Apple To Face UK Class Action Over ICloud Storage Charges

By Joanne Faulkner

The Competition Appeal Tribunal gave the go-ahead Thursday for consumer group Which to lead a multibillion-pound collective action against Apple accusing the tech company of operating a cloud storage monopoly that overcharges customers.

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Judge Warned Over 2 Late Rulings, But AI Use Not Found

By Eddie Beaver

A London court judge has received a formal warning after a probe by the Judicial Conduct Investigations Office found that delays in handing down two rulings amounted to misconduct but uncovered no evidence that he used artificial intelligence to draft a judgment.

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Altenar Sues Sportradar In US, UK Over Data Monopoly

By Joanne Faulkner

Software company Altenar has filed two "multimillion-dollar" claims against Sportradar in the U.S. and U.K., accusing the data giant of competition breaches by refusing to provide it with access to live official sports data.

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MoFo Hires Litigator From Pallas In London

By Ashish Sareen

Morrison Foerster LLP said Thursday that it has hired a new partner from Pallas Partners in London, adding to the firm's strengths in complex litigation and helping it to build a practice in class actions and mass torts.

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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 data giant Sportrader face action from software company Altenar over alleged market abuse, Mexican billionaire Ricardo Pliego sue a man who allegedly defrauded him out of $415 million, and Warner Bros. bring a copyright claim against a YouTuber who leaked set footage of the upcoming Harry Potter series. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K. 

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Ex-Deutsche Execs Seek £700M Over Scapegoating Claims

By Sophia Dourou

Four former Deutsche Bank executives who were wrongly convicted have sued the lender for £700 million ($920 million), accusing it of scapegoating them in a move to conceal its historical accounting errors in one of Italy's biggest financial scandals.

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Investors Settle £4.3M Case Against Tax Refund Lender

By Tom Fish

Two investment companies that sued a tax refund lender and its directors for more than £4.3 million ($5.7 million) in unpaid debt have agreed to settle their case.

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Zimbabwe Minister Says $102M Libyan Bank Claim Is Too Late

By Sophia Dourou

Zimbabwe's minister of finance has denied liability in a claim by Libya's central bank for $102 million over an unpaid loan to a Zimbabwean state-owned fuel distribution company, arguing that the case is time-barred.

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Gov't Defends Rejecting Bouygues' Bid For £18B Contract

By Eddie Beaver

The Department for Education has denied running a flawed procurement process for an estimated £18.5 billion ($24.5 billion) construction project, arguing that its reasons for denying Bouygues (UK) Ltd. a contract were "adequate and intelligible."

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Businessman Says $24M Saudi Judgments Procured By Fraud

By Ronan Barnard

A Saudi businessman has denied that he owes a former associate more than 89 million riyals ($23.7 million) under judgments linked to real estate dealings given by the Gulf kingdom's courts, saying the rulings were procured through fraud.

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Engineering Firm Held Liable On Appeal For Pulling Job Offer

By Jamie Lennox

A London appeals tribunal has ruled that an engineering firm breached its contract with a prospective new employee by failing to give him any notice before withdrawing its job offer.

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Brief

Teachers Plagued By Rats And Attacked Share In £15M Payout

By Max Austin

A teacher who suffered an illness from a rat infestation and another who needed surgery after a pupil attacked them are among U.K. school staff who shared more than £15.5 million ($20 million) in compensation payouts in 2025, a teachers union said Thursday.

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Noerr Adds Space Arbitration Group Co-Founder In Frankfurt

By Joyce Hanson

Noerr has hired a former Holland & Knight LLP international arbitration lawyer to serve as an associate partner in the Germany-headquartered law firm's Frankfurt office, saying she brings legal expertise in the growing commercial space industry.

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