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  Ex-Clifford Chance Pro Hit With £8M Libel Claim By Barrister

  By Ronan Barnard

  A barrister has sued legal commentator Dan Neidle and his think tank for £8 million ($10.6 million), accusing th...(read more)

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  Apple Loses UK Class Action Over App Store Charges

  By Joanne Faulkner

  The Competition Appeal Tribunal ruled on Thursday that Apple abused its dominant position by charging developers...(read more)

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• Paddington Owners Sue Over 'Cocaine User' Puppet Portrayal

  By Jamie Lennox

  The owners of the rights to Paddington Bear have asked a London court to halt a television company's depictions of the character as a "cocaine smuggler" who uses heroin and promotes sex robots in its satirical puppet show.

• Teva, Cephalon Can't Upend €60M Fine In Pay-For-Delay Case

  By Hanna Vioque

  Europe's top court on Thursday upheld a fine of €60.5 million ($70.1 million) imposed on Teva and its now-subsidiary Cephalon, ruling that the pay-for-delay settlement they signed restricted competition by keeping a cheaper generic version of a blockbuster narcolepsy treatment off the market.

• Advocacy Groups Seek To Strip EHRC's Human Rights Status

  By Hanna Vioque

  Amnesty International and two trans rights organizations said Thursday that they have reported the U.K.'s equality watchdog and requested the removal of its human rights accreditation, arguing that the body has shown anti-trans bias in its workplace guidelines.

• UK Eyes Higher Bar To Dismiss New And Expectant Mothers

  By Adele Redmond

  The government called for views on Thursday about how it should apply its pledge to largely outlaw firing pregnant women and new mothers as it published consultations on a handful of law changes in its Employment Rights Bill.

• CMA Probes £723M Unite-Empiric Student Housing Merger

  By Tom Fish

  The Competition and Markets Authority said on Thursday that it has launched an investigation into student accommodation developer Unite's proposed acquisition of rival Empiric Student Property.

• Adidas Loses Appeal Bid To Reinstate Three-Stripes TMs

  By Joanne Faulkner

  The Court of Appeal refused Thursday to revive six Adidas trademarks protecting the position of its famous three-stripes logo, marking another loss for the sportswear brand in its long-running battle with fashion designer Thom Browne. 

• BHP Seeks To Block US Testimony In Pogust Goodhead Row

  By Sophia Dourou

  BHP urged a judge Wednesday to prevent Pogust Goodhead, which represents thousands of claimants in a £36 billion ($48 billion) trial over a Brazilian dam disaster, from obtaining information from a U.S. court in order to support proposed litigation against the Australian mining giant.

• Lawyers Could See Probes Double As FCA Takes Over AML

  By Marialuisa Taddia

  The decision to make the financial watchdog the sole regulator of AML and counter-terrorist financing for professional services providers could be "tricky" for lawyers in the short term, even as some experts predict it might ultimately help to simplify an overly complex regulatory regime.

• Tailor Tom James Can't Enforce Noncompete On Ex-Worker

  By Eddie Beaver

  A London court has ruled that Tom James can't enforce a yearlong noncompete against a former employee who the bespoke tailors had alleged held confidential information about the business that he intended to take to competitors.

• Puma Wins Another Shot At Blocking Rival Wildcat TM

  By Hanna Vioque

  A European court has granted sports brand Puma another shot at nixing an industrial machinery company's trademark showing a leaping wildcat, ruling that previous examiners didn't properly consider the German retailer's reputation in the sports world.

• Is Laurence Fox Racist? The Unavoidable Question At Retrial

  By Joanne Faulkner

  A High Court judge must "grasp the nettle" and decide whether actor-turned-politician Laurence Fox is a racist after the Court of Appeal made the rare decision to order a retrial in a long-running libel claim stemming from social media posts.

• Email 'Did Not Cause' Barrister's Mistreatment, Stonewall Says

  By Adele Redmond

  An email complaining about a gender-critical barrister's tweets was not the cause of discrimination against her, LGBTQ+ charity Stonewall argued Wednesday as it fought her appeal to hold the organization liable.