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  EU Plans Climate Insurance Pact To Close Coverage Gap

  By Martin Croucher

  The European Union will create an insurance body for climate risks, officials confirmed on Wednesday, after a su...(read more)

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  Google Wins Approval For £260M Deal To End App-Fee Claim

  By Joanne Faulkner

  The record £260 million ($350 million) settlement reached by Google with U.K. app developers won approval from t...(read more)

• Gov't Waters Down Flexible Work Consultation Duty

  By Hanna Vioque

  The U.K. government has scaled back some of its proposed new duties for employers considering employees' flexible working requests, but says mandatory meetings to discuss requests must be held at "fair notice" and "with a view to reaching an agreement."

• Ex-Union Chief Wins Shot At Fighting Validity Of Suspension

  By Adele Redmond

  A former regional chief for GMB won permission on Wednesday to challenge the authority of the trade union's presidential team to suspend her after the identity of a sexual harassment complainant was leaked to the press.

• Directors Deny Duping Investors Over Alleged £87M Car Fraud

  By Sophia Dourou

  Two directors of a failed car leasing group denied at trial on Wednesday that they lied to investors to dupe them into putting £87 million ($117 million) into a car leasing scheme, which prosecutors say was a Ponzi scheme.

• UK Eyes AML Rules For Football Clubs, Property Developers

  By Christopher Crosby

  The government will look at bolstering the fight against dirty money by potentially extending anti-money laundering regulations to include property developers, football clubs and players' agents, according to its first-ever strategy.

• Dechert's Richard Hodge On FCA References And Misconduct

  By Alex Davidson

  Crispin Odey has made headlines again as a tribunal upheld a ban on the former hedge fund boss. Here, Dechert partner Richard Hodge talks to Law 360 about how the FCA wants to stamp out non-financial misconduct in the sector and how businesses will face pressure to stamp out sexual harassment.

• MPs Launch Inquiry Into Pensions Auto-Enrollment Reforms

  By Joel Poultney

  A cross-party parliamentary committee said Wednesday it would weigh reforms to the U.K.'s pensions enrollment policy, as the country faces a looming retirement savings crisis.

• Broadfield Enters France With First EU Office In Paris

  By Marialuisa Taddia

  Broadfield launched an office in Paris on Wednesday, its first in continental Europe, as the international law firm backed by an affiliate of Alvarez & Marsal Inc. continues to expand in critical markets.

• InterDigital Sues Disney For €102M Over Streaming IP

  By Alex Baldwin

  InterDigital has filed yet another claim against Disney in an international fight over video streaming technology, this time asking a German court to make Disney pay €101.7 million ($117.4 million) in damages for the unauthorized use of its patented technology.

• Car Leasing Firm Ran £87M Ponzi Scheme, Prosecutors Say

  By Sophia Dourou

  Two directors of a failed car leasing group duped investors in an £87 million ($117 million) car leasing investment scam that was in fact run as a Ponzi scheme, a prosecutor said at the opening of the trial on Tuesday.

• Gov't Sets Out Small Pension Pot Consolidation Plans

  By Joel Poultney

  The government set out plans on Tuesday to automatically consolidate millions of small pension pots left dormant after workers changed jobs, addressing a longstanding "structural inefficiency" in the retirement savings market. 

• CMA Raises Concerns Over Retail Co-Op Deal

  By Najiyya Budaly

  Britain's antitrust authority said Tuesday that the completed merger of two retail co-operatives could harm competition in the supply of groceries and funeral services in the U.K.

• London Tribunals Center Came In £164M Over Budget

  By Adele Redmond

  A new tribunal hearings center that opened in London in March cost £206 million ($278 million) — £164 million more than its original budget, figures given to Law360 show.