A Brazilian indigenous group leader has sued Pogust Goodhead amid a wider legal dispute over an attempt to remove the firm as counsel in the Mariana dam collapse litigation and replace it with a practice led by its former partners.
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Pogust Sued By Brazil Dam Client Amid Bid To Replace Firm

By Robbie Kalus

A Brazilian indigenous group leader has sued Pogust Goodhead amid a wider legal dispute over an attempt to remove the firm as counsel in the Mariana dam collapse litigation and replace it with a practice led by its former partners.

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Amazon Says Big Sellers Should Opt In To £2.7B Class Action

By Eddie Beaver

Amazon asked a London tribunal on Monday to carve larger merchants out of a certified opt-out class action worth an estimated £2.7 billion ($3.65 billion) over alleged competition abuses, arguing they should participate only on an opt-in basis.

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Grindr To Pay £26M To Settle UK HIV Data Breach Claim

By Joanne Faulkner

Grindr has agreed to pay £26 million ($35 million) to settle a U.K. group action by thousands of users who allege that it misused data on their HIV status and most recent test date, according to a U.S. regulatory filing.

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Next Wins Equal Pay Appeal Over Warehouse Hiring Needs

By Eddie Beaver

Retailer Next was entitled to pay its mostly male warehouse workers more than its predominantly female sales consultants because it needed the higher wages to recruit and retain warehouse operatives, an appeals tribunal ruled Monday as it overturned a decision that the pay gap was unlawful.

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SECURITIES & BANKING

Deutsche Bank Settles Ex-Employee's Monte dei Paschi Claim

By Ronan Barnard

Deutsche Bank AG said Monday that it has settled a €152 million ($176 million) claim that a former employee had brought against it in Frankfurt over his wrongful conviction linked to an Italian banking scandal.

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CONTRACTS

TotalEnergies Accused Of Using Iran War To Scrap Sulfur Deal

By Sophia Dourou

A Swiss agricultural company has sued a business energy provider for $10.5 million, accusing it of using hostilities between the U.S., Israel and Iran as a pretext to back out of a deal to sell a cargo of sulfur.

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INSURANCE

Analysis

Robotaxis Drive Insurers Into Unmapped Legal Territory

By Martin Croucher

Britain has launched landmark trials of robotaxis in London, but delayed regulation could leave insurers, operators and potentially victims fighting over the bill if there is a crash.

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Ex-Brokers Fight FCA Ban For Misusing Client Funds

By Ronan Barnard

Two former insurance brokerage directors urged a tribunal on Monday to overturn a decision to ban them from working in financial services, arguing that the regulator had been wrong to rely on judicial findings they had engaged in fraud over the sale of their brokerage.

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Irish Aircraft Leasing Cos. Settle Stranded Russian Plane Row

By Joel Poultney

Three entities linked to the Awas aircraft leasing group have settled part of their more than £85 million ($115 million) lawsuit with two Lloyd's of London insurance syndicates over payments linked to planes stranded in Russia after the country's invasion of Ukraine in 2022.

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EMPLOYMENT & BENEFITS

Payroll Executive Sued For Client Poaching Via LinkedIn

By Sophia Dourou

A workforce management company has sued its former sales manager and a competitor, accusing the executive of using LinkedIn to poach clients from his former employer.

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Ex-Director Denies Scheme To Poach Key Clients

By Max Austin

A former facilities management director has denied exploiting sensitive financial information in an effort to poach clients for a competitor, arguing that the business has failed to demonstrate it lost money as a result. 

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Fieldfisher

Fountain Court Chambers

Geradin Partners

Hausfeld LLP

Henderson Chambers

Humphries Kerstetter

Leigh Day

Littleton Chambers

Monckton Chambers

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Pogust Goodhead

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AXA SA

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Uber Technologies Inc.

Waymo LLC

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Companies House

Competition Appeal Tribunal

Financial Conduct Authority

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