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  Ex-Reform UK Politician Gets 10 Yrs Over Pro-Russian Bribes

  By Ronan Barnard

  The former leader of the Reform UK party in Wales was sentenced to over 10 years imprisonment on Friday for rece...(read more)

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  UK Ties Vast Money-Laundering Scheme To Russian Military

  By Christopher Crosby

  Criminals operating in at least two dozen U.K. cities and towns are behind a billion-dollar money-laundering net...(read more)

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• Top Court Poised To Set UK Path On FRAND With Apple Case

  By Alex Baldwin

  The U.K. top court's promise to outline the "correct" approach to global patent licensing spats will bring much needed clarity following five years of disparate rulings on just what counts as a fair, reasonable and nondiscriminatory, or FRAND, rate for standard essential patents, lawyers say.

• Thaler Loses Appeal In AI-Patent Inventor Case

  By Hanna Vioque

  A London judge once again refused to let a computer scientist obtain inventor credits for artificial intelligence-made technology on Friday, dismissing claims that his ownership of an AI-model should give him rights over a divisional patent. 

• UK Government Faces Backlash Over Juryless Trial Proposal

  By Christopher Crosby

  Controversial plans to overhaul criminal law to bar some defendants from electing to be tried by a jury won't succeed in reducing the backlog of cases without long-term funding, and it suggests that the government is no longer able to deliver justice, experts said Friday. 

• A&O Shearman Guides £6B Pension Deal For BBC

  By Martin Croucher

  The British Broadcasting Corporation has struck a deal to insure £6 billion ($7.8 billion) of its pension liabilities with Zurich and Metropolitan Life Insurance Co., in a transaction steered by A&O Shearman, Slaughter and May, Eversheds Sutherland, and Debevoise.

• Solicitor Lied To Client's Wife About Seized Funds, SRA Says

  By Sophia Dourou

  A criminal defense solicitor lied to an imprisoned client's wife by concealing the fact he was holding on to funds belonging to the client, the Solicitors Regulation Authority told a tribunal Thursday.

• StanChart Appeals Disclosure Order In £1.5B Sanctions Case

  By William Janes

  Standard Chartered on Thursday relaunched a fight to withhold regulatory documents from investors that are suing the bank for £1.5 billion ($2 billion), as they allege that the lender made untrue or misleading statements about its noncompliance with sanctions.

• F1 Driver Massa's £64M Claim Over Lost Title To Go Ahead

  By Joanne Faulkner

  A London judge allowed on Thursday a £64 million ($84 million) claim from former Ferrari F1 driver Felipe Massa over an alleged conspiracy surrounding the 2008 world title to continue, while dismissing other claims against the sports governing body.

• SFO Launches Probe Into $28M 'Crypto Hedge Fund'

  By Christopher Crosby

  The Serious Fraud Office arrested two men and opened a criminal investigation on Thursday into the collapse of a $28 million cryptocurrency scheme over suspected fraud after plans to create a "crypto hedge fund" failed. 

• Apple Bids To Cut Free ICloud Users From £3B 'Which' Claim

  By Joanne Faulkner

  Apple told the Competition Appeal Tribunal on Thursday that iCloud users who never paid for the service should be struck out from a proposed £3 billion ($3.9 billion) collective action claim brought by Which because their loss is "entirely subjective."

• EU Decides Against Regulating Third-Party Litigation-Funders

  By Marialuisa Taddia

  The European Commission has opted not to introduce legislation to regulate third-party litigation-funding, more than four years after calls emerged for the nascent industry across the bloc to be regulated.

• Ex-Cohen & Gresser Partner Faces SRA Probe For Misconduct

  By Marialuisa Taddia

  The Solicitors Regulation Authority said Wednesday that it is investigating a claim of misconduct concerning Cohen & Gresser LLP's former London managing partner.

• Which Says Funder Can Support £3B Apple ICloud Claim

  By Joanne Faulkner

  Consumer group Which downplayed Wednesday suggestions from Apple that it had brushed away concerns around the financial health of the litigation funder backing a proposed £3 billion ($3.9 billion) collective action over cloud storage.