The £26 million ($35 million) settlement reached by Grindr over claims that it shared users' HIV data is unlikely to open the floodgates to mass privacy litigation in England, lawyers say, but it highlights the potential value of carefully selected cases involving highly sensitive information.
The £26 million ($35 million) settlement reached by Grindr over claims that it shared users' HIV data is unlikely to open the floodgates to mass privacy litigation in England, lawyers say, but it highlights the potential value of carefully selected cases involving highly sensitive information.
Nigerian communities suing Shell over damage from oil spills gained permission Thursday to amend their claim to add allegations that systemic failures meant the oil giant was responsible for all environmental devastation in the region.
An administrator for a unit of Market Financial Solutions voluntarily left his post on Thursday after creditors of the collapsed mortgage lender raised concerns about a potential conflict of interest.
A European Union court refused to upend an EU decision blocking Booking.com's €1.63 billion ($1.89 billion) purchase of Swedish flight booking service eTraveli, rejecting Booking's assertions that the European Commission went against its own merger review guidelines.
An oil and gas company can't escape a marine fuel trader's claim for $23 million due under a fuel supply agreement, after a court held Thursday that England is the appropriate forum for the dispute.
Covéa Insurance PLC has denied it owes money to a London pub and guest house operator for its alleged losses during the COVID-19 pandemic, arguing that the hospitality business has "highly inflated" the claim.
A London court said Thursday that it will throw out Entain's copyright claim against a matched betting website operator unless the gambling giant provides more details to back up its allegations.
Travers Smith LLP has hired Baker McKenzie's global chair of international arbitration as a partner in its dispute resolution practice in London, bringing in more than two decades of experience.
The Court of Appeal's recent decision in R v. FGD clarifies that the requirement to preserve the integrity of evidence given in court extends to the use of artificial intelligence, providing a clear warning to practitioners that coaching witnesses by any means is prohibited, say lawyers at Dechert.
