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  UK Weighs Forcing Employers To Put Pay Ranges In Job Ads

  By Adele Redmond

  The government proposed on Tuesday requirements for employers to disclose a salary range to job applicants as pa...(read more)

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  Covert Director Breached Good-Faith Duty, Top UK Court Says

  By Eddie Beaver

  A director who covertly sabotaged his board's strategy to sell a business breached his statutory duty to act in ...(read more)

• Pogust-Led Group Claim Over Bayer Essure Device Dropped

  By Robbie Kalus

  Pogust Goodhead said Tuesday that it has advised a group of around 200 women to abandon their group claim against Bayer over the safety of its Essure sterilization device, saying the case would likely fail at trial.

• TLT Tops £200M Revenue With Sights Set On £300M By 2030

  By Ashish Sareen

  TLT said Tuesday that it has surpassed the £200 million ($268 million) revenue milestone, aiming to exceed £300 million by 2030 as it invests in new technology, lawyers and offices to drive more growth.

• Art Gallery Case Collapse Trips Russia Sanctions Enforcement

  By Christopher Crosby

  The implosion of the U.K.'s first-ever criminal trade sanctions case throws a "spanner in the works" for prosecutors but might not totally check their ambitions of aggressively enforcing wide-ranging restrictions imposed on Russia, lawyers say.

• Ashurst Pro Accused Of False Stolen Bike Insurance Claim

  By Ronan Barnard

  The solicitors' regulator accused an associate at Ashurst LLP of making dishonest statements in support of an insurance claim for a stolen bicycle at a London disciplinary tribunal Monday.

• Eversheds International Posts Record Revenue Of £827M

  By Ashish Sareen

  Eversheds Sutherland International LLP said Monday that it has posted record revenue of more than £820 million ($1.1 billion) and that profit climbed 13% as it completed a decade of sustained growth in the first full year under chief executive Keith Froud.

• MoJ Review Calls For Reset, Saying LSB Has 'Lost Its Way'

  By Marialuisa Taddia

  The Legal Services Board should undertake "a comprehensive reset" of the system for regulating lawyers until broader reform becomes politically feasible, an independent review commissioned by the Ministry of Justice concluded on Monday.

• AkzoNobel Rejects Nippon Paint's €7.5B Bid For Paint Unit

  By Dawood Fakhir

  AkzoNobel NV said Monday that Nippon Paint is still interested in acquiring its decorative paints business for €7.5 billion ($8.6 billion) after the owner of Dulux brand rejected an earlier joint takeover attempt from the Japanese rival and another company worth €12.5 billion.

• Robbins Sues For Review Of Firing Over Mandelson Scandal

  By Adele Redmond

  Former top civil servant Olly Robbins issued proceedings on Monday to request a judicial review of his firing for allegedly mishandling the vetting of Peter Mandelson, the former U.S. ambassador.

• FCA's Motor Finance Retreat Ramps Up Enforcement Risks

  By Alex Davidson

  The Financial Conduct Authority is putting senior managers of banks at a potentially higher risk of enforcement action after a tribunal forced it to partially suspend its motor finance compensation program, lawyers warn.

• University To Pay £51K For Bias In Trans Pronoun Dispute

  By Jamie Lennox

  A University of Manchester employee who has dyspraxia has won £51,200 ($69,000) after a tribunal ruled that she faced a discriminatory probe into her misgendering of a trans colleague.

• Dos Santos, Unitel Trial Set For 2028 Over Counsel Availability

  By Sophia Dourou

  Telecoms provider Unitel SA has failed to secure a 2027 trial date for its £327 million ($439 million) claim against the daughter of Angola's former president as a judge held on Friday that the availability of the sanctioned billionaire's preferred barrister justified the delay.

• Carmakers Defeat Most Dieselgate Claims In Blow For Drivers

  By Joanne Faulkner

  Several major carmakers largely defeated claims that they equipped diesel vehicles with unlawful emissions-cheating software, as a London judge ruled Friday that most of the technologies being challenged were not prohibited "defeat devices."