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  Drugmakers Say CAT Used Wrong Test In £100M Fines Row

  By Sophia Dourou

  A group of pharmaceutical companies urged the Court of Appeal Tuesday to partly reverse £100 million ($132 milli...(read more)

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  The Flaws That Sank The NCA's Alison-Madueke Bribery Case

  By Christopher Crosby

  The acquittal at trial of Diezani Alison-Madueke on corruption charges has raised scrutiny of the ability of the...(read more)

• Estée Lauder Owner Presses Jo Malone TM Case Against Zara

  By Jamie Lennox

  Estée Lauder Companies has doubled down on its claim in a London court that Zara infringed its "Jo Malone" trademarks, rejecting the retailer's argument that it only ever referred to the British perfumer in a personal capacity.

• KC Fights Disbarment Over Oxford Medical Degree Lie

  By Eddie Beaver

  A former King's Counsel barrister argued Tuesday that a disciplinary tribunal was wrong to disbar him for falsely claiming he studied at the University of Oxford in an application for tenancy, telling a London court that the sanction was disproportionately severe.

• Baltic Says Oil Benchmark Accounted For Homuz Closure

  By Ronan Barnard

  Baltic Exchange has rejected Mercuria Energy Group's claim that it failed to factor the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz into an oil trading benchmark, saying it used the same methodology as during earlier U.S.-Iran war disruptions.

• Nvidia Sued In US, Belgium Over AI Music Use

  By Jamie Lennox

  A subsidiary of music monetization platform Winamp has sued Nvidia in the U.S. and Belgium, accusing the tech giant of using its copyrighted works without permission to develop artificial intelligence tools.

• CPS Secures 1st Order Restricting E-File Docs In Entain Case

  By Joanne Faulkner

  A London judge has approved a request by the Crown Prosecution Service to waive new public access requirements for court documents in a claim against gambling group Entain, in the first decision to set out the criteria for a filing modification order.

• EU Lawmakers Advance Digital Euro Plan For 2027 Pilot

  By Alex Davidson

  The European Parliament's economic and monetary affairs committee said Tuesday it has voted by a large majority for a digital euro backed by the European Central Bank, with a pilot rollout likely in 2027.

• Google Says Shopping Search Remedy Ended Antitrust Abuse

  By William Janes

  Google has denied continuing to put rival shopping comparison websites at a disadvantage in user searches following a €2.4 billion ($2.7 million) sanction from the European antitrust watchdog, telling a tribunal on Tuesday that it had acted to end anticompetitive practices.

• Shakespeare Martineau Owner Suspends CEO After Complaint

  By Jamie Lennox

  The legal services group that runs Shakespeare Martineau LLP and Mayo Wynne Baxter said Tuesday that it has suspended its chief executive after receiving a complaint.

• SFO Probes Failed Telecoms Firm Over Fraud Suspicions

  By Christopher Crosby

  The Serious Fraud Office is investigating the sudden collapse of a once-prominent telecommunications company amid suspicions of fraud and money laundering in a joint probe with U.S. authorities.

• Ashurst Posts Record £1.15B Revenue Before Perkins Merger

  By Ashish Sareen

  Ashurst said Tuesday that it has posted record annual revenue of almost £1.2 billion ($1.6 billion), marking a decade of continuous growth as the firm published its last set of financial results before merging with Perkins Coie.

• Gowling, Alston & Bird Lead FirstCash On £206M Rival Buy

  By Najiyya Budaly

  U.S. pawnshop operator FirstCash will buy Ramsdens for £206 million ($272 million) in a cash deal that will pull its U.K. rival from London's junior market, the companies said Tuesday.

• ICO Says Evidence Shows Ex-Chief Sexually Harassed Staff

  By Max Austin

  The U.K. data protection watchdog said Friday it has uncovered evidence that its former privacy chief used highly sexualized language to harass a number of female colleagues, comnig months after he stepped down from the role.