Lloyd's of London insurers must continue paying up to £45 million ($60 million) in additional criminal defense costs for two former Petrofac executives due to stand trial on bribery charges, as the Court of Appeal dismissed their bid to avoid the policy.
Lloyd's of London insurers must continue paying up to £45 million ($60 million) in additional criminal defense costs for two former Petrofac executives due to stand trial on bribery charges, as the Court of Appeal dismissed their bid to avoid the policy.
Disputes over data center projects have become more common as demand for AI infrastructure accelerates, with lawyers warning that delays, cost and defects are turning into fights "on steroids" because of the complexity and value of the projects.
The landlord of a 1960s London tower block sought Thursday to overturn a ruling shielding apartment owners from cladding repair costs under legislation introduced after the Grenfell Tower fire, arguing that the protection does not extend indefinitely into the past.
An English appeals court denied a U.K. marketing company's liquidators permission on Thursday to challenge a ruling that a Caribbean bank and its former CEO had not dishonestly assisted a £415 million ($550 million) tax fraud.
Snap Inc. secured an expedited trial on Thursday over allegedly excessive patent licensing fees, while accusing Dolby and other patent owners of launching a "barrage" of infringement litigation around the world to force the Snapchat owner into accepting unfair royalty rates.
Levi's has accused a U.K. clothing retailer of selling counterfeit versions of its jeans, asking a London court to block the alleged sales to prevent infringement of its numerous trademarks.
Cadogan Estates has said an engineering company cannot duck responsibility for delays to a London property development costing £2.5 million ($3.3 million), blaming the company's late variations to design drawings and failure to communicate effectively with contractors.
Germany's provision of a capital gains tax deferral only to companies with a German permanent establishment infringes on European Union rules concerning the free movement of capital, an adviser to the Court of Justice of the EU said Thursday.
A recent decision from the German Federal Court of Justice, finding a sampled rhythm sequence to be lawful, provides the first national application of the European Court of Justice's new pastiche doctrine, but also confirms that the defense applies only to creations that satisfy specific criteria, say lawyers at Greenberg Traurig.
