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  Gov't Seeks Unlimited Unfair Dismissal Payouts, Despite Talks

  By Adele Redmond

  The U.K. unveiled plans Friday to abolish the £118,000 ($157,500) cap on compensation for successful unfair dism...(read more)

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  Stuntmen Sue Over Use Of 'Kingsman' Clip In Elton John Tour

  By Eddie Beaver

  Two stunt performers have alleged that a production company handed over a clip from a British spy film featuring...(read more)

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• Firms Must Change After Mazur Or Risk SRA Crackdown

  By Ashish Sareen

  The solicitors' watchdog said Friday that it will be "sympathetic" toward law firms which disclosed that they allowed unqualified employees to conduct litigation before the High Court ruled in September that this was unlawful.

• Gap Unit Takes Slim Victory In 'Athleta' TM Appeal

  By Jamie Lennox

  A London appeals court on Friday broadened a Gap subsidiary's victory in its "Athleta" trademark battle, ruling that a Danish rival ripped off the brand by selling clothes bearing "Athlecia" logos.

• Elon Musk's X Fined €120M By EU For Misleading Users

  By Sophia Dourou

  The European Commission revealed Friday that it has fined social media platform X €120 million ($140 million) for breaching European Union digital transparency rules, including by "deceiving" users through the blue checkmarks for so-called verified accounts.

• StanChart Settles Investors' £1.5B Iran Sanctions Claim

  By Joanne Faulkner

  Standard Chartered announced Friday it has agreed to a settlement in a £1.5 billion ($2 billion) claim brought by investors who said they suffered losses after the bank made allegedly untrue or misleading statements about its noncompliance with Iranian sanctions.

• ICO Challenges Tribunal's Ruling On Dixons Data Breach

  By Sophia Dourou

  The U.K. Information Commissioner's Office asked an appeals court Thursday to overturn a tribunal finding that pseudonymous information stolen from electronics retailer Dixons Carphone in a privacy breach was not covered by data protection rules.

• ECJ Clarifies Copyright Rules For Utilitarian Objects

  By Jamie Lennox

  The European Union's top court has clarified the eligibility of utilitarian objects for copyright protection, ruling Thursday that applied art is no different from other subject matter when it comes to assessing originality.

• Engineer Can't Stop Trans Women From Using Female Toilets

  By Hanna Vioque

  A female engineer has failed to convince an employment tribunal that defense supplier Leonardo was harassing and discriminating against women by allowing transgender individuals access to toilets based on their reassigned gender. 

• Smaller Audit Firms Gaining UK Market Share, Watchdog Says

  By Tom Fish

  Smaller auditors are starting to challenge the dominance of the Big Four firms for scrutinizing the finances of the country's biggest and most important companies, the accounting watchdog said Thursday.

• Sheffield Hallam Uni Settles Forced Labor Libel Claim

  By Ronan Barnard

  A university apologized in a London court on Thursday to a major Hong Kong-based textile and clothing manufacturer for a report into apparel supply chains which linked some of the suppliers to human rights abuses against China's Uyghur minority and other groups.

• Vodafone Unit To Buy 20% Of Kenya's Safaricom For $2.1B

  By Dawood Fakhir

  Vodafone said Thursday that its African subsidiary Vodacom has agreed to acquire a 20% stake in Kenyan telecoms operator Safaricom PLC for approximately €1.81 billion ($2.1 billion), increasing its ownership to 55%.

• Legal Challenge Withdrawn After Gov't Pensions U-Turn

  By Joel Poultney

  Campaigners fighting for compensation over historical failings on payments of women's state pensions have scored a win after the government agreed to reconsider its decision not to create a redress program within 12 weeks.

• Lucasfilm Asks Court To Toss CGI Peter Cushing Image Claim

  By Alex Baldwin

  Counsel for Lucasfilm and a Disney subsidiary have asked the Court of Appeal to throw out a claim that it should have sought permission from another production company to reproduce Peter Cushing's likeness in "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story."