A London judge has approved a request by the Crown Prosecution Service to waive new public access requirements for court documents in a claim against gambling group Entain, in the first decision to set out the criteria for a filing modification order.
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CPS Secures 1st Order Restricting E-File Docs In Entain Case

By Joanne Faulkner

A London judge has approved a request by the Crown Prosecution Service to waive new public access requirements for court documents in a claim against gambling group Entain, in the first decision to set out the criteria for a filing modification order.

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Baltic Says Oil Benchmark Accounted For Homuz Closure

By Ronan Barnard

Baltic Exchange has rejected Mercuria Energy Group's claim that it failed to factor the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz into an oil trading benchmark, saying it used the same methodology as during earlier U.S.-Iran war disruptions.

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BBC Sued Over Use Of DJ Steve Wright's Theme Online

By Max Austin

A British composer has accused the BBC of exploiting the theme he created for the late radio presenter Steve Wright and hundreds of other recordings by making them available through podcasts without his consent.

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Analysis

Bolt Case Shows Divide Between New Tech, Old VAT Rules

By Josh White

Bolt's defeat at a London appeals court over whether its drivers qualified for special value-added tax treatment exposed a gap between old VAT policy designed for the analog era and the tech platforms that navigate its limits.

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COMPETITION

Google Says Shopping Search Remedy Ended Antitrust Abuse

By William Janes

Google has denied continuing to put rival shopping comparison websites at a disadvantage in user searches following a €2.4 billion ($2.7 million) sanction from the European antitrust watchdog, telling a tribunal on Tuesday that it had acted to end anticompetitive practices.

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Drugmakers Say CAT Used Wrong Test In £100M Fines Row

By Sophia Dourou

A group of pharmaceutical companies urged the Court of Appeal Tuesday to partly reverse £100 million ($132 million) in sanctions over an alleged price-fixing cartel, arguing that a tribunal made factual and legal mistakes when upholding the fines. 

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INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

F1 May Face Copyright Claim Over 'Madring' Track Design

By Jamie Lennox

An Italian racetrack design company has threatened to sue Formula One in the U.K. for copyright infringement over the design of a street circuit in Madrid that is set to host its first race in September.

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EMPLOYMENT & BENEFITS

Ex-Barclays Worker Can Appeal Over Judge's Alleged Insult

By Adele Redmond

A former Barclays community banker won leave Tuesday to appeal against a tribunal's findings that she was not discriminated against in disputes over her place of work, as she claimed the judge in the case called her "delusional."

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Construction Exec Can't Get Out Of 9-Month Noncompete

By Hanna Vioque

A London judge has ordered a senior executive at a construction firm to cease work immediately, ruling that she was in breach of a contract that barred her joining a rival business for nine months.

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Bus Co. Female Manager Wins £17K In Equal Pay Row

By Hanna Vioque

An employment tribunal has ordered a coach company to pay a female operations manager £17,207 ($22,725) after it found that she was paid less than male colleagues for the same out-of-hours duties.

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LEGAL ETHICS & MALPRACTICE

KC Fights Disbarment Over Oxford Medical Degree Lie

By Eddie Beaver

A former King's Counsel barrister argued Tuesday that a disciplinary tribunal was wrong to disbar him for falsely claiming he studied at the University of Oxford in an application for tenancy, telling a London court that the sanction was disproportionately severe.

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LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

3 Verulam Buildings

4 New Square

Brick Court Chambers

Bristows LLP

Clifford Chance

Essex Court Chambers

Foundry Chambers

Fountain Court Chambers

Fox Williams

HSF Kramer

Hausfeld LLP

Holman Fenwick

Kings Chambers

Kingsley Napley

Linklaters LLP

Littleton Chambers

Macfarlanes LLP

Monckton Chambers

Morgan Lewis

One Essex Court

Outer Temple Chambers

Quinn Emanuel

Womble Bond

COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Allergan PLC

Apple Inc.

Barclays PLC

British Broadcasting Corp.

Electronic Arts Inc.

Entain PLC

Google LLC

Intas Pharmaceuticals Ltd.

Kelkoo

Ladbrokes PLC

Lloyd's America Inc.

Mercuria Energy Group Ltd.

National Express Transit Corp.

Spotify Technology SA

Uber Technologies Inc.

YouTube Inc.

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Competition Appeal Tribunal

Competition and Markets Authority

Crown Prosecution Service

European Commission

European Union

HM Revenue & Customs

National Health Service

UK Court of Appeal

UK First-tier Tribunal

UK High Court

UK Upper Tribunal