Hoka Sneaker Maker Defeats Price-Fixing Ruling

By Sophia Dourou

The maker of Hoka running shoes has overturned a ruling that it engaged in indirect price fixing by blocking a retailer from selling through an online discount store, as the Court of Appeal concluded on Friday that it did not distort competition.

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PayPoint Beats Most Of £172M Competition Claim

By Ronan Barnard

An energy payments company has largely beaten a competitor's £172 million ($234 million) claim at an antitrust tribunal after a panel found that exclusivity terms in its contracts hampered the smaller rival's entry into the market only "to a limited extent."

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Top UK Court To Hear Gender-Critical Barrister's Bias Appeal

By Jamie Lennox

The U.K.'s top court said Friday that it will hear an appeal from gender-critical barrister Allison Bailey against a ruling that she cannot hold LGBT charity Stonewall liable for a discriminatory probe into her online activity.

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Analysis

Shein, Temu Set To Duel Over Photos In Unusual IP Fight

By Alex Baldwin

Fast-fashion purveyors have long been accused of knocking off independent or high-end designs, but Shein and Temu are set to square off in an unusual dispute over copycat photographs in a London court on Monday.

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Roundup

UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London

By Laura Stewart Liberty

The past week in London has seen Morrisons sued by a former logistics partner, EDF and Cripps LLP face a claim brought by a family estate near Hinkley Point C and a former BBC broadcaster file a defamation claim against a Welsh news site over articles linking her to Russian state media and conspiracy theories. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.

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Poland Tells DC Circ. Trader Can't Revive Annulled Award

By Joyce Hanson

Poland has asked the D.C. Circuit to affirm a lower court's decision denying confirmation of Mercuria Energy Group's annulled $40 million arbitral award, saying the Cypriot commodities trading firm's disappointment with the annulment doesn't mean the appeals court should deviate from controlling precedent.

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Vape Co. Wins Human Rights Appeal Amid 'Crystal' TM Feud

By Jamie Lennox

A London appeals court on Friday overturned an order stopping a vape company from threatening to sue retailers for trademark infringement during its dispute with a rival, reversing the injunction under U.K. human rights laws.

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Tesco HR Exec Defends Store Wage Cuts In Equal Pay Case

By William Janes

Tesco's top-ranking HR executive denied that slashing higher pay for special in-store shifts was motivated purely by cost-cutting, testifying Friday at a trial where thousands of mainly female shop workers claim they were denied equal pay.

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Apple Store Manager Fired For Illness Absences Wins £68K 

By Max Austin

Apple has been ordered to pay a former store manager nearly £68,000 ($92,600) after a tribunal ruled the tech company should have explored a phased return and transfer request before firing her over prolonged absences related to anxiety and depression.

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News Publisher Denies Ousting Execs For Whistleblowing

By Eddie Beaver

A regional newspaper publisher has denied forcing out two executives for blowing the whistle on its allegedly fraudulent overcharging of advertisers, while pressing home its claim that the pair must repay £900,000 ($1.2 million) over their plot to aid rival Reach PLC.

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Manager Accused Of Credit Card Fraud Was Unfairly Sacked

By Sophia Dourou

A home care manager who was fired after being accused of misusing the family-run business' credit card amid a power struggle has won his unfair dismissal case.

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Sternberg Reed Nixes Ex-Solicitor's Discrimination Case

By Ashish Sareen

Sternberg Reed LLP has defeated a former solicitor's claims that it discriminated against her and unfairly dismissed her as a tribunal ruled that she was made redundant because the firm closed its clinical negligence department.

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Brief

Legal Consultancy Must Pay Bonus Denied Due To Absences

By Hanna Vioque

An employment law consultancy unfairly denied a disabled member of staff her bonus after it took into account absences from work connected to her condition, a tribunal has ruled.

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How New E-Evidence Rules Will Affect EU-US Data Transfers

The forthcoming European Union e-evidence regulation signals the need to preserve digital evidence that is stored outside the issuing jurisdiction, bringing the EU significantly closer to the model employed by the U.S. and reflecting a shift in the legal landscape for cross-border data transfers, say lawyers at MoFo.

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