Advertisers Fight For Class Action In Google Antitrust Case

By Lucia Osborne-Crowley

A group of advertisers fought for a green light for their class action against Google owner Alphabet on Wednesday, arguing that their case meets the requirements for a class proceedings order because there are serious issues of abuse of market dominance to be tried.

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South Africa Immune To Sunken WWII Silver Salvage Claim

By William Janes

Britain's highest court ruled Wednesday that South Africa has sovereign immunity against a salvage repayment claim from a company that recovered around $43 million worth of silver bullion from a cargo ship sunk during the Second World War.

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StanChart Bids To Toss Investors' Sanctions Claim On Appeal

By Ronan Barnard

Standard Chartered PLC urged an appeals court Wednesday to toss accusations from investors that it had downplayed the extent to which it had breached U.S. sanctions against Iran by hundreds of billions of dollars, saying they have insufficient evidence to support them.

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Reed Smith's $13M Ask May Breach Sanctions, Barclays Says

By William Janes

Barclays has told a London court that it rightfully refused to transfer approximately $13 million back to a sanctioned shipping company at Reed Smith LLP's request after a collapsed tanker deal, arguing that it declined so it could avoid violating sanctions.

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Car Charging Supplier Claims Morrisons Ditched It For Rival

By Eddie Beaver

Supermarket giant Morrisons allegedly ditched an electric vehicle charging supplier for a competitor without giving any warning that the chain had lost faith in the provider's technology years before, according to a London court claim.

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Marsh Can't Duck Chemical Co.'s Negligence Claim

By Eddie Beaver

A London court on Wednesday refused Marsh's bid to strike out a global chemicals group's claim alleging the insurance broker negligently arranged faulty motor insurance cover.

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Litigation Funder Probably Owned By Sanctioned Oligarchs

By Eddie Beaver

A court has found that there is "reasonable cause" to suspect that a litigation-funder that backs a $1.34 billion fraud claim from a collapsed Russian bank against its former owner is controlled by individuals sanctioned in the U.K.

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Appeal Court Wrongly Allowed Challenge To $5M Cargo Award

By Sophia Dourou

Britain's top court ruled on Wednesday an appellate court was wrong to allow an agriculture distributor to challenge two arbitral awards totaling just over $5 million arising out of a botched sale of pulse cargoes, finding the appeal should not have been granted on the basis of a notional new contract.

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Puma Can't Trip Up Rival Shoe Designs IP

By Hanna Vioque

Puma failed Wednesday to convince a European court that two rivals' sneaker designs had soles that were too similar to its own to gain design protections after the court concluded that it had to consider the shoes as a whole.

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Daimler Loses Bid For 'Certified' Trademark At EU Court

By Lucia Osborne-Crowley

Auto giant Daimler lost its bid on Wednesday for trademark registration over a logo bearing the word "certified" as a European Union court found that the word had no distinctive meaning in connection with trucks.

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Dr. Martens Accuses Temu Of Google Search TM Use

By Tabitha Burbidge

Dr. Martens has accused Chinese ultra-fast fashion giant Temu of paying Google to show its knockoffs of the British shoemaker's famous black boots in the search results of online shoppers.

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Ex-Student Union Leader Settles Anti-Zionist Beliefs Claim

By Tabitha Burbidge

The former president of the National Union of Students, who was ousted over allegations of antisemitism, has settled her discrimination claim with the organization, her lawyers said.

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Solicitor Struck Off For Asking Client For Sexual Images

By William Janes

A tribunal struck off a solicitor on Wednesday after concluding that he dishonestly persuaded a vulnerable client to send him sexually explicit images by falsely claiming he needed them to prevent her ex-husband from posting them as revenge porn.

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EGC Won't Annul EU Decision To Toss Spanish Tax Scheme

By Kevin Pinner

The European General Court will not annul a European Commission decision that a Spanish tax scheme for vessels built in its domestic shipyards must be abandoned because it was incompatible with the European Union's internal market, according to a judgment released Wednesday.

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Mantle Law Hires Construction Pro From Pinsent Masons

By Jamie Lennox

Mantle Law (UK) LLP has hired a partner from Pinsent Masons LLP to its specialist construction, infrastructure and energy disputes practice in London, with the recruit kicking off his new role on Wednesday, amid a belief that boutique law firms are "coming of age."

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What UK Supreme Court Strike Ruling Means For Employers

Although the U.K. Supreme Court recently declared in Mercer v. Secretary of State that part of a trade union rule and employees' human rights were incompatible, the decision will presumably not affect employer engagement with collective bargaining, as most companies are already unlikely to rely on the rule as part of their broader industrial relations strategy, say lawyers at Baker McKenzie.

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