Liz Hurley alleged at the trial over her privacy claim against the publisher of the Daily Mail on Thursday that private investigators working for the company had tapped her landline phone, secretly placed microphones at her home and unlawfully obtained her medical information.
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Liz Hurley Tells Mail Privacy Trial Her Home Was Bugged

By Ronan Barnard

Liz Hurley alleged at the trial over her privacy claim against the publisher of the Daily Mail on Thursday that private investigators working for the company had tapped her landline phone, secretly placed microphones at her home and unlawfully obtained her medical information.

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Industry Calls For EU Rethink On Litigation Funders

By Marialuisa Taddia

A group of major trade bodies has urged the European Commission to reconsider its decision not to regulate third-party litigation funders and called for a deeper review of the sector.

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Nomura Says Fund's $49M Claim Is 'Misconceived'

By William Janes

Two securities trading arms of Nomura Group have denied causing an investment fund to lose more than $43 million by selling the fund's shares and overcharging it almost $6.8 million in connection with capital gains tax.

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COMPETITION

Football Club Owner Textor Fails To Overturn $97M Ruling

By William Janes

The owner of a portfolio of professional football clubs has failed to overturn a ruling that found he was in breach of a deal to buy back an investment vehicle's stake in his company for $97 million.

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CONTRACTS

CloudPay Sued For €17M Over Payroll Project Shutdown

By Eddie Beaver

A finance consultant has alleged that a payment solutions provider owes it almost €17 million ($20 million) for terminating a project aimed at providing a payroll financing product because of an alleged drop in client demand.

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ARBITRATION

Poland Faces $40M Award Revival Bid In DC Circ.

By Caroline Simson

Mercuria Energy Group urged the D.C. Circuit on Thursday to revive the Cypriot commodities trader's bid to enforce a since-annulled $40 million arbitral award against Poland, saying the United States' commitment to its arbitration-related treaty obligations is at stake.

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INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

Ex-Trading Co. CEO Denies Signing Fake Contract In $19M Trial

By Sophia Dourou

The former chief executive of trading technology business Finalto didn't use the company as "a vehicle for fraud" by signing a sham employment contract, he said in evidence at a trial where he and another executive are seeking more than $19 million in unpaid benefits.

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TAX

ECJ Backs VAT Exemption For Spanish Cleaning Co-Ops

By Josh White

Spain can't automatically bar cleaning cooperatives from receiving a value-added tax exemption for services provided to educational and healthcare institutions, the European Union's top court ruled Thursday.

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EMPLOYMENT & BENEFITS

London Underground Beats Asbestos Whistleblowing Claim

By Jamie Lennox

London Underground has defeated a claim from a former employee that it sacked him for blowing the whistle on issues linked to asbestos exposure, convincing a tribunal that ill health was the real reason he was fired.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

2026 Int'l Arbitration Trends: Arbitral Seats In Flux

As political and legal landscapes continue to shift across key global jurisdictions, with Mexico and England instituting key judicial and arbitral reforms, respectively, international arbitration parties are becoming increasingly strategic in their selection of arbitral seats, say attorneys at Cleary.

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Baker McKenzie

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Blackstone Chambers

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CMS Cameron McKenna

Cleary Gottlieb

Clifford Chance

DLA Piper

Doughty Street Chambers

Duane Morris

Essex Court Chambers

Hogan Lovells

Kirkland & Ellis

Matrix Chambers

Mishcon de Reya

Nabarro LLP

One Essex Court

Osborne Clarke

Quadrant Chambers

Reynolds Porter

gunnercooke LLP

COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Association of Corporate Counsel

Deutsche Bank AG

Insurance Europe Ltd.

International Legal Finance Association

Investments Ltd.

Mercuria Energy Group Ltd.

Playtech PLC

Sovereign Arbitration Advisors LLC

The Goldman Sachs Group Inc.

U.S. Chamber of Commerce

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

European Commission

European Parliament

European Union

Government of Mexico

Transport for London

U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit

U.S. Supreme Court

UK High Court

UK Ministry of Justice