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Uber Ruling Clouds Privilege For Funders' Law Firm Talks

By Joanne Faulkner

A recent ruling that communications between claimant lawyers and prospective litigation funders are not automatically protected by litigation privilege could widen disclosure and make it harder for claimant firms to secure funding, experts say.

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KC Dodges Disbarment Over False Oxford Degree Claim

By Eddie Beaver

A King's Counsel successfully overturned his disbarment over falsely claiming he studied at the University of Oxford in an application for tenancy, as a London court found Tuesday that the penalty was disproportionate given the historical, isolated nature of the lie.

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Binance Hit With £150M Group Claim Over Illegal Derivatives

By Sophia Dourou

Binance has been hit with a £150 million ($199 million) group action claim by investors who accuse the cryptocurrency trading platform of illegally selling them high-risk derivatives products, the investors' lawyers said Tuesday.

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Amazon, Apple Face Renewed UK Price-Fixing Claim Bid

By Joanne Faulkner

The Competition Appeal Tribunal was urged Tuesday to certify a resurrected class action accusing Amazon and Apple of entering into anti-competitive agreements that inflated the price of Apple products, after an earlier claim was rejected.

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Optis Pushes Top Court To Uphold $502M Apple FRAND Rate

By Alex Baldwin

Counsel for Optis Cellular urged the U.K. Supreme Court on Tuesday to deny Apple's challenge to an order requiring the tech giant to pay $502 million to license a suite of Optis' 4G patents.

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Motor Finance Borrowers Win In Group Claim Appeal

By Ronan Barnard

Thousands of motorists can pursue claims against car finance providers as a group, a London appellate court affirmed Tuesday, saying that it was not an "irrelevant waste of time" to try lead cases to determine common issues between them.

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Billionaire Appeals Abuse Of Process Ruling In $415M Suit

By Eddie Beaver

Mexican billionaire Ricardo Salinas Pliego urged an appeals court Tuesday to overturn a ruling refusing him a quick win in his $415 million fraud claim, arguing that using a private intelligence agent to gain information from his opponent's lawyer did not amount to an abuse of process.

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Ukraine On The Hook For $71M In Aluminum Plant Feud

By Caroline Simson

Affiliates of the Russian company Rusal, one of the world's largest aluminum companies, have been awarded $71 million in a dispute with Ukraine stemming from the affiliates' investment in what was once Europe's largest aluminum production plant, the amount a fraction of the more than $1 billion the affiliates had sought.

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Venezuela Fund Idea Is Covered By NDA Carveouts, Panel Told

By Ronan Barnard

An investment fund manager and a consultancy urged a U.K. appellate court Tuesday to overturn a ruling that they had stolen confidential information to set up a Venezuelan debt investment fund after a joint venture failed.

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Cycling Gear Retailer Madison Sues Rival Over 'Roam' Brand

By Hanna Vioque

A leading U.K. distributor of bike parts has accused a Scottish rival of trademark infringement and passing off, selling Roam-branded gear that misleads shoppers familiar with its Madison Roam range.

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Takeda Unit Fights Accord's Bid To Nix Crohn's Drug IP

By Max Austin

A unit of pharma giant Takeda has hit back at Accord's bid to invalidate two patents covering treatment regimens for Crohn's disease, arguing that the generic-drug maker is seeking to clear the way for its own competing version in the U.K. market. 

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Fired Professor Loses Appeal To Boost £1M Payout

By Max Austin

A professor has lost her appeal to boost her £1 million ($1.3 million) payout against the University of Edinburgh after an appeals tribunal rejected her bid to restore the maximum uplift available for discriminatory dismissal after she was fired for work-related stress.

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Aybl Execs Say Ex-Director Ousted For Launching Rival

By Hanna Vioque

Sportswear brand Aybl has denied claims that it wrongly ousted one of its directors, arguing that it was entitled to do so after discovering that the co-founder of Gymshark had secretly founded a supplements company that might eventually rival it in the sportswear market. 

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Cripps Says Live Nation Advice Did Not Cause £3.4M Loss 

By Max Austin

Cripps has denied costing Margate Dreamland's operator £3.4 million ($4.5 million) for misadvising the venue on using a termination clause to exit a catering contract, arguing that the operator had not retained the firm during its sale to Live Nation. 

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Pinsent Error Shows Why Lawyers Must Not Delegate To AI

A High Court judge's recent criticism of Pinsent Masons lawyers for reliance on a fictitious authority generated by artificial intelligence is a timely reminder that technology cannot replace lawyers’ proper analysis or verification, say lawyers at Wedlake Bell.

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