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  Final Shipping Companies Settle CAT Cartel Claim For £54M

  By Joanne Faulkner

  Lawyers representing millions of motorists who were allegedly charged inflated delivery prices have agreed a £54...(read more)

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  Scottish Power Can't Block Asbestos Death Damages Claim

  By Joanne Faulkner

  The U.K. Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that the family of a Scottish Power employee who died from asbestos expos...(read more)

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• Scottish Gov't Not Liable In Judicial Officer's Assault Case

  By Hanna Vioque

  A female legal practitioner cannot hold Scotland's government vicariously liable for alleged assaults and harassment committed by a senior judge in 2018, even though two had occurred within the court environment, the U.K.'s top court ruled Wednesday. 

• British Hacker Gets Two Years In Prison For $9M Crypyto Theft

  By Christopher Crosby

   A British man was sentenced to more than two years in prison on Wednesday in London for his part in an international hacking group that stole millions of pounds worth of cryptocurrency from an American entrepreneur.

• Intel Wins €140M Fine Cut But Can't Shake EU Abuse Finding

  By Matthew Perlman

  A European court ruled in favor of competition enforcers on Wednesday, upholding a ruling of abuse of dominance against Intel Corp. but slashing the fine by €140 million ($163 million).

• Ex-Entain Execs Say Watchdog Breached Privacy At Trial

  By Ronan Barnard

  Two former executives at the predecessor of betting giant Entain said at the start of a trial Tuesday that Britain's gambling regulator had published information about them which "should have remained private and confidential" in statements about a regulatory review.

• Hendrix Bandmates Claim Sony Owes Them Royalties At Trial

  By Sophia Dourou

  The estates of Jimi Hendrix's former bandmates are owed royalties as a result of Sony continuing to "exploit" the band's back catalog by streaming it without their consent, their lawyers argued at the first day of trial Tuesday.

• Nurse Partially Wins Changing Room Harassment Claim

  By Adele Redmond

  A gender-critical nurse was harassed by her employer in a dispute about use by a transgender doctor of a women's changing room, but was not harassed by the doctor herself, an employment tribunal has ruled in a closely-watched case.

• Google Faces EU Antitrust Probe Over AI Content Practices

  By Christopher Crosby

  Europe's competition watchdog opened a formal investigation into Google on Tuesday into whether the technology giant's practices in training its artificial intelligence models breached antitrust rules.

• FCA Unveils Sweeping Cuts To Insurance Red Tape, Costs

  By Martin Croucher

  The Financial Conduct Authority revealed on Tuesday that it will strip back red tape for the U.K. insurance sector in an effort to boost the competitiveness of the sector.

• MPs Vote To Remove Cap On Unfair Dismissal Payouts

  By Jamie Lennox

  The House of Commons voted Monday night to amend the Employment Rights Bill to remove the £118,000 ($157,200) limit on payouts that tribunals can award employees for unfair dismissal.

• US Fund Loses $5.4M Bonus Battle With Fired London Trader

  By Jamie Lennox

  A London court ordered a U.S. investment fund to pay $5.4 million to a sacked portfolio manager on Monday, ruling that the company had no right to withhold his discretionary bonus amid criminal probes into his trading.

• Lessors Bid To Flip $69M Plane Payment Sanctions Ruling

  By Ronan Barnard

  Aircraft lessors urged the U.K.'s highest court Monday to overturn a ruling that they cannot receive $69.3 million for Russian planes because of sanctions, arguing that a lower court had wrongly found that UniCredit's U.K. branch had rightly withheld payments under letters of credit.

• Lawyers In Crosshairs In New Anti-Corruption Crackdown

  By Christopher Crosby

  Corrupt lawyers, accountants and bankers "will be hunted down" under a new anti-corruption strategy unveiled by the government on Monday, which will crack down on enablers facilitating bribery and illicit finance in the U.K.