026
The executive chairman of MSC Cruises has asked a London court to block an American tech entrepreneur's sexual misconduct suit, arguing that her case violates a non-disclosure agreement they signed during business talks.
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August 12, 2026
An Edinburgh appeals judge has ordered a tribunal to reconsider a hotel worker's bid to have his contract reinstated ahead of his whistleblowing claim, ruling that an earlier tribunal failed to correctly determine whether he was entitled to the relief.
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August 12, 2026
A subsidiary of Libya's sovereign wealth fund has sued a London fund manager, seeking information about suspected third-party commission payments in connection with a $50 million investment it made.
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August 12, 2026
Indian metals tycoon Prateek Gupta has partly convinced an appeals court to delay acknowledging an almost $7 million fraud claim brought by a commodities trader pending the outcome of a jurisdictional challenge at the U.K. Supreme Court.
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August 11, 2026
Four directors and managers of a haulage business defrauded its creditors by transferring more than £400,000 ($540,000) out of the company's bank accounts and moving assets while a freezing order was in place, a London court has ruled.
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August 11, 2026
LawCare has disclosed that hackers who breached its records management software provider Beacon CRM accessed personal information about people who contacted the legal support charity.
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August 11, 2026
Nine Lloyd's insurers have sued two former Petrofac executives who are facing bribery charges stemming from the Serious Fraud Office's multimillion-pound investigation into the oil and gas giant and its subsidiaries.
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August 11, 2026
A former mergers and acquisitions solicitor at Goodwin Procter appeared at a London court on charges of insider trading on Tuesday, when his plea date was adjourned by a month.
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August 11, 2026
The police complaints watchdog disclosed Tuesday that it has launched an investigation into a senior detective for alleged gross misconduct over their use of artificial intelligence in breach of workplace guidelines.
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August 10, 2026
A Barclays mortgage adviser has lost his race discrimination claim against the bank, with an employment judge ruling that a disciplinary investigation into his use of customer records was not tainted by bias.
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August 10, 2026
Two people suspected of conducting a €33 million ($38 million) value-added tax fraud in Italy by importing clothes from China have been placed under house arrest, European Union prosecutors said Monday.
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August 10, 2026
Gunnercooke has denied costing a family £4.7 million ($6.3 million) by bungling a settlement reached in the wake of their bankruptcies over a £245 million fraud against HBOS, arguing that the deal reflected what it was instructed to do.
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August 10, 2026
A used-car dealer based in Bradford in northern England has been ordered to repay £66,917 ($90,500) after fraudulently securing a £50,000 COVID-19 bounce back loan, the Insolvency Service said Monday.
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August 10, 2026
An ex-solicitor who was struck off after being caught on camera advising an undercover reporter on how to use a sham marriage for immigration purposes, and for not following up on red flags for a property transaction, failed Monday to return to the legal profession.
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August 10, 2026
PayPoint PLC faces paying around £1.5 million ($2 million) toward a competitor's legal bill after losing an antitrust case in which the rival recovered just 0.1% of the £172 million in damages it originally sought.
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August 07, 2026
The past week in London has seen Cleary Gottlieb sue a former client it advised on the proposed sale of a holding company and the continuation of litigation between pharma giants Merck Sharp & Dohme and Merck KGaA over rights to the Merck name in the U.K.
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August 07, 2026
Ayaz Qazi KC said Friday he would withdraw from representing a businessman convicted of a £6 million ($8 million) investment fraud, telling a confiscation proceedings hearing in London that there had been a "dramatic shift" in his client's declared financial position.
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August 07, 2026
The former chief executive of London Capital & Finance failed to have his six-month prison term for breaching a restraint order reduced on Friday when a London appellate court said it could "find no fault" with the sentence.
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August 07, 2026
The U.K. government said Friday that arrests of migrants suspected of working illegally have more than doubled over the past two years, while rogue employers have faced more than £74 million ($100 million) in fines.
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August 07, 2026
The Financial Conduct Authority said Friday it is applying increased scrutiny to some businesses it registers for anti-money laundering purposes amid growing concerns that their weak internal controls allow financial crime.
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August 06, 2026
A former Goldman Sachs executive director was convicted Thursday for his role in what Brooklyn federal prosecutors say was a wide-ranging conspiracy to bribe Ghanaian officials in support of a Turkish energy company's push to obtain a lucrative power plant contract as the West African nation was reeling from an electricity crisis.
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August 06, 2026
Companies House said Wednesday that it has disqualified almost two dozen company directors for a combined 70 years in the past half year amid a surge in enforcement action as the agency transitions from a passive registrar to an economic crime watchdog.
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August 06, 2026
A company director who avoided court by claiming to be in a coma has been sentenced to 18 months in prison after he was caught running a football magazine despite being banned three times, the Insolvency Service has said.
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August 06, 2026
A London judge has held two people linked to businesses that falsely claimed ties to Domestic & General during cold calls in criminal contempt of court for giving "knowingly false" evidence during litigation.
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August 06, 2026
The U.K. government issued fresh sanctions against Russia on Thursday, targeting 19 entities including banks, shadow fleet tankers and companies that import rare metals used for producing military equipment.