The record £260 million ($350 million) settlement reached by Google with U.K. app developers won approval from the Competition Appeal Tribunal on Wednesday, ending a collective action over allegedly excessive commissions.
The record £260 million ($350 million) settlement reached by Google with U.K. app developers won approval from the Competition Appeal Tribunal on Wednesday, ending a collective action over allegedly excessive commissions.
Santander on Wednesday denied doing the bidding of a client by refusing to release funds at the center of a $90 million bond dispute to a power plant developer, telling a London court the company should withdraw the unfounded claims.
Thomas Goodhead, the former chief executive of Pogust Goodhead, has joined Bailey Glasser International, as the two firms continue to battle over who can represent the claimants in the £36 billion ($48.4 billion) litigation against BHP over Brazil's Mariana dam collapse.
Dubai-based construction conglomerate ASGC argued in a London court Wednesday that a U.K. rival should be ordered to give it broader access to data and documents, warning that it might collapse as it cannot file accounts or tax returns.
French energy giant TotalEnergies has rejected claims that it owes a Swiss agricultural company $10.5 million, arguing that the Iran war freed it from its obligation to deliver a cargo of sulfur.
The U.K's research public funding body has denied breaching procurement law when awarding a £2.5 million ($3.4 million) payment systems contract, but admitted to making "clerical errors" in its initial feedback to a losing bidder.
Jellycat has sued Home Bargains for allegedly selling copycat versions of its popular smiling plush toys, arguing that shoppers would struggle to tell them apart because of their cute anthropomorphic features.
Baker McKenzie has appointed one of the partners on its dispute resolution team to serve as the firm's global head of international arbitration, saying she brings more than two decades of experience representing clients in complex litigation.
The recent Court of Appeal ruling in Meta v. Gormsen found that user damages might be awarded for abuse of a dominant market position, raising the possibility of a novel type of competition claim against U.K. companies accused of misusing personal data, say lawyers at Macfarlanes.
