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  Carmakers Defeat Most Dieselgate Claims In Blow For Drivers

  By Joanne Faulkner

  Several major carmakers largely defeated claims that they equipped diesel vehicles with unlawful emissions-cheat...(read more)

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  Nord Stream Ruling Shows Broad Reach Of War Exclusions

  By Joanne Faulkner

  The failed attempt by Nord Stream to recover €580 million ($662 million) for damage to gas pipelines underlines ...(read more)

• University To Pay £51K For Bias In Trans Pronoun Dispute

  By Jamie Lennox

  A University of Manchester employee who has dyspraxia has won £51,200 ($69,000) after a tribunal ruled that she faced a discriminatory probe into her misgendering of a trans colleague.

• Dos Santos, Unitel Trial Set For 2028 Over Counsel Availability

  By Sophia Dourou

  Telecoms provider Unitel SA has failed to secure a 2027 trial date for its £327 million ($439 million) claim against the daughter of Angola's former president as a judge held on Friday that the availability of the sanctioned billionaire's preferred barrister justified the delay.

• Laurence Fox Faked Upskirting Claims Could Defame TV Host

  By Eddie Beaver

  Social media posts by actor-turned-political activist Laurence Fox that accused TV personality Narinder Kaur of selling sexual images of herself while calling her "attention seeking" expressed an opinion capable of being defamatory, a London court ruled Friday.

• UK Financial Watchdogs To Regulate Big Tech Providers

  By Tom Fish

  The government said Friday it will bring cloud computing giants under direct financial regulatory oversight as it seeks to strengthen the resilience of the country's financial system and reduce the risk that widespread service disruption could affect banks, insurers and consumers.

• Clifford Chance-Led EasyJet Agrees To £5.7B Bid From Apollo

  By Dawood Fakhir

  EasyJet PLC said Friday that it has agreed to support a takeover offer of approximately £5.7 billion ($7.6 billion) from asset management giant Apollo and no longer intends to recommend Castlelake's £5.2 billion bid announced on Monday.

• Solicitor Bids To Overturn 2019 Disciplinary Tribunal Ruling

  By Ronan Barnard

  A solicitor told a London court Thursday that it should overturn a disciplinary tribunal ruling from more than five years ago, arguing that the solicitors' regulator had no power to bring its case against him.

• Anne Frank Geo-Blocking Enough To Avoid Copyright Claim

  By Alex Baldwin

  Europe's top court ruled Thursday that a company isn't liable for copyright infringement if it uses adequate geo-blocking measures to restrict access to a publication that is still protected in some jurisdictions, backing the Anne Frank Foundation in a Dutch dispute. 

• Limits On Sports Agents Might Not Flout EU's Anti-Cartel Rules

  By Jamie Lennox

  Restrictions from sports federations on the activities of players' agents may be exempt from the European Union's rules against cartels if the rules aim to protect the public interest, the bloc's top court ruled Thursday.

• Ex-ICO Chief Eyes Legal Claim As Minister Launches Inquiry

  By Adele Redmond

  The former information commissioner is expected to take legal action against a woman who complained to the watchdog about his conduct, a government minister has said while pledging to investigate and overhaul the agency.

• Justice Birss Tapped For New Master Of The Rolls

  By Jamie Lennox

  The judiciary said Thursday that intellectual property specialist Justice Colin Birss will replace Geoffrey Vos as Master of the Rolls, as he steps up to become head of civil justice in England and Wales.

• London Gallery Beats HMRC Charges Over Russia Sanctions

  By Christopher Crosby

  A London art gallery was cleared of criminal wrongdoing on Thursday as a judge ruled that it did not breach a ban on sending goods to Russia by trying to ship a painting to an art collector leaving Moscow.

• Union Reps To Get Paid Time Off To 'Promote Equality'

  By Jamie Lennox

  The U.K. government has said union representatives will soon be entitled to paid time off to promote "the value of equality" under plans to reform the rules governing time off for trade union duties.