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  Russell-Cooke, Teacher Stern End Proposed Merger Talks

  By Ashish Sareen

  London law firms Russell-Cooke and Teacher Stern will continue to operate independently after they agreed not to...(read more)

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  Ex-Asset Manager CEO Fined For Lying To FCA On FC Deal

  By Alex Davidson

  The Financial Conduct Authority said Friday it had fined Paul Taylor, the former chief executive of Blue Horizon...(read more)

• Arbitration Body CEO Loses Race And Sex Bias Case

  By Ronan Barnard

  The chief executive of the U.K.'s labor arbitration body lost her claim against Acas on Friday when a London tribunal said there was no evidence the workplace dispute mediator had discriminated against her because she is a Black woman.

• Temu Beats Shein's Copyright Claim Over Product Photos

  By Hanna Vioque

  A London judge ruled Thursday that Temu had not infringed Shein's copyright for several product images, concluding that Temu hadn't authorized anyone to upload protected photos or facilitated infringement.

• Novartis Halts Accord's Generic Heart Failure Drug Plans

  By Jamie Lennox

  A London court upheld Novartis' extended patent protections for heart failure drug Entresto on Thursday, blocking Accord's plans to launch a generic version of the treatment in the near future.

• Scottish Council Faces Holiday Pay Bill For 600 Staff

  By Jamie Lennox

  A local authority could have to compensate nearly 600 part-time workers after a tribunal ruled that the local authority unlawfully cut their wages by reducing their holiday pay entitlement.

• Winston Taylor-Led Frasers Group Acquires Harvey Nichols

  By Tom Fish

  Frasers Group PLC said Thursday it has acquired the loss-making Harvey Nichols Group after the luxury retailer entered into administration, in a deal including six U.K. stores, the online business, existing inventory and more than 1,000 employees.

• Arbitral Body's CEO Alleges Race Bias In Acas Pay Dispute

  By Ronan Barnard

  The Black chief executive of the labor arbitration body argued on Thursday at a tribunal hearing against Acas, the workplace disputes mediator, that she was paid at a lower grade than her white male predecessor because of discrimination.

• Deutsche Calls Ex-Execs' £700M Conspiracy Claims Baseless

  By Sophia Dourou

  Deutsche Bank has hit back against a £700 million ($944 million) claim brought by four former executives, denying that it conspired to have them imprisoned in an attempt to conceal its historical accounting errors in one of Italy's biggest financial scandals.

• Roschier-Led Betting Investor Makes $13.8B Bid For Evolution

  By Najiyya Budaly

  Cayman Islands-based betting investor Candle Lake Ltd. said Thursday that it has launched a mandatory cash offer for Evolution AB, which values the Swedish gaming technology giant at $13.8 billion.

• Vodafone Settles £85M Case Over Franchise Commission Cuts

  By Eddie Beaver

  More than 60 franchisees have settled their £85 million ($115 million) London claim against Vodafone over the telecommunications company allegedly making arbitrary decisions to cut commission, issue excessive fines and depress government financial support to business owners.

• Big Tech Fraud Liability Plan A Great Idea With Long Odds

  By Christopher Crosby

  Novel plans to hold online platforms criminally liable for fraudsters who exploit their operations could shake up corporate culture at some of the world's biggest companies — if the policy proposal was not likely to end up in the long grass, lawyers say.

• UK Patent Document Access Rules Raise Secrecy Concerns

  By Alex Baldwin

  Imminent changes to transparency rules in patent disputes at the High Court, part of a new pilot program for making court documents publicly available, should formalize best practice for open justice despite the scope for parties to exploit the rules, intellectual property lawyers say.

• Simon Cowell Sued Over Unpaid Fee Deal 'Written On Napkin'

  By Eddie Beaver

  The founder of Rosenblatt Solicitors has sued Simon Cowell in London, alleging that the music mogul failed to pay him a cut of a confidential 2025 deal under a contract "written on a napkin" over dinner.