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  The Latest Status Symbol For Firms In London? NQ Pay Rates

  By Marialuisa Taddia

  As top U.S. law firms push newly qualified lawyer salaries in London toward £200,000 ($268,000), recruiters and ...(read more)

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  Appeals Court Scraps Redo Of Pfizer, Flynn Drug Fines

  By Joanne Faulkner

  The Court of Appeal ruled on Friday that the Competition Appeal Tribunal was wrong to remake a decision to fine ...(read more)

• EasyJet Board Rejects Castlelake's 'On The Cheap' £4.74B Bid

  By Najiyya Budaly

  The board of budget airline easyJet said Monday that it has rejected a "highly opportunistic" £4.74 billion ($6.3 billion) cash bid from alternative investment firm Castlelake after it had already batted away two earlier proposals.

• Nokia, Acer Swap Patent Litigation For Arbitration

  By Alex Baldwin

  Nokia and Acer have agreed to halt all patent litigation between them and enter arbitration, shortly after a London court ruled that the companies' dispute over fair licensing terms was best settled outside the courtroom.

• Online Access Can Satisfy Payslip Duty, Appeals Court Rules

  By Adele Redmond

  Employers providing electronic payslips in a reasonable fashion meet their statutory duty to provide workers with itemized statements, an appellate tribunal ruled Friday, dismissing an attempt to draw a legal distinction between directly giving the document to staff and making it available online.

• Staff Safety Reps Win 'Union-Busting' Case Over Meeting Ban

  By Hanna Vioque

  An employment judge has backed "union-busting" claims brought by three college employees, ruling that their managers unlawfully prevented them from representing members of GMB Scotland on health and safety committees during work hours.

• Reform UK Loses Bid To End 'Political' Data Protection Claim

  By Eddie Beaver

  Reform UK has failed to ax a claim for breach of the data protection regulation that it argued was politically motivated, as a London court ruled Friday that the case raises issues for trial and is not an abuse of process.

• EU Adviser Backs ECB Refusal Of Latvian Bank's Info Request

  By Sophia Dourou

  The European Central Bank was entitled to partially refuse a request by ABLV Bank for correspondence in the lead-up to the Latvian lender being shuttered amid money laundering concerns, an adviser to the EU's top court has said.

• SRA Calls For Merger Notifications After Series Of Scandals

  By Marialuisa Taddia

  The Solicitors Regulation Authority set out proposed rules on Friday that would require law firms to notify it of mergers and acquisitions, and when they begin holding client money, as it seeks to avoid another scandal such as the collapse of Axiom Ince.

• Jellycat's IP Claims Toy With Design-Led Infringement Bids

  By Alex Baldwin

  Jellycat's recent crackdown on alleged copycat bag charms is set to test the strength of design protections in the consumer goods market, in a case lawyers say could prove to be make-or-break for the value of design portfolios.

• Grenfell Contractor Denies Liability In Council's £360M Claim

  By William Janes

  The contractor behind a refurbishment that saw the installation of combustible materials on the Grenfell Tower before a blaze that killed 72 people has denied liability for the local council's £360 million ($476 million) bill for damages.

• Hong Kong Spies Get 18 Years Over Shadow Police Ops In UK

  By Sophia Dourou

  Two men were sentenced on Thursday to a combined 18 years in prison for spying for China through "shadow policing operations" that targeted Hong Kong dissidents living in Britain.

• FCA Closes Probe Into Drax Biomass Fuel Sourcing Claims

  By William Janes

  The finance watchdog said Thursday that it had closed its investigation into Drax Group PLC over its concerns about what the company had told the market about the sustainability of wood it used for biomass fuel.

• Freshfields Steers EQT's £10.9B Cash Offer For Intertek

  By Najiyya Budaly

  Product testing heavyweight Intertek Group said Thursday that it has agreed to a £10.9 billion ($14.4 billion) cash takeover by EQT after months of courting by the Swedish private equity firm.