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  Accord Challenges Novartis Blood Pressure Patent At Trial

  By Ronan Barnard

  Accord told a London court Monday that protections for Novartis' blood pressure medication should be revoked, ar...(read more)

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  Addleshaw Goddard Enters Dutch Market Through Merger

  By Marialuisa Taddia

  Addleshaw Goddard LLP said Monday that it is expanding into the Netherlands via a merger with Amsterdam-based Fl...(read more)

• UniCredit Refers Commerzbank Claims To German Regulator

  By Dawood Fakhir

  Italian lender UniCredit SpA on Monday rejected statements by Commerzbank AG raising doubts about the response of its shareholders to UniCredit's merger proposal, saying it has contacted Germany's Federal Financial Supervisory Authority, or BaFin, over what it called a "relentless dissemination of inaccurate and misleading information" by its German takeover target.

• Star Hydro Seeks To Halt Pakistan Suit Over Arbitral Award

  By Eddie Beaver

  Pakistan's state electricity purchaser told the U.K.'s top court Monday that English courts may only restrain foreign proceedings involving a London arbitration award when those proceedings seek to set aside the award or otherwise affect its validity worldwide.

• Simpson Thacher Launches PE-Focused Training Contract

  By Ashish Sareen

  U.S. law firm Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP launched a training contract program on Monday that focuses on private equity as it looks to expand its pipeline of talent in the London legal market.

• CBRE Denies 'Biased' Valuation In Skyscraper Rent Fight

  By William Janes

  Real estate investment giant CBRE has hit back at allegations that it had wrongly withheld rental income from the owner of the Finance Tower in Belgium on the basis of a "biased" valuation of the skyscraper obtained by lenders who pressured surveyors.

• KC Says He Was Entitled To Cut Tax Bill In £2M Evasion Case

  By Sophia Dourou

  A senior barrister accused of cheating the public purse out of almost £2 million ($2.7 million) told a court on Monday that he was "morally entitled" to pursue a strategy to reduce his tax liability.

• Tech Firms Urged To Pay Up As UK Fraud Hits £1.3B

  By Christopher Crosby

  Technology and telecoms companies should be forced to join banks in compensating consumers for payment fraud, the body representing financial institutions in the U.K. said on Monday, as it revealed that criminals stole £1.28 billion ($1.72 billion) in 2025.

• White & Case-Led Retailer To Buy Saint-Gobain Unit For €1.5B

  By Tom Fish

  Finnish retail and wholesale group Kesko said Monday it has agreed to acquire the Nordic technical trade operations of Dahl from Saint-Gobain, the French building materials giant, in a transaction worth up to €1.52 billion ($1.8 billion).

• Court Of Appeal Gets IP, Property Pros Among 7 New Justices

  By Ashish Sareen

  The Court of Appeal is expanding with seven new justices, including experts in intellectual property, planning and environment, and immigration.

• Ride App Bolt Can't Cut £190M VAT Bill After All, Court Rules

  By Josh White

  Ride-hailing giant Bolt can't apply a value-added tax margin scheme to reduce an estimated liability of £190 million ($254.9 million) because its services aren't comparable to travel agency or tour operator services, a London appeals court ruled Friday, overturning two lower courts.

• Cleary Senior Partner Sees Decision Fatigue Setting In On AI

  By Marialuisa Taddia

  For Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP's senior partner, the biggest obstacle to the firm's plans for artificial intelligence isn't model hallucination or vendor risk, but something far more human — decision-making fatigue.

• How Employers Can Stay Onside As The World Cup Kicks Off

  By Adele Redmond

  Employers should consider being more flexible with work hours during the FIFA World Cup — but any leeway needs to be applied consistently and fairly, lawyers say.

• Latham Steers SpaceX IPO Underwriters In UK

  By Dawood Fakhir

  Latham & Watkins LLP said on Friday that it acted as lead adviser to British banks underwriting SpaceX's $75 billion initial public offering on the Nasdaq stock exchange.