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  80 Cleaners Win Indirect Bias Appeal Against Hospital

  By Hanna Vioque

  Appellate officials have handed a victory to 80 cleaners of minority ethnic backgrounds at a London hospital, ru...(read more)

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  Apple Hit With £1.5B Class Action Over Digital Wallet Fees

  By Eddie Beaver

  Apple has been hit with a competition claim on behalf of more than 50 million U.K. consumers who allege that the...(read more)

• Nigeria Fails To Overturn Delay To £50M Costs Recovery Bid

  By William Janes

  Nigeria must wait until after a costs assessment to seek an order to recover its £50 million ($68 million) legal bill from the litigation-funders of an energy company that defrauded the West African state in arbitration proceedings.

• Accomplice In Chinese Bitcoin Fraud To Repay £5.6M

  By Eddie Beaver

  A London court on Thursday ordered a convicted money launderer to repay £5.6 million ($7.6 million) for his role in a conspiracy to buy cryptocurrencies using money siphoned off from tens of thousands of Chinese investors.

• Liz Hurley Tells Mail Privacy Trial Her Home Was Bugged

  By Ronan Barnard

  Liz Hurley alleged at the trial over her privacy claim against the publisher of the Daily Mail on Thursday that private investigators working for the company had tapped her landline phone, secretly placed microphones at her home and unlawfully obtained her medical information.

• Slaughter And May Aids Deutsche Börse's €5.3B Allfunds Deal

  By Tom Fish

  Deutsche Börse AG has agreed to buy European fund distribution platform Allfunds Group PLC for €5.3 billion ($6.2 billion) as the German stock exchange operator moves to create a global player in the provision of financial markets infrastructure.

• Ropes & Gray, Vinge Guide EQT's $3.7B Coller Capital Deal

  By Najiyya Budaly

  Swedish private equity company EQT said Thursday that it will buy the U.K. secondaries firm Coller Capital for up to $3.7 billion in a bid to take advantage of the growing market for continuation vehicles as the PE sector continues to struggle to offload assets.

• SFO Charges Two Ex-Funeral Directors With Fraud

  By Christopher Crosby

  Britain's white-collar crime enforcer charged two former funeral directors with fraud on Thursday over allegations that they misled thousands of individuals after its program collapsed with debts in excess of £70 million ($93 million).

• Beazley Rejects £7.7B Zurich Offer, Says 'Undervalues' Biz

  By Najiyya Budaly

  Beazley, an insurer with a listing in London, said Thursday that it has batted away the latest proposed takeover offer from Zurich Insurance Group of £7.7 billion ($10.4 billion), claiming it undervalues the company.

• Prince Harry Tells Court Daily Mail 'Commercialized' His Life

  By Ronan Barnard

  Prince Harry said Wednesday that his private life had been "commercialized" as he made a visibly emotional appearance at the trial of his and six other public figures' privacy claims against the publisher of the Daily Mail.

• 5 Questions For Bellevue Law Founder Florence Brocklesby

  By Hanna Vioque

  Florence Brocklesby met a few of her firm's future lawyers at her children's nursery gates. Here, the founder of Bellevue Law, who pioneered the hybrid model a decade before COVID-19, speaks to Law360 about leading an ethical, women-forward outfit.

• US Performers Lose Challenge Over UK Royalties Legislation

  By Eddie Beaver

  Trade unions representing more than 230,000 U.S. singers and performers can't overturn secondary legislation that restricts their right to fair royalty payments, as a London court found Wednesday it lacks the power to decide whether the law violated unincorporated international treaties.

• SFO Director's Surprise Exit Reignites Debate Over Its Future

  By Christopher Crosby

  Nick Ephgrave's surprise retirement from the Serious Fraud Office could turn up the heat on a simmering debate about the future of the agency and a potential merger with other law enforcement authorities such as the National Crime Agency, lawyers say.

• Gov't Overhaul Plan For CMA Merger Reviews Sparks Doubts

  By Najiyya Budaly

  Proposals by the government to abolish the Competition and Markets Authority's independent decision-making panel without replacing it with easier mechanisms to appeal rulings might ultimately harm the businesses that Whitehall wants to attract, experts have warned.