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  UK 'Minded To Intervene' In Paramount's Warner Bros. Deal

  By Tom Fish

  The U.K. government warned Tuesday it could interrupt Paramount Skydance's proposed $110 billion acquisition of ...(read more)

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  Binance Hit With £150M Group Claim Over Illegal Derivatives

  By Sophia Dourou

  Binance has been hit with a £150 million ($199 million) group action claim by investors who accuse the cryptocur...(read more)

• Privacy Narrows As Transparency Opens White-Collar Probes

  By Christopher Crosby

  The failure of former executives to get their names redacted from a bribery investigation into a defense contractor is the latest decision that narrows privacy protections, although white-collar lawyers say there is still scope for defending clients' reputations in future cases.

• UK Moots 'Name And Shame' Program For Unpaid Holiday Pay

  By Jamie Lennox

  The government said Tuesday that it is considering naming and shaming employers who underpay holiday pay as part of an expanded state enforcement program run by the new Fair Work Agency.

• KC In £2M Evasion Trial Sought To 'Get One Over' On HMRC

  By Sophia Dourou

  A senior barrister accused of dodging almost £2 million ($2.6 million) in tax was driven by a "sense of intellectual superiority" in a desire to "get one over" HM Revenue and Customs, a prosecutor told the trial Tuesday.

• Addleshaw's Revenue Hits Record £644M In 9th Growth Year

  By Ashish Sareen

  Addleshaw Goddard LLP said Tuesday that its profits have soared and revenue has climbed to a new record of more than £640 million ($846 million) in its ninth consecutive year of growth.

• Hogan Lovells Cadwalader Eyes Future As Elite Powerhouse

  By Marialuisa Taddia

  Hogan Lovells Cadwalader launches on Wednesday, betting that regulatory expertise now matters as much as Wall Street finance work to global financial institutions, as chief executive Miguel Zaldivar said that the merger has created a firm that belongs among the global legal elite.

• FCA Finalizes Landmark Crypto Regime, Cuts Capital Rules

  By Alex Davidson

  The Financial Conduct Authority has slashed potential capital requirements for issuing stablecoins in its landmark crypto-assets regime that was finalized Tuesday, the biggest expansion of its regulatory power in over a decade.

• Black Cab Drivers Say Uber's Deception Delayed UK Claims

  By Joanne Faulkner

  London black cab drivers told the High Court Monday that the limitation period for their claims against Uber should be extended because the ride-hailing company's alleged deliberate misrepresentations prevented them from bringing the case sooner.

• Collyer Bristow Fights £73M Claim Over Advice On Settlement

  By Jamie Lennox

  Collyer Bristow denies it cost a storage business £73.4 million ($97.3 million) by failing to explain that settling a swaps dispute with Barclays would block future claims against Clyde & Co. and others, telling a London court that its advice was sound.

• Apple Asks Top Court To Upend $502M FRAND License Rate

  By Alex Baldwin

  Apple urged the U.K. Supreme Court on Monday to overturn a ruling requiring it to pay $502 million for patents deemed essential to the 4G standard, in an appeal that could shape global telecoms patent negotiations.

• Blur Drummer Fails To Revive £200M Royalties Class Action

  By Sophia Dourou

  Blur drummer Dave Rowntree failed Monday to revive his collective action over the distribution of £200 million ($265.2 million) in royalties, as the Court of Appeal held he had failed to establish that the royalties "belong" to any particular individual.

• FCA's £7.5B Motor Finance Schemes Paused Amid Legal Row

  By Ronan Barnard

  The U.K. finance regulator's £7.5 billion ($9.9 billion) redress schemes for motor finance customers will be partly suspended after the first hearing at a London tribunal Monday of a series of legal claims challenging them.

• 'Nerds' Candy Owner Says Rival Infringed TMs In UK

  By Jamie Lennox

  The owner of "Nerds" candy has accused a Dutch rival of infringing its trademark over the fruit-flavored confectionery brand, telling a London court that its opponent's "Nippers" brand is similar enough to cause confusion.