Britain's highest court has agreed to hear arguments about whether to revive the U.K.'s first environmental competition class action, the law firm bringing the £800 million ($1.1 billion) claim against water companies said Thursday.
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Top UK Court Gives Lifeline To £800M Sewage Class Action

By Sophia Dourou

Britain's highest court has agreed to hear arguments about whether to revive the U.K.'s first environmental competition class action, the law firm bringing the £800 million ($1.1 billion) claim against water companies said Thursday.

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Bank Of Baroda Pays $600M To Settle NMC Fraud Case

By Ronan Barnard

India's Bank of Baroda has paid $600 million to reach a settlement over claims that it helped facilitate a multibillion-dollar fraud against NMC Health PLC, lawyers for the administrators of the United Arab Emirates healthcare group said Thursday.

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DWF Fights Appeal In Personal Injury Data Privacy Claim

By Sophia Dourou

Three personal injury claimants on Thursday sought to revive their data privacy claim against DWF, arguing at an appeals court that the law firm should not have shared their health data in proceedings involving their insurers without removing identifying information.

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COMPETITION

EU Top Court Upholds €4.1B Google Android Fine

By Matthew Perlman

Europe's top court tossed Google's appeal Thursday in a case accusing the search giant of abusing its dominance through its Android licensing practices, confirming a 2018 decision by enforcers and a €4.1 billion ($4.7 billion) fine.

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TRANSACTIONS

Tax Tech Biz Ex-Director Must Pay £10M In Share Claim Spat

By Ronan Barnard

A former director of a taxation technology company is liable for £10 million ($13.3 million) for shares he had agreed to buy from a former business partner, a London judge has ruled.

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INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

Drone Maker Denies Copying US Arms Co.'s Technology

By Max Austin

A British drone maker has pushed back against claims it deliberately copied a U.S. defense contractor's drone design, arguing that the technology is not new because it was already in the public domain before it was patented.

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Novo Nordisk Blocks Ex-Lead's Use Of Alleged Trade Secrets

By Eddie Beaver

Novo Nordisk secured an injunction Thursday preventing an ex-strategy lead from using for profit or disclosing emails containing information the pharmaceutical company alleges could seriously damage its business, after a London judge concluded there was credible evidence that confidential material might have been taken.

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EasyGroup Loses 'EasyBathrooms' TM Fight As Markets Differ

By Hanna Vioque

A London judge has refused to let easyGroup block a bathroom design specialist's range of "easy bathrooms" trademarks, concluding that shoppers wouldn't mix up the easyJet owner's low-cost brands with higher-end bathroom products.

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EMPLOYMENT & BENEFITS

Facilities Manager To Pay £119K For Family Feud Firing

By Hanna Vioque

An employment tribunal has ordered a facilities management company to pay £119,248 ($159,000) to a senior manager who was fired for alleged insubordination after he refused to explicitly back one director during a corporate family feud. 

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LEGAL ETHICS & MALPRACTICE

Hill Dickinson Not Negligent In Doctor's Whistleblowing Case

By Hanna Vioque

Hill Dickinson defeated a doctor's bid for a wasted costs order Thursday, with an appellate tribunal ruling that the firm's failure to disclose a document didn't amount to negligence even if it might have been relevant to his whistleblowing case.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

AI Makes Law Firm Change Management A Client Issue

As artificial intelligence implementation is causing clients' expectations of outside counsel to shift toward greater risk control and more transparent value, successful law firm transformation and the preservation of professional trust will require governance, training and accountability, says John Hutchinson at Broadfield.

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LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

4 Pump Court

7 King's Bench Walk

A&O Shearman

Baker McKenzie

Blackstone Chambers

Browne Jacobson LLP

Clyde & Co

DWF LLP

Gatehouse Chambers

Hill Dickinson

Hogarth Chambers

Littleton Chambers

Osborne Clarke

Outer Temple Chambers

Potter Clarkson

Quinn Emanuel

Reynolds Porter

Schofield Sweeney

Shoosmiths LLP

Slater and Gordon

Squire Patton

Three New Square

Twenty Essex

COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank

Alphabet Inc.

Alvarez & Marsal Holdings LLC

American Bar Association

Apple Inc.

Bank of Baroda Ltd.

Ernst & Young LLP

Google LLC

KBW, Inc.

Microsoft Corp.

Novo Nordisk A S

Severn Trent PLC

Solicitors Regulation Authority Ltd.

Thomson Reuters Corp.

YouTube Inc.

easyJet plc

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Competition Appeal Tribunal

European Commission

General Court of the EU

HMRC

National Health Service

U.S. Department of Justice

UK Court of Appeal

UK High Court