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  Thousands In UK Bid For J&J Group Claim Over Cancer Link

  By Joanne Faulkner

  The High Court will consider on Wednesday whether claims tied to Johnson & Johnson's talc products can proceed u...(read more)

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  Winston Taylor Merger Launch Date Might Slip To June

  By Marialuisa Taddia

  Winston & Strawn LLP and Taylor Wessing LLP said Tuesday that they might have to delay the launch of their merge...(read more)

• Avanci Urges Top Court To Refuse Tesla's Bid For Rate Order

  By Alex Baldwin

  Counsel for patent pool manager Avanci told the U.K.'s highest court Tuesday that forcing it to abide by court-determined licensing obligations could threaten the company's core business model.

• Ex-ENRC Internal Lawyer Says SFO Probe Justified Legal Bills

  By Ronan Barnard

  A former top in-house lawyer for ENRC told a London court Tuesday that fees paid to law firms during the mining company's response to the Serious Fraud Office's criminal investigation were not excessive, as the company was in an "existential" situation.

• Sony Beats Jimi Hendrix Bandmates' Royalties Claim

  By Jamie Lennox

  A London court ruled Tuesday that Sony does not owe any royalties to the estates of Jimi Hendrix's former bandmates stemming from its exploitation of the band's back catalog through streaming services in the U.K.

• Microsoft Says CAT Can't Rule On Copyright In £140M Case

  By Eddie Beaver

  Microsoft told a London appeals court Tuesday that the Competition Appeal Tribunal lacks jurisdiction to decide copyright infringement issues underpinning a reseller's £140 million ($189 million) case over alleged anticompetitive restrictions on the secondary software market.

• Morrisons Argues For Economist's Evidence In Equal Pay Suit

  By Adele Redmond

  The supermarket chain Morrisons appealed Tuesday to be able to submit expert evidence from an economist on an equal pay claim about whether it could have afforded to pay thousands of mostly female shop floor workers the same as its higher-paid, predominantly male warehouse workforce.

• EQT Raises €3.1B To Buy European Logistics Assets

  By Najiyya Budaly

  EQT AB said Tuesday that it has raised a total of €3.1 billion ($3.6 billion) for a real estate fund that will invest in modern logistics assets across Europe.

• BSB Confirms 10 Investigations Linked To Post Office Scandal

  By Jamie Lennox

  The Bar Standards Board said Monday it has 10 open investigations in the wake of the Post Office scandal that saw hundreds of branch managers wrongfully convicted of fraud and theft due an accounting software glitch.

• Lawyers Call For Balance As UK Eyes Class Action Revamp

  By William Janes

  The system for group consumer claims in England and Wales "clearly isn't working," lawyers have said, as the Law Commission weighs a new class action regime for consumer law cases — one that must balance improving access to justice against the risk of rewarding weak claims.

• Tesla Tells Top Court Patent Pools Must Abide By FRAND

  By Alex Baldwin

  Tesla urged the U.K.'s top court on Monday to revive the carmaker's bid to hold patent pool operator Avanci liable to set fair licensing rates, as the court reconsiders the jurisdictional limits of British courts to set licensing rates for essential patents.

• Liquidators Say Diamond Tycoon Used Firms To Launder $1B

  By Sophia Dourou

  A diamond and jewelry tycoon swindled more than $1 billion from banks in an Indian gold bullion fraud and diverted it to entities connected to him and his family, liquidators for U.K. companies said Monday at the first day of a High Court trial.

• Top White-Collar Pro Admits Overcharging ENRC On £22M Bill

  By Christopher Crosby

  A top commercial crime lawyer admitted on Monday that his former barristers' chambers overcharged ENRC some of the £22 million ($30 million) his team earned on the Serious Fraud Office's criminal investigation, but denied suggestions the billing process was "shambolic."

• Shell To Acquire Canada's ARC Resources For $13.6B

  By Najiyya Budaly

  Oil giant Shell PLC said Monday that it has agreed to buy Canadian energy company ARC Resources Ltd. for $13.6 billion in a cash and stock deal to boost and diversify its energy output.