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  KC Aims To 'Sharpen The Blade' With New Big Tech Liability

  By Christopher Crosby

  Prosecuting social media giants that fail to prevent fraud on their platforms would "sharpen the blade" in law e...(read more)

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  Mercedes Faces Solo Dieselgate Damages Trial In November

  By Ronan Barnard

  Mercedes-Benz will be the only automaker to face a damages trial in London in November over claims it used unlaw...(read more)

• Visa, Mastercard Face CAT Swipe Fee Claim From UK Group

  By Tom Fish

  A group of businesses is suing Visa and Mastercard at the Competition Appeal Tribunal, the latest in a series of cases alleging that the payment networks imposed anti-competitive charges and rules on commercial card transactions, known as swipe fees.

• Accor To Sell Essendi Stake To Blackstone, Colony For €975M

  By Dawood Fakhir

  Accor said Friday that it has agreed to sell its remaining 30.56% stake in Essendi to Blackstone and French investment firm Colony IM for up to €975 million ($1.1 billion), completing its exit from the European hotel operator.

• HSBC To Sell Singapore Insurance Biz To Allianz For $2.1B

  By Najiyya Budaly

  HSBC said Friday that it will sell its Singaporean life and health insurance business to Germany's Allianz for $2.1 billion as the British bank continues to streamline its operations.

• SFO's Guralp DPA Case Delayed Over Last-Chance Sale Bid

  By Eddie Beaver

  A London judge on Thursday delayed the Serious Fraud Office from prosecuting a technology company accused of breaching a corporate criminal settlement as the business said it intended to sell itself to pay the outstanding £2.1 million ($2.8 million) it owes the agency.

• Motorists Bid To Delay Dieselgate Damages Trial Amid Appeal

  By Ronan Barnard

  Motorists suing major carmakers for allegedly fitting out diesel vehicles with unlawful emissions-cheating software asked a London judge Thursday to delay an upcoming damages trial while they appeal a judgment that dismissed most of their claims. 

• HSF Kramer Says Merger Beats Targets As Revenue Hits $2.4B

  By Marialuisa Taddia

  Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP reported revenue of more than $2.4 billion on Thursday as it posted its first set of financial results since the merged firm launched in 2025.

• Disney Hit With EU-Wide Injunction Over Streaming Tech

  By Alex Baldwin

  The Unified Patent Court hit Disney with a pan-European injunction on Thursday, barring the media giant from infringing InterDigital's video codec technology in major markets including France, Germany and Italy.

• Google Fined €890M By EU For Restricting Competition

  By Tom Fish

  The European Union fined Google owner Alphabet Inc. a total of €890 million ($1.04 billion) on Thursday after finding that the U.S. technology giant unfairly favored its own services in search results and restricted app developers from directing users to cheaper options.

• REIT Segro Backs 'Best And Final' £14B Bid By Prologis

  By Najiyya Budaly

  Segro has thrown its support behind a fourth takeover approach from Prologis, a U.S. real estate investment trust, which would value it at £14 billion ($18.7 billion).

• Top Court Upholds Lost-Bargain Damages In $15M Ship Sale

  By Eddie Beaver

  The U.K.'s top court on Wednesday upheld a $1.85 million arbitral award over the aborted $15 million sale of a vessel, ruling that buyers can recover "loss of bargain" damages where sellers negligently fail to deliver on time under a standard ship sale contract.

• Rugby Bodies Seek To Ax Brain Injury Claims Over Disclosure

  By Sophia Dourou

  World Rugby and the sport's governing bodies in England and Wales sought on Wednesday to throw out hundreds of brain injury claims by former players over alleged failures to disclose medical information after their law firm withdrew from the case.

• Ex-Southern Water CEO Charged With Fraud Over Water Tests

  By Christopher Crosby

  Southern Water's former chief executive and three former senior managers have been charged with conspiracy to defraud over allegations that they conspired to manipulate water quality tests to avoid tens of millions of pounds in fines, prosecutors said Wednesday.